Media Shape Research Articles

TEORI KOMUNIKASI AGENDA-SETTING DALAM K-POP: PERAN MEDIA TERHADAP MOTIVASI, KEPUASAN, DAN LOYALITAS FANS DALAM MENDUKUNG GRUP IDOLA

The agenda setting theory is a concept in communication studies that states that mass media has the ability to influence public attention by determining topics or issues that are considered important. In the context of K-Pop, media has an extraordinary capacity to influence the motivation, satisfaction, and loyalty of their fan base. The agenda setting theory affects the motivation, satisfaction, and loyalty of K-pop fans through mass media information that influences their experience. Positive media information increases fan satisfaction and loyalty, as well as motivates support for idol groups. Media shapes issues, influences attention, and plays a crucial role in marketing strategies and influencing fan loyalty to K-pop. Media creates narratives that affect the motivation, satisfaction, and loyalty of fans.

News from Home: How Local Media Shapes Climate Change Attitudes

Abstract Highlighting the local impacts of climate change has the potential to increase the public’s awareness of and engagement with climate change. However, information about local impacts is only effective when delivered by trusted sources such as copartisan political leaders. Is information about climate change conveyed by local media sources similarly beneficial? We argue that local media are well positioned to communicate the local implications of climate change, thereby enhancing the public’s risk perceptions of climate change and willingness to take climate action. We further hypothesize that climate coverage by local media, the media type that is more trusted across party lines, will have a significant influence on Republicans’ climate attitudes. Using the case of Louisiana, we first demonstrate that local and national newspapers cover climate change in substantially different ways, with local media more consistently focused on local impacts. Our survey experiment of Louisiana residents reveals that Republicans viewed the coverage of a hurricane in the region more positively when it came from a local newspaper rather than a national newspaper. Furthermore, local newspapers’ climate coverage increased Republicans’ willingness to take action to mitigate climate change. These results provide insights into the effective communication of climate change to the public and the role of local media in mitigating partisan polarization.

THE DYNAMIC INTERPLAY OF PHONOLOGY AND SEMANTICS IN MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPLORATION

Phonology, semantics, and pragmatics are the three aspects of language fundamental to know how language works and how people process and use it. By examining the interaction between the memory hypothesis and linguistics in speech and semantic organization, this study seeks to better understand how individuals use language to express themselves. This study delves into finding out the association between phonology and semantics by developing a multi-faceted correspondence organization and applying ideas from computer network science and chart hypothesis. A correspondence framework of the International Phonetic Alphabet and semantic network examination in R was used to investigate the information once obtained through a web-based information gathering drive. As per the discoveries, the dynamic and ensnared association between phonology and semantics affects the correspondence that happens in the media. The aftereffects of this study offer new points of view on the idea of language and the job it plays in human communication. Understanding how semantics and phonics interact in different situations is essential for modern communication, this study is an effort to analyze the relation between words' meanings and sounds. By studying words usage in different mediums, we want to learn how these important elements affect platform interactions. Thus, the present study explains how semantics and phonology shape media and how this link can improve communication. The review suggests a multi-faceted framework that divides the linguistic framework into various layers with different hub relationships. This advanced four-layer contact network is designed to identify and analyze language confusion with precision and accuracy. It incorporates free associations, word associations, and three semantic layers to measure articulation, semantics, punctuation, and jargon. Using a comprehensive inside-and-out technique, this evaluation examines phonology and semantics through multi-faceted network analysis, allowing for effective assessment of language understanding and improvement.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/soc/0075/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Tik Tok Users' Opinions About Da’wah Religious ModerationIn Tik Tok Conversation

This research was conducted to describe the views of influential people in Tk Tok conversations around religious moderation. The ideas and subjects expressed by Mega influencers, Macro influencers, and Nano influencers are examined in this research using public opinion, the agenda-forming model, and the spiral of silence. This research methodology uses qualitative descriptive content analysis techniques. The keyword "religious moderation" in Vivo was used to search for research data. The majority of research findings are positive public perceptions of Tik Tok influencers. Five accounts on the nano-influencer account criticized religious moderation, while two accounts were neutral. The research results show that the majority of TikTok influencers' views on the subject of religious moderation are favorable. There are several influencer views including neutral, negative or positive opinions. Most of the public opinions from influencers on TikTok are positive. On the @basyasman00 account there are several negative comments, and 1 account has a neutral tone regarding religious moderation. The mass media agenda and the agenda of influencers on social media shape public opinion.

Political Relations: Political Identity and Social Media in Elections in Indonesia

This research examines the role of social media in shaping political identity and political participation in contemporary Indonesia. Utilizing document analysis, the study explores how individuals and societal groups use social media as a tool to influence and participate in political discourse. The method employed in this research is qualitative descriptive. The findings reveal that social media facilitates a framework for personal action, enabling widespread participation in various political and social issues, and integrating personal lifestyle values into political dialogue. The study also pays attention to the challenges faced by political parties in Indonesia in attracting voters, especially the younger generation who are highly engaged with social media, in the lead-up to the 2024 simultaneous elections. Lastly, it is found that social media has deepened social interaction and information for the millennial generation, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic, affecting their views on politics and religion. The conclusion of this research emphasizes the importance of social media in shaping the political landscape in Indonesia, providing significant insights into how digital technology affects political participation and social identity.

From screen to service: how corporate social responsibility messages on social media shape hotel consumer advocacy

ABSTRACT This research attempts to investigate corporate social responsibility (CSR) and consumers’ advocacy behavior (CAB) association in the hotel services sector of a developing economy. Furthermore, this study explores how hotel consumers’ emotions and values mediate and moderate their CAB. This is accomplished by introducing two mediating variables, consumer happiness and warm glow, and altruistic values as a moderator. The data were obtained from hotel consumers with the help of an adapted questionnaire. The structural analysis indicated that CSR communication on social media by hotel services organizations positively predicted CAB, while consumer happiness and warm glow served as mediators to explain this relationship. Our results also confirmed the moderating effect of altruistic values. Several theoretical and practical implications can be drawn from this study. For example, our study highlights the important role of social media as an effective medium to communicate CSR-related information with hotel consumers to bolster their advocacy intentions.

Examining Antecedents of Factual Knowledge and Perceived Familiarity of COVID-19 Contact Tracing App: A Modified Cognitive Mediation Model

This study employs a modified cognitive mediation model to investigate the role of health valuation and fear in shaping media attention, factual knowledge, and perceived familiarity with COVID-19 contact tracing apps. Data were collected from a national survey of 906 Singaporeans, and structural equation modeling was used to analyze the results. Findings indicated that both fear of COVID-19 and health valuation were positively associated with newspapers, television, and social media attention, with health valuation demonstrating a stronger association with each media type. This suggests that health valuation, as an intrinsic motivation, is more critical in information-seeking behavior related to emerging health technologies. However, media attention on all platforms did not correlate with factual knowledge of COVID-19 contact tracing apps, whereas attention to social media was positively associated with perceived familiarity with these apps. This result highlights the potential influence of social media in shaping public perceptions, warranting further investigation into the quality and accuracy of the information disseminated. News elaboration was found to have a positive association with both factual knowledge and perceived familiarity with COVID-19 contact tracing apps. This underscores the need for effective communication strategies to promote accurate understanding of health technologies and emphasizes the role of individual motivations in shaping media consumption and information processing.

A Review of the Grinding Media in Ball Mills for Mineral Processing

The ball mill is a rotating cylindrical vessel with grinding media inside, which is responsible for breaking the ore particles. Grinding media play an important role in the comminution of mineral ores in these mills. This work reviews the application of balls in mineral processing as a function of the materials used to manufacture them and the mass loss, as influenced by three basic wear mechanisms: impact, abrasion, and corrosion. The effect of grinding media geometries and density on the mill performance was also reviewed to determine what the research has recommended as the most suitable grinding media for different grinding applications. Although considerable work has been carried out in that area, the influence of grinding media shape on the liberation of minerals, as well as the effect of various mill conditions on the performance of mixed grinding media shapes, are still poorly understood. Thus, the review opens up opportunities for further research to improve the grinding processes, especially considering that even a slight improvement in the process efficiency significantly reduces the production costs.

Mediations of cultural policymaking during COVID-19: British newspaper reporting of the Culture Recovery Fund

ABSTRACT At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, cultural policymaking frequently came to the fore in media debates about the impact of the crisis and measures to alleviate it. In this article, we present evidence of how newspaper coverage of the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) identified and framed competing perceptions of the relative utility of policymaking in this context, while also problematising familiar assumptions about the CCIs among policymakers, journalists and (arguably) the public. Specifically, we analysed British news and editorial items (n.4,162) published from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020. It offers a novel investigation into the ways in which media and policy rhetoric overlap, interact and influence each other. In doing so, this article contributes a unique perspective to the study and practice of cultural policy, bringing to light the typically underexplored role of the news media in shaping the narratives driving cultural policy deliberation and action.

Controlling coherent perfect absorption via long-range connectivity of defects in three-dimensional zero-index media

Abstract Coherent perfect absorption (CPA), as time-reversed lasing, arises from appropriate wave interference within absorbers, offering flexible control over wave absorption. Typically, this control involves tuning the phase difference between two counter-propagating incident beams. Here, we elucidate the critical role of defect connectivity within three-dimensional zero-index media for realizing and controlling CPA. Specifically, the realization of CPA critically depends on the establishment of long-range connectivity of defects in a specific direction. Once the long-range connectivity is established, the CPA exhibits remarkable resilience against defects’ deformation, changes in size and shape of the zero-index media, as well as variations in number and orientation of incident channels. Notably, a minor disruption to this connectivity will result in a complete reduction of absorption to zero, highlighting an ultra-sensitive absorption property in response to connectivity perturbations. Our findings not only unveil a physical mechanism for realizing CPA but also open up promising avenues for advanced CPA control with versatile functionalities.

МЕДИАОБРАЗ КИТАЯ НА СТРАНИЦАХ ЖУРНАЛА «СОВРЕМЕННИК» (1840–1860-Е ГГ.)

The article analyses the media image of China presented in Russian pre-revolutionary magazines. The object of the study is the image of China in Sovremennik magazine in 1840–1860s. China and Russia have a long history of interaction, and the reception of the image of China is also present in Russian journals of the 19th century. The media image of China reflects the social situation in Russia at the time and reveals the psychology of authors writing about China, and at the same time has important theoretical and practical significance. A country’s image must be presented in a certain way, and the media is undoubtedly one of the most popular and best ways to present a country’s image. In the field of communication, the image of a country refers to the external image shaped and displayed by a particular country in the various media. There is no doubt that all countries in the world attach great importance to the important role of the media in shaping a country’s image. Many scholars refer to this as the “media image of the country”. The study of the media image of a country helps to link the “physical image” of the country with the “cognitive image”. In this article, more than a dozen articles about China published by Sovremennik magazine in 1840-1860s are selected. To solve the set tasks, the method of textual analysis is used. It is noted that in Russia in historical retrospect periodicals expressed different positions with regard to China. The media image of China has its positive and negative aspects: China is a symbol of stagnation and stagnation; China was once an important part of the history of world civilisation development. The author comes to the conclusion that the image of a foreign country is not a reproduction of the real situation there, but is created in accordance with national understanding and desires, which have a strong subjectivity and emotional colouring. Russian publicists of the time turned to the image of China to express their ideas about Russian society, the authors seek an external perspective to explore their own country.

Analisis Framing Pemberitaan Ferdy Sambo di Media Online Viva.co.id dan Detik.com

The news of the murder of Brigadier J became exciting news in the Indonesian cyberspace in July 2022, which really colored the mass media in Indonesia. From the results of the investigation, Ferdi Sambo was named as the suspect. Previously, Ferdi Sambo said he was just a victim of abuse experienced by his wife. The media began to pay attention to this case. Among them are Viva.co.id and Detik.com. This research aims to analyze how news about Ferdy Sambo is framed in two main online media, namely Viva.co.id and Detik.com. Framing in this context refers to the way the media shapes, organizes and directs people's perceptions of an event or character. The method used is Robert N. Entman's framing analysis by paying attention to Define Problems, diagnose causes, make moral judgments and treatment recommendations. The data source used as material for analysis is news from the two media from July to November 2022. The research results show that Viva.co.id and Detik.com in framing have different approaches in presenting Ferdy Sambo news. The articles written are different but refer to the same theme, namely the Ferdy Sambo case.

The Shapes of the Fourth Estate During the Pandemic: Profiling COVID-19 News Consumption in Eight Countries

News media is often referred to as the Fourth Estate, a recognition of its political power. New understandings of how media shape political beliefs and influence collective behaviors are urgently needed in an era when public opinion polls do not necessarily reflect election results and users influence each other in real-time under algorithm-mediated content personalization. In this work, we measure not only the average but also the distribution of audience political leanings for different media across different countries. The methodological components of these new measurements include a high-fidelity COVID-19 tweet dataset; high-precision user geolocation extraction; and user political leaning estimated from the within-country retweet networks involving local politicians. We focus on geolocated users from eight countries, profile user leaning distribution for each country, and analyze bridging users who have interactions across multiple countries. Except for France and Turkey, we observe consistent bi-modal user leaning distributions in the other six countries, and find that cross-country retweeting behaviors do not oscillate across the partisan divide. More importantly, this study contributes a new set of media bias estimates by averaging the leaning scores of users who share the URLs from media domains. Through two validations, we find that the new average audience leaning scores strongly correlate with existing media bias scores. Lastly, we profile the COVID-19 news consumption by examining the audience leaning distribution for top media in each country, and for selected media across all countries. Those analyses help answer questions such as: Does center media Reuters have a more balanced audience base than partisan media CNN and Fox News in the US? Does far-right media Breitbart attract any left-leaning readers in any countries? Does CNN reach a more balanced audience base in the US than in UK and Spain? In sum, our data-driven methods allow us to study media that are not often collected in editor-curated media bias reporting, especially in non-English-speaking countries. We hope that such cross-country research would inform media outlets of their effectiveness and audience bases in different countries, inform non-government and research organizations about the country-specific media audience profiles, and inform individuals to reflect on our day-to-day media diet.

Trust in COVID-19 Information from Different Media Types and Its Association with Preventive Measures Adoption in the U.S.

This study compares and contrasts how key factors influence Americans’ trust in different types of media (broadcast, print, and social) as COVID-19 information sources and how people’s media trust is associated with their adoption of preventive measures. Our results from a national survey (sample = 2571) showed that age, political party affiliation, and race and ethnicity and income level were significantly associated with people’s trust in different media types as COVID information sources. Elder adults trusted print and broadcast media more, while younger adults trusted social media more. Democrats and Lean Democrats had more trust in all three forms of media than Republicans and Lean Republicans. Asians had the highest levels of trust in all three media types, while Whites had the lowest level of trust in broadcast and social media. Trust in broadcast media was found to be associated with facial mask wearing, but trust in social media, however, did not contribute to the adoption of any COVID-19 preventive measures. This study contributes to a general understanding of media trust and mediated health communication and provides nuanced understanding of how demographic factors shape media trust and the consequence of media trust during a historical pandemic.

POLITICAL REPRESENTATION: HISTORICAL SOURCES AND INSTITUTIONAL DETERMINANTS

The article identifies historical sources for studying the phenomenon of political representation and its institutional determinants. The idea of political representation has been most developed in modern European philosophical and political thought. It is directly related to the formation of the institution of parliamentarism. The social contract theory became the basis of parliamentarism and representative democracy. It is the parliament that has long determined the institutional determinants of political representation, including parliamentary election patterns and political parties. In modern conditions, the institutions of mass media and public intellectuals also play an important role for political representation and representative democracy. Thanks to the Internet, the scale of citizens' participation in political communication, and therefore their political participation, has significantly expanded. The mass media institute creates conditions not only for informing citizens, but also for their interactive participation in the decision-making process of the bureaucracy. The role of the mass media institute during electoral campaigns is also ever grows. In the process of mediatization of politics, the institutional determinants of political representation are transformed – from opposition activities to political parties and parliaments. Mass media shape public opinion, determine the agenda, influence the interpretation of the public good and evaluate the activities of political actors.

News “Attraction” and Digital Inequalities: Incidental News Exposure and the Equalization or Stratification of Political Information

Understanding the impact of digital media on news inequalities is critical for democracy. The literature on incidental exposure challenges the idea that major platforms shrink information gaps, and research has turned to the identification of variables that explain how those gaps widen or persist. We use Latent Class Analysis to operationalize the metaphor of “attracting the news” and investigate incidental exposure as both an individual trait and temporal state. We link the top stories on Facebook during an election cycle with incidental exposure measures to explore news attraction, incidental exposure, and news engagement. We find some evidence incidental exposure may close information gaps, but that it does not close engagement gaps. Results contribute to theory about how digital media shape inequalities in news consumption and engagement.

“Digital Resources Are Not Reliable”: Peer-Group-Based Intellectualism among Muslim Youth Activists in Bima, Eastern Indonesia

This article explores the sources of Islamic knowledge among young Muslim activists in Bima, Eastern Indonesia, who are often stereotyped as a hotbed of radicalism, and their religious types to reveal their intellectual dynamics. This article argues that, in modern times, as Islamic tendencies and orientations have diversified, young Muslims in the Bima region engage with many different aspects of the production and use of religious knowledge under the umbrella of Indonesian Islam. Moreover, they actively build peer-group-based intellectualism, fostering patron–client connections in the form of discussion and literacy development through student organizations, and this is influential in shaping their religious identities and religious types. This qualitative research involved 47 young Muslim activists, who are also senior high school and university students, 20 of whom were interviewed in-depth, while 27 others participated in focus group discussions. This research reveals that their sources of learning vary. However, the most critical media in shaping and confirming their religious understanding are the training and discussions held by their respective peer groups and organizations. Their literacy and references are also further developed through these forums. Learning resources accessed via social media are considered essential but unreliable in this digital era. Therefore, in their intellectual development, young persons need teachers and families to act as learning resource providers that co-exist with the literacy obtained through organizations. Such sources and ways of learning form a type of religiosity that is “practical” (embodied in daily practice) for most. Meanwhile, the “ideological” type of religion (fundamental to the Islamization movement) is only found in right-wing activists of Islamic organizations and does not thrive among the young people of Bima, Eastern Indonesia.

REPRESENTATION OF THE SCENARIO «CONFLICT IN THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY» IN THE BRITISH MASS-MEDIA DISCOURSE

The article focuses on the modeling scenario “Confrontation in the British Royal family” which is actualized in the British mass-media discourse through an interaction between such concepts as BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY (a culturally marked one), CONFLICT, and RELATIONSHIP, graphically visualized and presented as a complex structure of four parallel subsidiary scenarios (confrontation between Harry and William; confrontation between Harry and his father; confrontation between Harry and Camilla; confrontation between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the Royal family) that are realized in the slots of the propositional schemas of the action and thing frames. In order to single out verbalizers of the slots, a corpus of 25 articles about Prince Harry’s memoire book “Spare”, published in the period from January to April 2023 on the web-sites of the British periodicals “The Guardian”, “The Independent”, “Daily Express”, “Daily Record”, “The Sun”, was processed by AntConc programme and analyzed correspondingly. The analysis has allowed to identify the agents, patients, causes and the time frame of the conflict as well as to define the character of interaction between the concepts involved in the scenario. Modeling of the scenario “Confrontation in the British Royal family” on the basis of the British mass-media discourse has resulted in reconstructing the sequence of the dramatic events in the definite period of the British Royal family’s life, giving an insight into the perception of these events by the British society, distinguishing their verbal reflection in the British language community, and determining the role of the British media in shaping the Royal family’s image in the British minds.

The Role of Media Digital in Building Democracy in Indonesia

The rise of digitalization has transformed the media landscape, providing individuals with convenient, rapid, practical, and cost-effective access to diverse information and news. However, concerns have been raised about the tendency of digital media to prioritize sensationalism over factual reporting, driven by the pursuit of high ratings and clicks, often neglecting core journalistic principles. This scientific article aims to explore the concept of digital media, trace its evolution, and evaluate its role in promoting democracy. The research methodology primarily relies on an extensive literature review, incorporating a range of sources such as books, journals, articles, and relevant websites to gather comprehensive insights. The findings underscore the significant impact of digital media in shaping and reinforcing democratic systems. In the digital age, digital media empowers the public by facilitating active participation in political discussions and decision-making processes, thereby enhancing transparency and accountability within political systems.

Norm Psychology in the Digital Age: How Social Media Shapes the Cultural Evolution of Normativity

Norm Psychology in the Digital Age: How Social Media Shapes the Cultural Evolution of Normativity