National Media Research Articles

Branded Social Campaign and the Politics of Representation

Introduction: The low awareness of clean living made a company, through one of its product brands, initiate a social program through a donation campaign to improve sanitation and poor quality of health in the province of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT— Nusa Tenggara Timur ), Indonesia. An advertisement was then aired frequently in national media to support the campaign. However, this advertisement was protested by the people who represent NTT citizens. Methodology: Employing Karatani's (2003) representation theory and Schiappa's (2008) concept of representational correctness with a discourse analysis approach, the research critically analyzes the politics and problems associated with Lifebuoy's social campaigns that sparked protests and denials from various NTT community groups. Results: This study found that the landscaping of the representation problems of the advertisement included the problems of 'speak about' and 'speak for.' Also, the power of prejudice or racial stereotypes of eastern Indonesian people was permanently attached to poverty and underdevelopment. Discussion: The protest(ers) representation was also problematic and political. There were numerous struggles of agenda and identity politics among protesters. Therefore, Lifebuoy's social campaign did not only serve as the object of protest but at the same time also criticized the protesters. Conclusions: This study contributes essential lessons for brands about the urgency of mapping and reading political voices in the field when a social program is launched and implemented so that various obstacles are well anticipated.

From Niche Narrative to Audio Blockbusters

From Niche Narrative to Audio Blockbusters

News Reports on Indonesia’s Post-election 2024 from Selected National and International Newspaper: A Pragmatic Analysis

The Indonesia’s presidential election 2024, as one of the largest democratic nations, gained wide attention from both national and international media. This research carries out a pragmatic analysis of news report on the post-presidential election of Indonesia 2024 from selected national and international newspapers using Austin (1962) and Searle’s (1969) Speech Act Theory. 30 utterances were purposively taken from three newspapers (The Jakarta Post, The Guardian, and The New York Times). By implementing qualitative research method, this research analysis discussed three aspects of Speech Acts: locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary. The result of the analysis showed that there was obvious finding on the reporting style of newspapers on the election outcome. Based on the analysis, assertive statements were dominantly found as it is in line with the nature of newspaper style; present factual information impartially, aiding in neutral and concise reporting. Directive statements wielded figures’ influence and attitudes toward ongoing issues. Commissive speech acts conveyed promises, pledges, and accusations persuasively, while declarative ones declared figures’ initiatives and actions on issues. Expressive speech acts reflected collective societal feelings, particularly regarding election outcomes.

Social and economic problems of regional TV news in the conditions of the Russian-Ukrainian War (on the example of the TV channel “3-Studio” in Ivano-Frankivsk)

The article is devoted to researching the news content of regional media during the full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine. The place of local information resources in the modern communication paradigm, the implementation of which is based on segmented information interests, digital technologies and the principle of global journalism in regional, national and world media discourses, is defined.
 The transformation of the activity of information resources in Ukraine, caused by full-scale Russian aggression, is outlined, and the change in the behavior of the media audience regarding information consumption is substantiated, which led to the growth of Ukrainians’ trust in regional media. The modification of the regional media discourse in the focus of the local prism of the perception of events of national significance is meaningful.
 The importance of researching the news segment of regional television companies in the focus of the socio-economic section is clarified. It is emphasized that the materials of this problematic and thematic spectrum form a general picture of the impact of the war on the region and society in general. On the example of the regional Ivano-Frankivsk television and radio company “3-Studio”, the dominance of socio-economic materials in the news television discourse of the region, their relevance during the war and the influence on public opinion is substantiated.
 The transformation of the quantitative representation of specialized news content on regional television during the two years of the war is traced, the main economic and social narratives of regional news are identified, the reasons for the change in vectors in the presentation of socio-economic issues in the region are analyzed. The role of the regional Ivano-Frankivsk television and radio company “3-Studio” in the context of forming a holistic picture of reality, developing public dialogue and understanding the complexities associated with military aggression is proved.

Enforcing ethical standards to safeguard the credibility and legitimacy of public media corporations: The role of News Ombudspersons in Spain and France

This study introduces a cross-country comparative analysis of the role of News Ombudsperson in the public media corporations in Spain and France. It investigates the specific media self-regulatory processes established to reduce reputational risks and increase the trust and credibility of the media organisations. It aims to fill in the gaps in prior research by applying a qualitative framework developed using indicators derived from scholarly work on regulation and governance and media management. The variables selected for the analysis are extracted from prior interdisciplinary research and focus on media self-regulatory processes, complaints management mechanisms, election, reporting procedures, checks and balances, roles, visibility and transparency of News Ombudspersons in two countries which represent the Polarised Pluralist media system category. Research questions are raised in relation to the main variables identified for the comparative analysis. Data were collected from multiple publicly available international sources, including public media organizations databases, national media regulatory authorities, and academic studies. Results reveal cross-country variations. The systematic investigation of different forms of self-regulatory procedures might lead to concrete recommendations and best practice models for media organizations beyond the European Union. Further research could address the role of media audiences as relevant stakeholders in media governance processes.

Stochastic assessment of 3‐D tunnels in near‐fault ground motion using modified domain reduction method

AbstractA robust assessment of tunnels due to uncertainties present in soil and ground motion properties can affect the dynamic response of these structures. In this paper, a stochastic analysis considering an aleatory variability in shear velocity Vs by performing Monte Carlo simulations and assessing its influence on underground tunnels. To numerically assess the response of the soil‐tunnel system to near‐fault earthquake ground motion, the required computational domain usually spans multiple kilometers including both earthquake fault and the structure. Thus, these simulations are computationally expensive. An efficient alternative method, that is, the Domain Reduction Method (DRM), in which a modular two‐step methodology for reducing the computational costs in the large domain analysis is employed. A 3‐D soil‐tunnel structure interaction is modeled to simulate the response of tunnel subjected to an inclined earthquake fault. The numerical simulation of the soil‐tunnel‐fault system is conducted in an open‐source FE package called Multi‐hazard Analysis for STOchastic time DOmaiN phenomena (MASTODON) based on MOOSE framework. The interactive analyses are carried out for three distinct types of soils based on National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) provision, that is, soft, medium, and hard, by generating 130 realizations. The results provide many insights into the influence of local site effects, that is, frequency shift for the peak response and the importance of input ground motion characteristics that govern the response of underground structures. The dynamic response of the structure is very sensitive to the uncertainty in rock material properties, especially, the stiffness of the rock sample and the shear wave velocity.

Rhetorical Features of National Newspaper Headlines

Headlines wield immense influence in newspapers, being the primary conveyors of key messages while concurrently piquing reader interest and visually conveying innovative concepts. Therefore, our study analyzes the stylistic intricacies within National Newspaper Headlines, with specific emphasis on Rhetorical Features. To realize this objective, we adopted a Stylistic Analysis research framework, employing a lottery method and an observational checklist as our data collection tools. Employing a simple random sampling method, we carefully selected headlines from diverse national media company websites. To ensure validity, we determined the necessary sample size using the reliable Slovin formula. Upon analysis of our gathered data, a distinct pattern emerged. The use of metonymy emerged as the predominant stylistic element within national newspaper headlines. Remarkably, journalists from these media entities used this feature to deliver clarity and enhance overall readability, effectively underscoring its role in facilitating communication. In conclusion, our study delves into the detailed patterns of style found in national newspaper headlines. Our research highlights how journalists skillfully use these style elements not only to share information but also to grab readers’ attention and affect how people interpret news headlines.

The Phenomenon of Citizen Journalism in National Football in Liga 1 Competition

The football industry in Indonesia is currently starting to develop well, both in terms of owners, management, coaches, players, and supporters. This industry is slowly making many people want to speak out about the issues that occur in football, especially on social media today. One proof of how many people are starting to speak out is the existence of citizen journalism in Indonesian football today. This research aims to find out how citizen journalism is implemented in the League 1 Competition in Indonesian Football. This research uses qualitative research with descriptive methods, as well as collecting data through secondary data through documentation and interviews from social media such as YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and so on. The results of this research show that there are several ways for the community to implement it, namely the first is Participatory Citizen Journalism using the community to write their personal opinions in the National Media. Second, Citizen Journalism by writing content or producing visual, audio, or even audio-visual content related to specific content topics. Third, News-Media Watchdog Citizen Journalists, namely the media as watchdogs monitor and evaluate the current performance in the football industry through media such as YouTube and Spotify. Lastly, Community Citizen Journalism is how communities, in this case supporters, have their media to inform about their favorite team or voice something related to their favorite team, such as Simamaung.com (Persib Bandung), Jak Online (Persija Jakarta), EmosiJiwaku.com (Persebaya Surabaya).

The Concept of Conflict Semantic Explication Within the Functional Terminological Field (Based on the Analysis of Russian and International Media Sourses)

The study attempts to carry out an objective analysis of conflict as the main component of social dynamics in an interdisciplinary manner and within the paradigm of intercultural comparative research. In order to achieve this goal, an experimental study of the ways to conceptualize conflict in the functional field of media discourse was conducted. The object of the study is the content of the websites of twelve leading newspaper publications from five countries during the period of 2020–2022: Russia, Great Britain, the USA, India and China. The choice of media sources is predetermined by their leading role in the national media markets (top 10 national newspapers), as well as by similar characteristics: socio-political course, mass audience, and daily issuing. To study the degree of conflict manifestation, we used the Integrum media monitoring and analytical system which contains full-text electronic archives of more than 120,000 publications, including those selected for the study. To understand the dynamics of publicational activity, the total number of conflict-related texts for every year between 2020 and 2022 for each media source the quantitative analysis based on the detection of conflict attributes was performed. The share of conflict-related media texts in the overall agenda was revealed. The further analysis of semantic features combined within the most significant thematic categories shed light on the specificity of conceptual pattern typical of the countries under investigation.

The Evolution of Government Intervention in the Mediterranean Media System: Spain, France, and Portugal

Based on the comparative analysis of the three Western media system models distinguished by Daniel Hallin and Paolo Mancini (2004), this article revisits their thesis of a tendency towards the convergence of the Mediterranean model and the Liberal model—in terms of the weakening of links between media institutions and the political sphere—two decades after it was first posited. By studying the degree and nature of state intervention in the media systems of Spain, France, and Portugal in the 21st century, the aim is to ascertain whether, within a context of growing political polarisation and shrinking journalistic industry income, the distinctive characteristics of the role of the state in the Mediterranean model remain the same or have changed—and in what sense. The contextualised analysis of Spanish, French, and Portuguese policies relating to public service media, independent audiovisual media regulatory bodies, media subsidies, and state advertising on the one hand allows us to question whether state intervention in Mediterranean media systems has weakened, thereby reaffirming the thesis of the importance of nation-states in media governance and the relevance of the comparative study of national media systems in the era of digital globalisation. And, on the other hand, it enables continuities, discontinuities, and differences between the three countries to be identified in relation to the logic of clientelism that Hallin and Mancini observed in their media policies in 2004, as well as some initial elements for their interpretation to be noted.

Развитие медиахолдинга в контексте формирования дуального рынка медиауслуг

The study of the national media market is particularly relevant because it is heavily influenced by political, information and production risks. Accumulating significant material, labor and information resources, the media market requires an analysis of the current state, trends and development prospects. The scientific works present the media business theory and its key concepts as well as, a new scientific direction media economics that studies economic laws in relation to the media business. However, there is still no single methodology for assessing the state of the media market, including regional. The markets of individual segments are mainly analyzed, for example, the television industry, online advertising, etc. In 2023 the national media market experienced an upsurge after the crisis of 2022, primarily due to the advertising market; it was influenced by such factors as the development of e-commerce, the emergence of new brands and promotion channels, digitalization, convergence and diversification. In addition to macroeconomic factors, the development of the regional media market is also influenced by regional factors due to the socio-economic development of the region. The analysis of the main socio-economic development trends of the Kemerovo region – Kuzbass uncovered the factors influencing the media market: demographic factor, agglomeration effect (North and South Kuzbass agglomerations), industrial production and its location income of the population. The analysis of the regional media market made it possible to assess organizations working in the field of information and communications, to draw conclusions about the predominant development of the advertising market, including outdoor advertising, and to determine the distribution of radio and the place of the Kuzbass Media Group in the market.

Can heterogeneous media attention invigorate green technological innovation: A moderating role of chief executive officer narcissism

AbstractThe current study contemplates the mechanism of heterogeneous media attention affecting green technological innovation (GTI) amid moderation of chief executive officer (CEO) narcissism. Based on the accumulated data of 1545 listed Chinese firms over the period from 2014 to 2018, we have demonstrated that media attention imposes a significant positive effect on GTI; the negative coverage is greater than positive media coverage in effecting GTI whereas CEO narcissism positively moderates the effect of media attention on GTI. The results also show the regional media coverage is greater than national media coverage in effecting GTI, while the CEO narcissism more strongly moderates the effect of negative coverage on GTI and the effect of regional media coverage on GTI. This study provides new insights into the existing literature by deconstructing media attention and enriches the studies in the context of media attention‐GTI relationship from a point of view of the particular personality trait of a CEO.

Analysis of the Notoriety of General Press and Radio Media in Spain

Digitalisation has transformed the dynamics of interaction between the media and its audience, requiring rapid transmission of information and adaptation to the diversity of approaches in the current media space (Casero-Ripollés, 2010; Peña Fernández et al., 2019). This research seeks to determine the notoriety of the main Spanish national generalist press and radio media. It also aims to evaluate the differences in recognition according to the socio[1]demographic characteristics of the subjects. The study is of an inferential-correlational type and employs a quantitative approach methodology, with a questionnaire as a data collection tool and a sample of 385 participants randomly distributed throughout Spain. Statistical procedures such as correlation matrices and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were applied to study the relationships between variables. The results reveal that El País leads in notoriety among newspapers, while SER stands out among general radio stations. The select groups are completed by El Mundo and ABC; and the COPE, respectively. Level of education, nationality, age and socio-economic status are the variables that show statistically significant inter-group differences in terms of cumulative recognition indexes. However, in the case of radio, relevant variations are also observed in terms of ideological issues, potentially marked by a circumstantial component. It is worth noting that in none of the scenarios measured does gender act as a differentiating variable. The conclusions reveal a notoriety of the media relatively in line with their audience ratings, although there are other conditioning elements, such as the trajectory of the medium

Tragedy of the Commons in a Mediterranean MPA: The Case of Gyaros Island Marine Reserve

Gyaros Island (Aegean Sea) is a recently (2019) established MPA in the Mediterranean Sea, allowing spatiotemporal small-scale fishing (SSF) activities with specific access rules. However, due to the inability of the state authorities to establish any fishing permit process, Gyaros MPA initially functioned as a No-Take Zone (NTZ), offering a rare opportunity for scientific monitoring. Significant political pressure by fisher organizations led to the opening of the MPA in June 2022 without any fishing permit restriction. The unprecedented ‘race for fish’ that followed led to a significant deterioration of the MPA status, as confirmed by scientific monitoring before and after the opening. Outcry from national media, based on concerns raised by the scientific community and NGOs, resulted in lifting access to fishing in September 2022, upgrading Gyaros MPA to a full NTZ. This study aimed to assess if and how the MPA functioning was impacted based on a series of experimental fishing trials and questionnaire surveys conducted with local fishers. Although a substantial part of the fishing community’s mindset is embracing MPAs, our results also suggest that the self-interests of a fishers’ minority, along with non-science-based policy by the national authorities, have led to overfishing and deterioration of MPA status.

ABANDONED ON THE BANKS OF THE MERIÇ (EVROS) RIVER: GREECE'S MIGRATION POLICY IN THE CONTEXT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

The issue of migration deeply impacts European countries. Greece is one of the countries on the migrants’ route. While Greece is preferred by irregular migrants because it is the gateway to Europe and is located in the Schengen area, it is also examined as a case study due to the security measures it has taken on its land borders, such as pushing back and building a steel wall on the border. This article analyzes Greece’s migration policy. The aim of the study is to seek an answer to the question of whether national security concerns of countries in the fight against irregular migration can go beyond the obligation to comply with the basic principles of human rights law. In particular, it focuses on human rights violations faced by irregular migrants crossing the Meriç (Evros) border. The study references academic literature and news coverage from national and international media.

Representation of the UK Parliament’s Power in the National Media: Too Weak, or Too Strong?

Abstract Representations of UK parliamentary power in the popular media have attracted little attention, despite shaping citizens’ impressions of the institution. We begin to close this gap, through a content analysis of 657 articles in the national newspapers 2013–2019—a period straddling the Brexit referendum. Pre-referendum, media representations of parliamentary power were mixed, while afterwards, as parliament exerted influence over Brexit, it was presented as more powerful. But right-leaning newspapers shifted their normative position from lamenting parliament’s weakness to criticising its strength. Parliament hence faced a lose-lose situation, with key media outlets depicting it either as dangerously weak or dangerously strong.

Indonesian media framing against Trump in the 2020 presidential election

The presidential election of the United States has always captured the world's attention. This is because America is a superpower in the global political arena. Therefore, the figure who is elected to occupy the White House has always impacted the global political scene for four years. Donald Trump, President of America 2017-2021, has had a tremendous impact on the global political scene with some controversial policies. Trump protectionism policies triggered the trade war between America and China, greatly impacting the global economy. This article looks at the sentiment of national media framing in Indonesia (Kompas, The Jakarta Post, and Republika) against the Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, which Trump lost to Joe Biden. In this research, the writer reads news related to the presidential election of the U.S. from September 2020 to November 2020 from the three national media outlets in Indonesia to see the framing. In this framing analysis, we wanted to determine whether the framing was positive, negative, or neutral when making news about Trump's figure. The results of this study indicate that the highest percentage of mainstream media framing in Indonesia is negative. Trump has been widely reported to have negative sentiment toward the media in Indonesia. News outlets with positive sentiment are the lowest against Trump. This means that the national media in Indonesia also does not like Trump's controversial leadership style.

Online news in India: a quantitative appraisal of the digital news consumption landscape in the world’s largest democracy (2014–2018)

ABSTRACT How do people in the world’s largest democracy consume news online? In this paper, I aim to answer this question by conducting a quantitative assessment of the online news consumption behavior of a large sample of Indian internet users (N≈50,000) over a period of 45 months. In doing so, I contribute to theoretical debates about global news media use, by systematically appraising the prominence and trends in audience share of different types of news sources, thereby shedding light on the digital news consumption landscape of a crucial, but understudied context. Theoretically, I engage with the displacement-complementarity hypothesis and find no evidence that digital-born media have contested the hegemony of legacy media in India online. Next, I investigate the regional-national media divide and find that regional, vernacular media have suffered significant declines in their audience shares over time. This begs the question whether the notion of ‘polycentrism’ – the idea that the Indian media environment is comprised of national and regional media of equivalent weight – is at all applicable online as it is offline. These findings also run counter to claims of ‘internet vernacularization’ that have been touted in the past. Finally, I propose the concept of audience mobility, and use it to identify qualitatively distinct dynamics in how vernacular audiences in India have migrated to national vis-à-vis international outlets. The findings and their implications are discussed in light of contemporary changes in Indian society that is characterized by rapid digitization and increasing literacy.

To foreignize or to domesticate? How media vary cross-nationally in their degrees of incorporating foreign events

While the domestication literature indicates how national media link foreign events to a country’s domestic affairs, it has thus far only examined modes of domestication - the ways through which these links are created. In this article, we introduce a different dimension of the phenomenon: degrees of domestication. This includes the extents to which a foreign event gets connected with the domestic. By making a topic-modeling analysis of French and Dutch newspaper articles about 9/11, the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia, the Arab Spring and Donald Trump’s political rise, we provide an explorative case study of this dimension. We inductively arrive at a scale ranging from no to extreme domestication of the event, classified according to four degrees of domestication: (1) an entirely foreign affair; (2) a foreign political affair involving domestic actors; (3) a domestic political affair; (4) or a personal disruption. French newspapers score higher on the second degree, the Dutch ones on the third and fourth. A deepening of this pattern shows how these differences stem from two distinctive cultural repertoires that journalists and other media participants employ when relating to foreign events: a French one, which sees them as an opportunity to dominate the international political stage, and a Dutch one, which considers them a reason for reflecting on domestic or personal matters. These clear differences indicate the concept’s importance for the literature and for investigating it within other national media contexts.

Analisis Strategi Komunikasi Pemasaran Dalam Meningkatkan Minat Pengiklan Pada Media Online Teropong Media

The development of information and communication technology, especially the internet, has resulted in significant changes in patterns of access and dissemination of information. Teropong Media, as an online news portal, implements various marketing communication strategies to attract advertiser interest. The research uses a qualitative descriptive approach. The research results show that the communication strategy carried out by Teropong Media to attract advertisers' interest is carried out through various comprehensive approaches, including Teropong Media utilizing the power of advertising on the teropongmedia.co.id news portal, which provides wide exposure and increases advertising revenue. Short-term sales promotions have also proven effective in attracting advertisers. Teropong Media also maintains good relations with the public and builds a positive image to maintain the trust of advertisers and readers. through personal sales and direct marketing strategies with personal and interactive services strengthening interactions with potential advertisers. Apart from that, interesting and quality content and appropriate audience segmentation are important foundations in attracting advertiser interest. Then social media activities also increase engagement and advertising reach, while data analysis helps optimize marketing strategies. Lastly, partnership programs with other companies are also an innovative step to expand reach which makes Teropong Media an attractive choice for advertisers. These strategies are considered capable of increasing the effectiveness of Teropong Media's advertising campaign in its efforts to become the leading national online media in Indonesia.