Negative Public Response Research Articles

Deepfake Nightmares, Synthetic Dreams: A Review of Dystopian and Utopian Discourses Around Deepfakes, and Why the Collapse of Reality May Not Be Imminent—Yet

Abstract Since appearing in 2017, deepfakes have inspired a predominantly negative public response. Substantial research has been devoted to the danger that deepfake technology—as a deceptive audiovisual device—poses to democratic and evidentiary systems; and to the development of AI and legislative mechanisms to control it. However, the diverse and multiplying ways in which deepfake practitioners, researchers, and consumers are now viewing, framing, and using deepfake technology—and its positive applications in commerce, science, education, and the arts—deserve closer attention. This article assesses the plausibility of dystopian and utopian narratives around deepfakes to offer a more nuanced understanding of deepfake technology as a novel synthetic media tool: one which, like any screen-based illusion, can be harnessed for malign and benign purposes, and whose cultural and political power rests—for now at least—not with the machines that create it, but the human beings who use it.

PEREMPUAN SEBAGAI KOMODITAS WARUNG KOPI CETOL DI DESA GONDANGLEGI

The coffee shop is a second home for modern citizens amid the rise of coffee culture in male society. One way to attract customers with the existence by using women as waiters and even accompanying customers as in a small coffee shop. This study aims to find out: (1) how is the relationship between female waiters and customers in coffee shops, (2) the reasons why women are willing to work as waiters in cetol coffee shops, and (3) the views of the surrounding community on the existence of cetol coffee shops. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. The results obtained from this study indicate that the interaction pattern between the waiter and the cetol coffee shop customer uses symbols in providing services to customers, such as wearing tight clothes, sounding spoiled, and others. They work as servants because of economic factors, lack of job opportunities, and also want to fulfill their own needs independently, so these female servants do not care about the negative public response to their work.

КАМПАНИЯ ПО ИЗЪЯТИЮ ЦЕРКОВНЫХ ЦЕННОСТЕЙ В ПОМОЩЬ ГОЛОДАЮЩИМ НА СТРАНИЦАХ ГАЗЕТЫ "БОРЬБА" БАЛАШОВСКОГО УЕЗДНОГО ИСПОЛНИТЕЛЬНОГО КОМИТЕТА РКП(Б) САРАТОВСКОЙ ГУБЕРНИИ ЗА 1922 ГОД

The article is about the basic steps of the church property seizure campaign for famine relief. The campaign was carried out from March to May, 1922, in parallel with the Soviet authorities’ awareness-raising crusade to undermine the credibility of the Orthodox clergy in Russia, including the Saratov province. The local media of those years thoroughly reflected those processes, since the government of that time actively used periodic publications for its political outreach. In the pages of the newspaper “Bor’ba” of Balashov district executive committee of the RCP(b) unleashed political persecution of the clergy that was cleverly masked as a fight against the famine and collecting of necessary means. The March-June 1922 publications featured not only the reports about the course of the campaign, caricatures and articles accusing the clergy of greediness and indifference to people’s tragedies, but also some fictional formats that contained hidden messages to form a negative public response towards the Christian faith. Christ was pictured as a cruel God indifferently watching the death of his flock in starvation pains. The party leaders who did not abandon their citizens in difficult moments were presented as saviors. What was happening was a substitution of ideals.

Konstruksi wacana dan realitas portal berita online

The Reunion 212 action is a socio-religious movement that has generated controversial responses in various circles of society. The problem is caused by the reporting of every online media which is not always neutral and coherent with the existing social reality. In addition, online media are often used to construct a group discourse to the public. This study aims to uncover the motives for reporting the 212 Reunion Action from the online news portal Republika. The research method uses a descriptive qualitative approach and uses critical discourse analysis by Teun A. Van Dijk. The data is taken from Republika's news coverage from November to December about the 212 Reunion Action. The findings of the research show that Republika does not publish the news of the 212 Reunion Action group as a whole. Some of the information that is not uploaded in the narrative of the news text is of propaganda value which aims to form the group's image and as an accommodation effort to reduce the negative public response and the discourse is built positive views. However, the inconsistency of the news has shown the assumption of a shift in the media as a source of information into the media as a space for the existence and contestation of a group. the recommendation is that media repositioning is needed to open a wider space so that the media can again become a source of information for the community that is free of elements or independent media.

Social Media in Public Health Departments: A Vital Component of Community Engagement.

Social Media in Public Health Departments: A Vital Component of Community Engagement.

Fighting for the Internet: Online Blackout Protests and Internet Legislation in the United States, 1996-2018

Fighting for the Internet: Online Blackout Protests and Internet Legislation in the United States, 1996-2018

Not my ancestors! The importance of communication in the display of human remains: a case study from Australia

ABSTRACTVikings: Beyond the Legend was shown at the Melbourne Museum (Australia) amongst a backdrop of local debate when it was decided after consultation with the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee that human remains as part of the exhibit would not be displayed. This article assesses reviews and online comments related to the exhibition in Melbourne and compares them with online reviews from Sydney, Colorado, and Nantes where the remains were displayed. Overall, initial public responses show little change between the institutions that did and did not display human remains. However, an increase in negative public response in Melbourne a month into the exhibition’s residency was noticeably. It is argued that news coverage from a parallel exhibition, Real Bodies, shifted communication focus which led to an increase in online participation. Discussion advocates for an in-depth analysis regarding the presentation of non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People remains in Australian museums.

Dimensions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) skepticism and their impacts on public evaluations toward CSR

ABSTRACTThis study attempts to examine the dimensions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) skepticism and to identify the strongest predictor by testing the relationships between the skepticism constructs and public responses. The study further examines the role of cynicism either as an antecedent, a moderator, or a component of CSR skepticism. Through a series of model tests, three factors of CSR skepticism were identified to better predict public responses to CSR: (a) skepticism toward a company’s altruism, (b) disbelief of CSR messages and CSR activities, and (c) skepticism toward CSR informativeness. Skepticism toward a company’s altruism was identified as the strongest predictor in determining negative public response to CSR, whereas cynicism did not have much predictive power to explain public response to CSR; as a result, it was excluded from the final dimensions of CSR skepticism.

Nuclear Accidents: Consequences for Human, Society and Energy Sector

The article examines radiation and hygienic regulations with regard to the elimination of consequences of the Chernobyl NPP accident in the context of relationships with other aspects, primarily socio-economic and political factors. This experience is reasonable to take into account when defining criteria in other regulatory fields, for example, in radioactive waste classification and remediation of areas. The article presents an analysis of joint features and peculiarities of nuclear accidents in the industry and energy sectors. It is noted that the scale of global consequences of the Chernobyl NPP accident is defined by the large-scale release of radioactivity into the environment, as well as an affiliation of the nuclear installation with the energy sector. Large-scale radiation accidents affect the most diverse spheres of human activities, what, in its turn, evokes the reverse reaction from the society and its institutions, including involvement of political means of settlement. If the latter is seeing for criteria that are scientifically justified and feasible, then the preconditions for minimizing socio-economic impacts are created. In other cases, political decisions, such as nuclear units’ shutdown and phasing out of nuclear energy, appear to be an economic price which society, as a whole and a single industry sector, pay to compensate the negative public response. The article describes fundamental changes in approaches to ensure nuclear and radiation safety that occurred after the Chernobyl NPP accident. Multiple and negative consequences of the Chernobyl accident for human and society are balanced to some extent by a higher level of operational safety, emergency preparedness, and life-cycle safety. The article indicates that harmonization and ensuring consistency of regulations that involve different aspects of nuclear and radiation safety are important to implement practical solutions to the nuclear legacy problems. The development of regulations on criteria for the classification of radioactive waste and the issues of remediation of radioactively contaminated areas are discussed as the examples.

Determinants of stakeholders’ attitudes towards a new technology: nanotechnology applications for food, water, energy and medicine

Stakeholder risk and benefit perceptions and attitudes towards a technology matter for the societal response to these technologies. This is especially the case for technological innovations where the public has no direct experience with the technology and its applications. In such cases, expert views are the main source for public opinion formation. Stakeholder risk and benefit perception, and their effect on attitudes towards a new technology (nanotechnology) and its applications were examined in two studies. In a survey, the effect of risk and benefit perception on attitudes to nanotechnology in specific application domains (energy, water, food and medicine) was examined. While risk and benefit perception predicted much of the variance in attitude, experts were more positive about medicine applications and more negative about food applications than could be explained through risk and benefit perception. In the second study, expert focus groups were asked for reasons why food and medicine were seen as more negative and positive than based on the risk and benefit perceptions as measured in the survey. For medicine, the urgency and unique potential of nanotechnology was seen as a reason as why this domain was liked more. For food, the high level of uncertainty about risk assessment and about exposure of consumers and the lack of urgency in applying nanotechnology to food was seen as a reason this domain was liked less. In addition, experts voiced concern about potential negative public response to food applications as reasons for their negative attitude. These results thus suggest that both risk and benefit perception consist of multiple dimensions that require further exploration.

The Floriculture and Nursery Industry's Struggle with Invasive Species

New invasive species are estimated to cost more than $120 billion annually in the United States (Pimentel et al. 2005) and are one of the major threats to agriculture and urban ecosystems and to the natural environment. They are acknowledged as being the second most important threat to biodiversity and endangered species, ranking behind habitat loss. Depending on the nature of the pest and its status as an invasive (in California, categories A, B, C, or Q)1, a species may trigger regulatory activities in agricultural, urban, and natural settings. The goal is to protect these various habitats and (with respect to agriculture) to keep trade opportunities open in the U.S. and abroad. Of course, regulatory actions (eradication or other suppression-related programs) may involve area-wide treatment efforts that usually cut across different habitats, and when urban boundaries are encroached, this often provokes a negative public response.2 Rightly or wrongly, the floriculture and nursery industry is often blamed for being the cause of the introduction and subsequent spread of many invasive species. Even when the industry tries to take corrective measures (e.g., Bemisia tabaci, Biotype Q, Mckenzie et al. [2008]), it is criticized by other commodities and consequently faces even greater scrutiny. What appears …

Electoral Cross-dressing: The Role Reversal Campaigns of Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande in the 2012 Presidential Election

This article analyses and evaluates the 2012 presidential campaigns of Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande. It argues that these were to a large extent characterized by role reversal: Sarkozy was obliged to adopt the role of challenger, while Hollande assumed the status of incumbent. Yet it is also clear that this role reversal was not complete. Hollande enjoyed many of the advantages of the challenger position, while in contrast Sarkozy suffered from many of the disadvantages of incumbency, notably his mixed policy record in office and a negative public response to his presidential style.

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Complicating a Rudimentary List of Characteristics: Communicating Disability with Down Syndrome Dolls

Apparently some people upon coming across [Down Syndrome dolls] were offended. […] Still, it’s curious, and telling, what gives offense. Was it the shock of seeing a doll not modeled on the normative form that caused such offense? Or the assumption that any representation of Down Syndrome must naturally intend ridicule? Either way, it would seem that we might benefit from an examination of such reactions—especially as they relate to instances of the idealisation of the human form that dolls […] represent. (Faulkner)

Anatomy of a failed sustainability initiative: government and community resistance to sustainable landscaping in a Canadian city

This article presents a case study of a “failed" sustainability initiative to establish sustainable landscaping demonstration sites in a northern, resource-dependent Canadian community. This failure is attributable to fears by municipal staff regarding public acceptance of landscaping alternatives and, in consequence, partial and ever-changing levels of support for the project. The outcomes suggest several lessons for achieving success in sustainability initiatives, including ensuring education for all parties, establishing and maintaining mutual commitments, and overt planning for potential negative public response.

What to call human cloning: the technical terminology increasingly used in the cloning debate sidesteps the ethical questions raised.

On April 4, 2002, the Italian physician Severino Antinori announced that a woman was 8 weeks pregnant with a cloned human fetus (Daniel, 2002). On April 15, 2002, Brigitte Boisselier, scientific director of Clonaid, a firm linked to the Raelian movement, announced that they had developed human clones to the blastocyst stage and planned to implant them into women. Later that month, Antinori told Italian state television that three cloned pregnancies existed in the world at that moment, two in Russia and one in an Islamic state. If these claims prove to be true, and the fetuses survive full‐term, debates over the ethics of human cloning will no longer be theoretical exercises. We will have to consider how we treat cloned humans. > One controversial and morally questionable action—embryo destruction—is being used to justify another controversial and morally questionable action—human cloning Judging by the vociferous condemnation of these reports, most people regard human cloning as immoral and would like to outlaw the procedure. On April 10, 2002, US President George W. Bush urged the US Senate to ban human cloning completely because it treats human life as a commodity, and stated that ‘no human life should be exploited or extinguished for the benefit of another’. The US Senate is closely divided on the issue of cloning and although it is expected to ban ‘reproductive cloning’, it is still debating whether to allow research involving 'therapeutic cloning’. While both these terms remain widely used, some scientists are urging their abandonment because of the negative public response they generate. Indeed, in a recent report, the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) chose to call therapeutic cloning ‘nuclear transplantation to produce stem cells’ (NAS, 2002). This exemplifies the desire on the part of some within the scientific community to eliminate the term ‘cloning’ from …

Songbird response to group selection harvests and clearcuts in a New Hampshire northern hardwood forest

Clearcutting creates habitat for many species of early successional songbirds; however, little information is available on bird use of small forest openings created by group selection harvests. Group selection harvests are increasing on the White Mountain National Forest due to negative public response to clearcutting. The objective of this study was to determine if avian species richness and composition differ between clearcut and group selection openings, and between mature stands and the uncut portions of group selection stands. Point count surveys were conducted during the 1992 and 1993 breeding seasons within six study blocks in the White Mountain National Forest, NH. Each block consisted of a clearcut stand, a group selection stand and a mature stand. Species richness per stand was significantly higher in clearcut openings ( p = 0.010) than in group selection openings. Forested areas surrounding group selection openings were similar to mature stands in species richness ( p = 0.848) and composition. Our data suggest that, relative to avian use, the group selection system does not provide habitat similar to that created by clearcutting in extensive northern hardwood stands. The group selection system appears to retain much of the mature forest bird community while providing for a limited number of early successional bird species. Gradual replacement of clearcutting with group selection harvests could result in reduced avian diversity across large forested tracts.

Staff Participation in Administrative Decision-Making

Victoria Hospital Corporation in London has adopted a collaborative management model that involves the participation of medical, union and non-union staff in the administrative decision-making process within predetermined parameters. Reactions have been favourable from all sides--positive feedback from the groups involved and minimal negative public response to the sensitive decisions made concerning downsizing. Early indicators suggest increasing further the participation of union and non-union staff in decision-making on multiple levels, but with clearly defined "boundaries of responsibility."

Was Jesus a Mesith?: Public Response to Jesus and His Ministry

Negative public response to Jesus is examined with reference to Deuteronomy 13 and rabbinic assessments of Jesus as a mesith, a beguiler of the people. The tradition of interpretation of Deuteronomy 13 in the rabbinic corpus and New Testament passages that reflect this motif are examined for clues to the cause of conflict the historical Jesus encountered in his ministry. In particular, the issues of familial division, Jesus’ reception in the cities, and the rural pattern of ministry are examined. It is argued that Jesus experienced the ostracism reserved for the mesith at both the personal and the civic level.

Henry Larkin and the Carlyles

Henry Larkin, friend, neighbor, and for many years amanuensis and research assistant to Carlyle, was one of many deeply upset by the publication of the Carlyle Reminiscences in early March 1881. James Anthony Froude, Carlyle's literary executor, had had the manuscript ready for some time,' and printing had begun in December 1880.2 With Carlyle's death on 5 February Froude proceeded without delay to publication. Reactions varied, of course,3 but the following from Abraham Hayward in the Quarterly Review can perhaps exemplify the stronger negative public response.