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UNDERSTANDING THE ADOPTION AND IMPACT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ON CLIMATE CHANGE AWARENESS: EVIDENCE FROM UNIVERSITY GRADUATES IN PAKISTAN

Climate change is a pressing issue that significantly impacts agriculture, health, biodiversity, water resources, forests, and the socioeconomic well-being of populations, particularly in developing and least developed nations. Raising public awareness of climate change through accurate knowledge is a key strategy to encourage proactive mitigation and adaptation efforts. This study investigates the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) by university graduates to enhance climate change awareness, focusing on the role of both educators and students in knowledge transfer within academic environments. The research was conducted across 15 major universities in Pakistan, using a structured questionnaire to collect data on demographic, socio-cultural, technological, and economic factors influencing graduates’ awareness and perceptions of climate change. A binary logistic regression analysis was used to assess the impact of ICTs on climate change awareness. The results indicate that access to smartphones, agricultural magazines, news bulletins, newspapers, television, and internet connectivity significantly enhances climate change awareness. However, access to radio and computers or laptops did not show a significant impact. Universities should integrate ICT-based training and outreach activities into their curricula, promoting technological solutions that address climate change challenges. Furthermore, collaboration between technological solution providers, environmental departments, and academic institutions is recommended to design ICT-driven strategies for raising climate change awareness among the youth.

The theoretical path of constructive journalism and practical experience in China

The purpose of this study was to examine the stages of the formation of constructive journalism in the world and the practical implementation of this concept using evidence from modern Chinese media discourse. The study examined two theoretical approaches to constructive news: one based on positive psychology and the other on Buddhist philosophy. The Chinese journalism community was the first to pay attention to constructive news in terms of the supervision of public opinion. Based on the study of the official WeChat account of Xinhua News Agency, particularly the topics, genre specificity, emotional colouring, and formal indicators of news, the patterns of Chinese constructive journalism were identified. The rule of law, cultural life and education, health, and travelling were identified as the main themes. The emotional colouring of news reports is most often positive and neutral. It is worth noting the genre diversity: news, news bulletins, news essays, newsletters, investigative reports, and diversity in terms of formal indicators: “text only”, “text + image”, “image only”, “text + video + image”. It was found that the purpose of constructive journalism reporting in China coincides with the government’s public order goals. The concept of Chinese constructive journalism was reflected in the following aspects: using positive psychology to stimulate the vitality of news reports for social development, creating positive narrative strategy, improving news management, and promoting moral values. In the future, this study can be used to analyse patterns of social behaviour, illuminate media literacy, and study national media practices

Use of free labour in the media within the scope of citizen journalism: A case study of the main news bulletin on Show TV

Use of free labour in the media within the scope of citizen journalism: A case study of the main news bulletin on Show TV

News coverage of the Iraqi brain drain issue: an analytical study of the news bulletins of Al Iraqiya TV channel during the period from January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022

The public today navigates a vast landscape of hundreds of satellite channels offering diverse intellectual discourse. Amidst this multitude, Al-Iraqiya Satellite Channel, the official Iraqi state broadcaster, consistently claims the top spot in viewership and engagement according to local opinion polls. The channel grapples with various issues relevant to the Iraqi public, and prominent among them is the critical phenomenon of Iraqi talent migration. It is this issue's prominence in Al-Iraqiya's news programming that drew the researcher's attention, leading to a detailed analysis of broadcast content focused on brain drain during the year 2022. This research seeks to answer the following question: How did news bulletins on Al-Iraqiya Satellite Channel address the issue of Iraqi talent migration? Employing a descriptive research approach, the researcher utilized a survey method and defined the research population as all news bulletins aired by the channel in 2022. To ensure comprehensiveness, a complete inventory sample of all bulletins addressing the brain drain phenomenon within the specified timeframe was adopted . This analysis yielded several key findings: News coverage of Iraqi talent migration occupied a substantial portion of total news bulletin airtime, amounting to 70 minutes out of a total 540 minutes. The majority of the televised content addressing brain drain took the form of news segments, followed by reports, interviews, analyses, and commentaries, respectively.

The Problem of Media Translation Into the Amazigh Language in the Algerian Radio Station

The increasing activity of the various media, as well as their work on continuous and direct transmission of events, and their reliance on multilingual sources, necessitates translation to assist the journalist and editor in writing and understanding the news, as well as knowing its background and details. In today's world, media translation plays a significant role. As is the case with many written and audio translations, itis one of the most significant types of translation. The Algerian Radio Corporation, for example, broadcasts in the Amazigh language and with various linguistic variations .As a result, these Tamazight radio stations in Algeria are seen as an ideal space in which this close relationship between translation and the media mightbe embodied. According to some experts, if the media keeps up with global development, translation is attempting to express the contents of that progress, regardless of the circumstances. The process of translating news collected by journalists from many sources and in multiple languages, particularly Arabic, French, and English, into the Amazigh language, where the content is edited and then disseminated in news bulletins or through audio radio programs in these channels. Therefore, this paper seeks to shed light on the reality of media translation, into the Amazigh language on Algerian radio, through an analytical study of some translated works, with an indication of the difficulties that journalists face in the translation process and the rolethey play, in light of the challenges they face in order to maintain honesty, accuracy and objectivity in translating news.

South African Sign Language (SASL) Interpreter Portrayal on SABC 1 News Bulletin: What Do Viewers Think?

Television Sign Language (SL) Interpreters play a vital role in providing the Deaf community with access to information and knowledge in their primary language, Sign Language. This helps the Deaf community stay informed regarding events in their local and global environment, contributing to their development. However, a lack of research exists on SL interpreters on television. With on-screen placement of SL interpreters during news broadcasts being the primary focus in previous studies, this paper attempts to offer a unique contribution from an audience perception examination of South African Sign Language (SASL) interpreter portrayal in newscasts and its impact. The research, conducted on the SABC 1 news bulletin, employed a qualitative method and purposive sampling. Twelve participants, divided into four categories – Deaf, Hard of hearing, hearing, and SASL interpreters participated in the study through virtual interviews as data collection method. The study findings indicate the portrayal of SASL interpreters on television reflects the discrimination, inequality, and disrespect faced by the Deaf community.

La ripresa del morbillo mette a rischio anche operatori sanitari che ritengono di essere protetti

The Morbillo & Rubella News bulletin n. 74, July 2024, highlighted that the sudden increase in measles cases reported in the last four months of 2023 (33 cases), was accentuated in 2024: 717 cases in the period January-June, of which 605/676 unvaccinated, with 55 cases among Healthcare Workers, of which 41 unvaccinated. SIMEUP, the Italian Society of Pediatric Emergency and Urgency, believes it is essential that those responsible for safety in our Hospitals, from Directors to Competent Doctors, take action as soon as possible to prevent other HCW from being affected by vaccine-preventable infections, such as measles. The adoption of a vaccination protocol in compliance with existing laws and the clear indications of the Constitutional Court can encourage healthcare workers to adhere to immune prophylaxis, reducing the percentage of susceptible people and making hospital departments safer.

Role of Electronic Media in Political Information: A Comparative Analysis of Geo News and ARY News

Political information is the burning issue of the present time. People around the globe seek information about politics from different mediums. Among them Television is one of the most popular medium of information for politics. Television, through its news bulletin spread information to the masses for the purpose of political information. Present research study is based on content analysis technique to investigate and explore role of Pakistani big media groups in political information. This research study is based on content analysis to investigate the prime-time news bulletin headlines of two big media channels. The universe of the study was 1st July 2023 to 31st July 2023. The sample size was the 9 pm headlines of Geo News and ARY News. The empirical analysis of the data reveals that overall, Geo News broadcasted a greater number of stories related to PTI and spared most of the time to PTI as compared with other national parties. The exclusive analysis of the data also reveals that ARY News also supports PTI and broadcasted more stories. The empirical analysis of the data also reveals that all the other national political parties except PMLN were given very limited time to the stories related to them.

The balance between text and image in TV news editing The example of the 8:00 PM news bulletin on NRT & K24 Analytical and comparative research

This research entitled (The Balance between text and image in TV news editing) is an attempt to clarify the balance between two main elements, which are text and image in the TV news editing process on Kurdish satellite channels. The research explores how TV channels use text-image balance in news broadcasting.
 
 The main objective of this study is exploring the methods of balancing between text and image in news editing. The researcher relies on descriptive and content analysis methods to achieve its objectives. The research follows some methods of collecting data including monitoring and note-taking, interviews, surveys. 
 
 The main finding of this research is: K24 keeps balance between text and image in news stories related to political, economic, partisan, governmental, military, environmental, and religious. In contrast, NRT follows balancing only in news stories involving governmental, partisan, and organizational. The results show that K24 is using balance more than NRT. This research also shows that both channels are working on that breaking news and current affairs by using description and showing the images when available. In their news editing they show the same angles and frames that are new and they use different sources. They use more (Cut effect) in editing, which is one of the crucial and suitable effects of news editing on TV.

Coverage of International News in TV News Broadcasts: The Case of the Greek Public Television

The "World Press Freedom Index" is published annually by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and aims to compare 180 countries and territories according to the level of freedom enjoyed by journalists and the media. For 2023, Greece is in position 107 on the list, occupying the last position among the countries of the European Union. As a result of the financial and political crisis, Greek journalists and media faced a deepening lack of trust in the country (Gioltzidou, 2018). In this context, the present study attempts an in-depth study of the potentially problematic aspects of the practice of journalism in Greece, starting from the level of coverage of international news on public television. The theoretical study is based on the research of Lent (1977), who concluded that national interests, censorship (internal or external), and an increasingly shrinking body of correspondents limit international news coverage in the media. In the empirical part, the research results obtained from the study of 66 news bulletins and 1447 separate news topics on the public television ERT3 during September 2021 were presented. The central research question of the study is "What is the role and the position of international news in news bulletins in Greece in cases of global crisis?".

The effectiveness of modern technologies used in television news bulletins And its role in facilitating the presenter's work

The impact of television has made it an essential technology that can't be dispensed with in all circumstances and situations, measuring the society's need for it. Some argue that there is no stronger media than television in introducing people of the world to each other, as it has the most powerful impact and attracts millions of viewers.Television is deemed as the most effective tool of media as it is designed to capture both sound and image. The image, in itself, has the ability to engage and interact with our thoughts. In light of the aforementioned, it is noticeable that this interactive medium (television) has significantly evolved over the years, thanks to modern technologies that have been introduced over time. These advancements have added an element of credibility between both the broadcaster and the audience's interaction. It has been made possible through live broadcasts, transmissions, and the presenter's presence at the scene of the event at the time of its occurrence.Television is the main source of news for the majority of people in various contemporary societies. The television and news programs still constitute the main center of gravity in the process of influencing viewers, and in particular when watching the news bulletin on (any channel), we quickly expect to see the news, reports and polls offered by the bulletin that affect the life of our society.The purpose of news bulletins is to inform viewers about the current events happening in the local community, the nation as a whole, and even at the global level. It is presented through the medium of television, aided by a team of professionals such as the directors, presenters, correspondents, cameramen, sound recordists, lighting technicians and editors, who work together to create a coherent and engaging news bulletin

The obituary – subspecies of the portrait: between sadness and eulogy

The obituary is considered to be a subspecies of the portrait within opinion journalism, which, unfortunately, today is given less attention by the press. Moreover, in recent years, many journalists have moved it from the subspecies of opinion journalism to the informative one, due to the pressure of time, in order to produce an exhaustive and fast material, and this fact often means lack of respect for many of the prominent personalities of the country’s most diverse fields of development, who happen to be remembered far too briefly than they should be in the news bulletins of the country’s television stations. The article below aims to carry out a brief review of the characteristics of a subspecies, which was considered a sign of the journalism guild’s gratitude towards the achievements of the outstanding personalities of the country, who have passed away, by writing and presenting a text – eulogy to those who have marked the development areas of the country. At the same time, we intend through this material to signal the fact that through a succinct and superficial approach to the achievements of the country’s personalities in obituary materials, the press contributes to the formation of a defective attitude of the young generation towards everything that means history, contribution, work, sacrifice and destiny.

Observance of Ethics in Crime News Reporting with Respect to Pakistani Society

Media is the greatest source of information in today’s world. Media is the fastest way to get news from the remotest part of the world and deliver it to masses. Thus play a vital role in shaping the minds of people. This study seeks to comprehend media ethics in Pakistani society. Main focus is the observance of ethics in headlines and news reports related to crime and violence. The aim of the research is to seek the Psychological effects of violence news, role of crime news in presenting political and diplomatic image of Pakistan to the world, to find the link between crime news and rating of a channel and the role of responsible journalism as concerned for news bulletins. The study lies under the social responsibility theory of press. The method used for the research is the in-depth interview method.

‘Carry us along and you will see wonders’: COVID-19 pandemic and search for local cures in Nigeria

ABSTRACT This paper examined how the panic created by the advent of corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic led to the search for local cures, the responses and reactions of the government to the local cure as well as why the government preferred Western solution over local cures in spite of its investments and efforts to develop local cures in Nigeria. The study adopted the qualitative methods and thus relied on data elicited from books, journals, COVID-19 news reports, bulletins, and newspapers. The study finds a gap in the manner in which the government adopted the Western cures over its own in spite of its huge investments in local solutions. The rationale for reliance on western solutions were the lack of data, lack of replicability among others. The paper concludes that local search for the COVID-19 vaccine if encouraged would not have only saved the nation huge export of scarce financial resources but would have also created the take-off for novel therapeutic or prophylactic products for the prevention and treatment of endemic and emerging diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and other preventable diseases. One of the recommendations for the study is the need for adequate funding and political will to support local cures.

MEDIA COVERAGE AND PAK-US RELATIONS: ANALYSIS OF TV NEWS FRAMING DURING PTI’S REGIME

Foreign relations of Pakistan (Pak) with the United State of America (US) have a very long history of Ups and Downs and remain central to the politics of Pakistan. Pak-US relations also remain part of political and public discourse during elections and during the tenures of different political parties in the Government. Political parties in power or in the opposition are discussed with reference to their approach to foreign policy towards the US. The current study aims at examining how Pak-USA Relations were seen through the lens of media coverage, during PTI Government, taking into account the issues of Military Cooperation; Afghanistan Situation; Regional Disputes; War on Terror; and CPEC. The study is based on the news coverage of Pak-US relations in primetime TV news bulletins of two eminent Pakistani news channels GEO and ARY. The Descriptive Content Analysis method is used as a tool of analysis. Data was collected by watching the news bulletin of GEO and ARY news from August 18th, 2018 to January 18th, 2018. Agenda Setting and Framing approaches have been employed to analyze the news bulletins. All hypotheses are proven statistically by using the “t” test. The finding of this study is that both news channels Geo and ARY give positive coverage related to Pak-USA relations. These news channels have almost the same frames used regarding Pakistan and USA relationships in their 9 pm news bulletin headlines. In these frames, GEO and ARY news channels show that the relationships between Pakistan and the USA were very good during PTI’s regime. Both countries were working bilaterally during this selecting time period. Keywords: Framing, PAK-USA Relations, News Channels, PTI, GEO, ARY

PERCEPTION OF YOUTH REGARDING THE CREDIBILITY OF TV NEWS CHANNELS IN PAKISTAN

Television is considered a powerful mass medium, which is not only meant for dissemination and analyzing the news but also has a strong impact on the social, cultural, and political approach of the audience. The boom in the TV industry of Pakistan in the early 21st century has resulted in the massive popularity of private news channels among viewers. The Urdu transmission of these channels is one of the reasons for popularity as the national language is spoken and understood by the majority population all over the country. However, the credibility of the content remains an issue always. The purpose of this research is to find out the perception of youth regarding the credibility of leading TV news channels Dunya News, ARY News, and Geo News. The study examines the youth’s perception regarding the credibility of news content. It also seeks to find out to what extent, prime-time talk shows of these channels, “On the Front”, “Off the Record” and “Capital Talk” are considered credible among youth considers. The present study is survey research in which data was collected from the undergraduate students of public and private sector universities of Lahore. Data were analyzed through Descriptive Statistics. Further, T-test was applied to find out the difference in perception based on demographic characteristics. The results show that the youth is more interested in watching talk shows rather than news bulletins. TV news channels are popular among youth due to a better understanding of the Urdu language, but with compromised credibility. The viewers believe that every TV channel has a certain agenda and it gives coverage to every news with a political bias. This biasedness has raised a question about the credibility of news channels among young viewers. Keywords: Perception, Credibility, Talk shows, News Channels, Political Bias

Policing the Priming and Gatekeeping Dilemma: A Comparative Analysis of Pakistan Democratic Movement in ARY News & Geo News

This study aims to assess the coverage of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) in prime-time news bulletins of private national television news channels: ARY News & Geo News. The researcher carried out a content analysis to address issues such as misrepresentation, fabrication, manipulation, and under-representation of activities and events related to the coverage of PDM. Using the theoretical framework of ‘Priming’ in Agenda Setting Theory and Gatekeeping Theory, a comparative analysis has been conducted in relation to the coverage of PDM’s four main processions in Lahore, Bahawalpur, Multan, and Peshawar. The researcher selected 16 prime-time news bulletins of both ARY News & Geo News — through the purposive sampling technique — from 22nd Nov to 23rd January 2021. Eight of these news bulletins were aired on the days of the processions; while the other eight were aired the day following these processions. The findings of this study indicated that in comparison to Geo News, ARY News was more anti-biased in the representation of events concerning PDM — as it manipulated the perception of its viewers regarding PDM by feeding them fabricated and manipulative news. Moreover, ARY News also under-represented the actual concerns of PDM.

IFLA and Sustainable Development Goals: Reviewing the projects by IFLA Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section

Among the other IFLA sections and thematic groups, IFLA Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB) is in the thick of sustainability problems and, in particular, of ecological component of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). ENSULIB encourages the libraries to inspire their communities for the ecologically sustainable course of action through providing materials on “green” librarianship, giving the floor to “green” librarians and library projects, by taking the lead and propounding the discussion.On IFLA ENSULIB web page, one can find materials and projects for the libraries working in ecological education and advocating sustainability ideas, and among these initiatives are IFLA Green Library Award, news bulletin, open access thematic information resource, Library Map of the World Project, and regular webinars. The ENSULIB provides support to zero-waste and decrease-ofconsumption projects. The authors discuss the materials that might be useful for Russian libraries.

Plantation Awareness Regarding Clean Green Pakistan: An Analytical Study of University Students of Lahore

This study's goal is to explore the impact of electronic media on the plantation regarding Clean Green Pakistan Movement. Climate and environmental changes are the primary debate among worldwide media and policymakers. The fact that our planet is getting warmer daily has triggered an alarm in the many forms of life that inhabit it. The world is becoming increasingly polluted, causing problems for humans and all other living things. What is the role of the mass media, as the fourth pillar of the state, in providing information and raising awareness about the need to address these problematic environmental changes? How are the news bulletins of GEO news, ARY news, and City 42 educating university students in Lahore about CGPM's planting activities? This study aims to shed attention on the serious topic of environmental change and examine media coverage of plantations. This study looks at the current situation, the causes of ecological change worldwide, and how the government addresses this issue. The nature of this investigation is quantitative. 200 respondents from two public and two private universities of Lahore comprised the sample for this study. According to the findings, the hypotheses are accepted. It is determined that university students in Lahore actively participated in this movement and acted with the recommendations after viewing news bulletins linked to the coverage of plantations regarding CGP.

A content analysis of port harcourt-based radio stations’ news frames on rivers state government's urban renewal programme

The power of narratives to shape public policy is supported in a variety of academic literature. In the mass media, the angles to these narratives are called frames. By framing issues in specific ways, an entity can identify underlying patterns and shape public opinion in a certain direction. Using four research objectives as a template, this study analysed Port Harcourt radio news frames (Nigeria Info 92.3 FM and Rhythm 93.7 FM) on the Rivers State government's Urban Renewal Programme. While the theoretical foundation of the study hinged on agenda setting, gatekeeping, and framing theories, the study relied on secondary data from the news bulletins of the selected radio stations. The population of the study consisted of 255 news items, which also served as the sample size, following the census sampling technique. The findings of the study revealed that though Nigeria Info 92.3FM covered the programme more than Rhythm 93.7 FM, a significant percentage of the time (114 times, or 52.5%), the programme was framed positively in the bulletins of the two radio stations, using two major frames, “development” and “politics”, and given prominence (49.8% of headlines and 80% of story length, measuring 16 seconds and above). In addition to the above, the quality of coverage was significantly high (72.1%), ranging from the mode of coverage to varying aspects of the programme reported. The study recommended that privately owned radio stations should do more coverage of government policies and programmes beyond the news platform and, at the same time, frame their stories in such a way to offer interpretation and context to the citizenry while holding the government and policy actors accountable.