News Sources Research Articles

"Please may I have some more?" – Assessing Student and Instructor Intersubjective Agreement on Part Marks in Engineering Mathematics

Driven by student requests for more marks (some prefer ‘partial credit’), this paper asks if there is evidence that students adapt to the marking rubrics encountered in universities. Through a weekly handout in a first-year engineering mathematics class, we explore the progress students make in their understanding of how instructors grade. How does student expectation of an unknown grading rubric shift with the accumulation of experience in a course? Through our exploration, we reveal unfortunate findings about how well students adapt, a lot of unanswered questions, a few sources of good news, and promising directions for the research to pursue.

Listeners’ Engagement and Interactivity in News Radio Twitter in Indonesia

Although radio has traditionally been recognized as a medium dependent on listener engagement, social media platforms such as Twitter have introduced new forms of interactivity due to their real-time and networked characteristics, facilitating the emergence of novel engagement types. Employing a case study approach, this research delves into the various forms of engagement on @PRFMnews, the official Twitter handle of PRFM Radio in Indonesia. Data was collected through observation of posts and interactions on the @PRFMnews account and through comprehensive interviews with the chief editor and two online editors of the station. Document studies were also conducted throughout October 2021 to gather research data. The study yielded several findings. Firstly, Twitter has been identified not only as a source of news but also as a platform that augments listener engagement in citizen journalism. Secondly, user-to-user interactivity was evident in the manner in which users tweeted and responded to posts from both their peers and account administrators. Thirdly, user-to-system interactivity was characterized by how individuals engaged with the social networking platform itself, particularly in actions like clicking URLs and viewing media containing hyperlinks. Lastly, user-to-document interactivity was observed in the way users retweeted and liked posts on the @PRFMnews account. These findings demonstrate that the dynamics between radio stations and their listeners have evolved in conjunction with the popularity of Twitter.

Sailors, Spies, and Sovereignty: Greenock’s Revolutionary Turmoil, 1688–1691

Despite many pamphlets and news sources declaring the Jacobites defeat in 1690, the Williamite War in Ireland carried on until June 1691. Among the more cautious observers of the situation was the Scottish Privy Council. Records indicate that coastal towns – in this case Greenock – were potential avenues for Jacobite invasion from the Irish Sea. This article situates the Privy Council’s and local action in both their environmental contexts and within the history of borders and borderlands. It traces Greenock’s place in the revolutionary narrative as a place of great strategic importance because of the bustling port and proximity to the city of Glasgow. Coastal and port security played a crucial role in shaping attitudes and action towards the western port towns connected to the Irish Sea. Ultimately, the Clyde River did not succumb to the enemy navy, but the coast and its inland waterways were an unpredictable space.

Misinformation and harmful language are interconnected, rather than distinct, challenges.

There is considerable concern about users posting misinformation and harmful language on social media. Substantial-yet largely distinct-bodies of research have studied these two kinds of problematic content. Here, we shed light on both research streams by examining the relationship between the sharing of misinformation and the use of harmful language. We do so by creating and analyzing a dataset of 8,687,758 posts from N = 6,832 Twitter (now called X) users, and a dataset of N = 14,617 true and false headlines from professional fact-checking websites. Our analyses reveal substantial positive associations between misinformation and harmful language. On average, Twitter posts containing links to lower-quality news outlets also contain more harmful language (β = 0.10); and false headlines contain more harmful language than true headlines (β = 0.19). Additionally, Twitter users who share links to lower-quality news sources also use more harmful language-even in non-news posts that are unrelated to (mis)information (β = 0.13). These consistent findings across different datasets and levels of analysis suggest that misinformation and harmful language are related in important ways, rather than being distinct phenomena. At the same, however, the strength of associations is not sufficiently high to make the presence of harmful language a useful diagnostic for information quality: most low-quality information does not contain harmful language, and a considerable fraction of high-quality information does contain harmful language. Overall, our results underscore important opportunities to integrate these largely disconnected strands of research and understand their psychological connections.

Content Modeling in Multi-Platform Multilingual Social Media Data

An increase in the use of social media as the primary news source for the general population has created an ecosystem in which organic conversation commingles with inorganically seeded and amplified narratives, which can include public relations and marketing activity but also covert and malign influence operations. An efficient and easily understandable analysis of such data is important, as it allows relevant stakeholders to protect online communities and free discussion while better identifying activity and content that may violate social media platform terms of service. To accomplish this, we propose a method of large-scale social media data analysis, which allows for multilingual conversations to be analyzed in depth across any number of social media platforms simultaneously. Our method uses a text embedding model, i.e., a natural language processing model that holds semantic and contextual understandings of language. The model uses an “understanding” of language to represent posts as coordinates in a high-dimensional space, such that posts with similar meanings are assigned coordinates close together. We then cluster and analyze the posts to identify online topics of conversation existing across multiple social media platforms. We explicitly show how our method can be applied to four different datasets, three consisting of Chinese social media posts related to the Belt and Road Initiative and one relating to the Russia-Ukraine war, and we find politically-influenced conversations that contain misleading information relating to the Chinese government and the Russia-Ukraine war.

Linguistic Features and Structures in Newspaper Headlines of the ‘The Standard’ and ‘Daily Nation’ on Banditry, Kenya, 2023

This article aims to look into the linguistic features and structures used in The Standard and Daily Nation Newspaper Headlines on the subject, banditry and the possible implication that it has to the shaping of public perception, informing government responses and raising awareness about the challenges posed by banditry. The study adopted systemic functional linguistics framework, introduced by Michael Halliday in the 1960s. It also adopted analytical research design. Data collection involved the development of a coding sheet. A coding sheet was developed to guide the systematic categorization and analysis of linguistic features and structures present in the newspaper headlines. Content analysis was employed to examine the functions, themes and the rhetorical devices used in the headlines to portray banditry incidents. The data analysis procedure entailed a systematic analysis of the newspaper headlines, aiming to examine the ways they reflect the realities on reporting of banditry in the study regions. The findings revealed that there is a nuanced interplay of linguistic features that significantly shape the construction of public perception. The headlines employed vivid verbs, descriptive adjectives, and metaphors to convey the actions, attributes, and causes associated with banditry. Rhetorical questions, emotive language, personalization, and attributions to sources engaged readers emotionally and conveyed the stance of news sources. The recommendations from this study suggests that newspapers should use varied linguistic elements to offer readers with a more comprehensive knowledge of banditry, editors and journalists should also be creative and precise in their terminologies, use language appropriately when reporting difficult themes and the media should employ rhetorical questions and emotive language with caution. There should be a balance to ensure that emotions do not overpower accurate reporting.

Fake News Detection On Social Media:Review of Literature

In today's world, social media has become one of the most accessible sources of news for people worldwide due to its low cost, easy accessibility, and rapid dissemination. However, the harmful effects of fake news on individuals and society have been evident for a long time. Despite the challenges in detecting false information, numerous scholars are working to understand the issue and its characteristics. The purpose of this paper is to analyze contemporary frameworks that make use of different machine learning techniques in order to further our understanding of false news identification. The efficiency of these frameworks in recognizing and halting the spread of false information may be compared by examining various methods. A particular technique was used in the review process to provide a thorough and instructive assessment. Even though a lot of research has been done to identify false news, more can be done in the future. These studies have many limitations such as biased data, adaptability, credibility analysis and the news is only categorized as legitimate or unauthentic by their solutions. Nevertheless, a system of ratings or scores to assess the reliability of news is necessary for a workable approach.

Image Creation about Africa Within the State-Owned Media Space: A Content Analysis of the Ghanaian Times Newspaper

This study attempted to find out the various images or themes that the Ghanaian Times as a State-owned Print Media in Ghana portrays about Africa through its reportage. Utilizing the gatekeeping, cultural imperialist, and framing theories, the study looked at the selection of stories by the editors and the final images that were portrayed about Africa per the stories selected for publication for five (5) years. Through content analysis, the study sampled 225 stories from the Ghanaian Times newspaper. The study hypothesized that the newspaper would frame Africa positively but the findings did not support that hypothesis. The study further delved into the sources of the African news as it was hypothesized that the Ghanaian state-owned newspaper would also pick the majority of its stories from indigenous African news agencies. The results again caused the claim to be rejected as the newspaper indeed relied more on Western media particularly the British Broadcasting Corporation for news on Africa. While there is the need to periodically research to find out about the state of Africa’s image in the media, it was recommended that the African media must reduce its dependence on foreign news agencies for stories on Africa as the tone of such stories is largely negative. The study contributes to the existing literature regarding Africa’s image in the media especially how Ghanaian media frames Africa. Keywords – Africa, Image, Media Framing, News Sources

Identifying Emerging Issues in the Seafood Industry Based on a Text Mining Approach

Identification of emerging issues has garnered growing interest as a way to establish proactive policy formulation. However, in fisheries research, analyzing such issues has largely depended on the literature or researchers’ judgment. We use keyword analysis, targeting news application programming interfaces (News APIs) (72,981 news sources and blogs), to investigate issues in the global seafood industry from January 2019 to March 2022. Among a variety of topics identified by year and country, in general, seafood market function, health, and tariffs were the main issues in 2019, while COVID-19-related issues were primarily mentioned between 2020 and 2021. After 2022, the role of the market regained attention, and various new issues rose to the surface. To identify emerging issues, we jointly employ dynamic time warping (DTW) and growth models, which derive several keywords, including coercion, cuisines, food safety, ketones, plastic ingestions, seafood alcohol, urbanization, wastewater treatment, and the World Trade Organization (WTO). High interest in food safety, environmental change, trade conflict, and seafood value improvement reveal the need for proper policy responses.

Reporting mental disorders in a multi-ethnic country: A framing analysis of Malaysian newspapers

Sociocultural background influences mental disorders in terms of conception, perception, experience of symptoms, recognition and labelling, classification as well as treatment. Malaysia provides a unique context to study the reporting of mental disorders because the concept of mental health is greatly influenced by the multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural beliefs of the people in the country. Significantly, media contribute to the framing of mental health problems, with various aspects of the public health issue as well as the stakeholders being depicted differently in the coverage. The current study employed a qualitative content analysis to examine the coverage of mental disorders by Malaysian legacy and online-only newspapers. It was found that the newspapers coverage on mental illnesses could be influenced by their ethnic, cultural or ownership background. The findings also showed that the newspapers reported mental disorders with different prominence and news sources. Mental disorders were most commonly associated with the problems of stress and suicide. Additionally, depression and anxiety were the most frequently reported mental disorders. The individual and societal levels of causal attribution and treatment for mental health conditions were reported, while care/harm was the leading moral evaluation. The practical implications of the findings were discussed with regard to the role of media in promoting mental health literacy, destigmatization and prevention.

The role of sources of fake political news in corrective intentions on Facebook: investigating a moderated mediating model of perceived news fakeness and candidate preference in the 2022 Korean presidential election

The role of sources of fake political news in corrective intentions on Facebook: investigating a moderated mediating model of perceived news fakeness and candidate preference in the 2022 Korean presidential election

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.

An economic policy uncertainty index for Portugal

This paper investigates the effects of policy uncertainty on major macroeconomic variables in Portugal, employing a Structural Vector Autoregression (SVAR) approach. I develop an Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) index utilizing data from over twenty news sources, which captures key moments such as elections, budget negotiations, and various crises. In response to a rise in policy uncertainty, firms delay projects, leading to a decline in industrial output and a rise in unemployment. Consumers, in turn, reduce their non-essential spending, resulting in a gradual decline in retail sales. On the financial side, rising policy uncertainty drives down equity prices and widens credit spreads, reflecting the concerns of investors and lenders.

Beyond partisan filters: Can underreported news reduce issue polarization?

While many news outlets aim for impartiality, 67% of Americans perceive their news sources as partisan, often presenting only one side of the story. This paper tests whether exposing individuals to news stories their political adversaries focus on can mitigate political polarization. In an experiment involving a real-world political newsletter-sent to participants who had opted to receive news that uncovers media biases-exposure to a specific story about refugee policy led respondents to reassess their positions. This reevaluation changed their stances on the issue and reduced the ideological distinctions they made between Democrats and Republicans. These findings underscore the need for future studies to untangle the specific circumstances where cross-partisan exposure can alter political attitudes.

The portrayal of food marketing policy by Canadian news media

ABSTRACT Unhealthy food marketing influences children’s food preferences, intake and rates of obesity. Currently, there is no mandatory national food marketing policy that restricts food marketing to youth in Canada. Little is known about the effects news media may have on the policy process with regard to food marketing. This study aimed to investigate how the Canadian media portrays the issue of food marketing policy, what perspectives are being framed, and who is being quoted. An article search of Canadian news sources on the databases Eureka and Factiva was conducted for the period 1 November 2015 and 1 November 2021. Sixty-five unique news articles on food marketing regulation were identified and a content analysis of each was conducted. The majority of news articles on food marketing regulation framed the topic around health (e.g. obesity, poor dietary intake) and lack of regulation. Food marketing regulation was identified as a solution to the problem in nearly all articles analyzed and was presented positively in 64.6% of articles. Few harms of marketing regulation were identified, while the two main benefits observed were reduced child obesity rates and exposure to food marketing. This study emphasizes the agenda-setting role of news media that were supportive of promoting public health goals. The Canadian media positively promotes government regulation of unhealthy food marketing.

The Impact of Credibility of the News Source DETIK.COM on the Confidence of Tama Jagakarsa Students’ University in the Accuracy of News Reports

Selecting a trustworthy and credibility news source is essential to avoiding falling for hoaxes or fake news, as there are still plenty of online news managers who post news that is interesting but ultimately less significant just for readers' attention to the website. People become extremely picky when they are looking for information, and one of the most crucial things to consider when choosing an information source is its reliability. One example of an online media that helps prioritize journalistic ethical norms and rules is Detik.com. It is the first independent online news site that can survive without the backing of print media. factual and true news presented in a style that is accessible to readers of all backgrounds and employs structured writing. Detik.com constantly aims to give the best for all readers in Indonesia to win the trust of devoted readers. Because there are variables where relationships will be studied, and the goal is to provide a structured, factual description of the facts of the relationship between the variables studied. This research employs a quantitative method with a descriptive approach, through a survey using a questionnaire as a data collection instrument. The independent variable (X) is "Credibility of the Information Source," whereas the dependent variable (Y) is "Trust in the Accuracy of the News." This study takes a quantitative method since it tests variables with variable X (Credibility of News Sources) and variable Y (Trust in News Accuracy). The population in this study was FIKOM students from TAMA Jagakarsa University, with a total of 230 students from all concentrations, and the sample size was 146 responders. The goal of this study is to determine "how significant the credibility of Detik.Com news sources is on TAMA Communication Students' trust in news accuracy." The result of this study has a significant impact on students' faith in Detik.Com news accuracy.

Kandungan Informasi Pengendalian Internal :Bukti Dari Pengungkapan Kelemahan Material

ABSTRACT This journal examines the information content of internal control. I use two conventional measures of information content – stock return volatility and trading volume – and find that both measures show a statistically greater event-period reaction to disclosure of a company's initial material weakness compared to non-period events. -adjacent events and against a sample of matched control companies. In a multivariate setting, I find significant and positive relationships between the material weakness variable and both measures of information content after controlling for several other event period news sources. Collectively, the evidence suggests that investors respond to the information contained in material weakness disclosures, consistent with these disclosures providing additional value-relevant news for investors to consider in making resource allocation decisions.

Partisan Differences in the Sharing of Low-Quality News Sources by U.S Political Elites

ABSTRACT How often do political elites in the U.S. share low-quality news sources? Are there differences between the parties? While past work has investigated individuals sharing low-quality news sources, there are few large-scale analyses of the quality of information shared by political elites. As individuals rely on elite cues to inform their decision-making, officials sharing low-quality sites may increase polarization while providing legitimacy to low-quality outlets. We fill this gap by collecting more than 300,000 links shared on Facebook by U.S. members of Congress and measuring how often each party shares information from known low-quality news sources. We find that members of Congress share more links to low-quality sites than the public, that Republican members share considerably more than Democrats, and that this gap has increased over time. Finally, we investigate the potential mechanisms underlying this partisan gap and find that only Republicans receive increased engagement when sharing low- quality sites, suggesting asymmetric incentives to share low-quality news sources.

‘An San’s hair is short, therefore she is a feminist:’ Women athletes’ hair, feminist movements, and nationalism

At the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, South Korean archer An San received national attention for her short hair, when anti-feminists accused An of being a feminist. The anti-feminists’ online assaults made national headlines and evoked a strong feminist countermovement. In this paper, we ground this incident in the context of Korean nationalism and its relation to sport, and South Korean feminist movements. Using social media and news sources as our data, we analyze the meanings of women athletes’ hair length and styles, revealed in the case of An San. We explore meanings of hair in Korean women’s elite sport, and within the context of the tal-corset feminist movement. We argue that the An incident sheds light on the complex interplay between nationalism, feminist movements, and physical cultures of hair, and see the An incident as one that drew increasing public attention and support for the feminist movement in South Korea.

Ways to Teach English after the COVID-19 Era

This article tries to illustrate the circumstances of teaching English in the New Normal following the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to an essential role for online education. The objectives of this study were to examine the evolution of English language learning, from traditional methods to the "New Normal," focusing on the integration of technology in contemporary language education, explore the ways to teach English through online platforms and analyze the advantages, disadvantages, and limitations of online learning. The data was collected using quantitative and qualitative methods. Quantitative data was gathered using a questionnaire while qualitative data were derived from books, research, articles, and relevant news sources. The study sample comprised 200 undergraduate students from Phetchabun Rajabhat University during the 2566 B.E. academic year. This study aligns with active English language learning and is attuned to productive language learning, adapting to the New Normal era's changing dynamics for effective learning and fostering communication-focused English instruction in this context. This is regarded as active learning English language instruction and is also connected to productive learning language instruction, which adapts to the New Normal era in accordance with the changes that occur to adjust and learn effectively the New Normal as same as implementing communication-focused English instruction in the New Normal. Promoting teaching and learning in the twenty-first century has a form and objective that attempts to give students the opportunity to acquire and practice various skills on their own, regardless of time or space constraints. The study results indicate that students held a neutral stance (X̅ = 2.83, S.D. = 1.91). It showed that students could cope with the situation. The COVID-19 pandemic forced a rapid and widespread shift to online learning, with profound effects on education. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated online learning adoption, offering flexibility and safety. The advantages include accessibility and convenience, allowing remote education. However, it revealed the disadvantages such as the digital divide, hindering equitable access. Challenges like decreased social interaction, distractions, and mental health issues also emerged, impacting the overall educational experience. Educational institutions should enact policies for coordinated training, encouragement of content development, knowledge-sharing sessions and managing best teaching practices for the best of everyone.