Newspaper Media Research Articles

GROWTH MONITORING TRAINING AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT FOR PRESCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF STUNTING OVERCOMING

The prevalence of stunting in Indonesia fell from 24.4% in 2021 to 21.6% in 2022. The stunting figure is still quite high compared to the government's target of 14% in 2024. Stunting is one of the government's priority programs, considering the impact of stunting on the quality of human resources is very large. PAUD/Kindergarten teachers academically have the potential intellectual abilities to provide input on the importance of children's growth, in addition to children's abilities or intelligence. The service activities aim to increase the capacity of PAUD/TK teachers in monitoring children's growth and development according to standards The activity method is training in monitoring the growth and development of early childhood. Activities in collaboration with partners, namely HIMPAUDI, Sunyaragi District and Sunyaragi Community Health Center, Cirebon City. Collaboration by sharing resources between study programs and partners. The measuring parameters use the pre-post knowledge and ability values ​​of participants in carrying out practical assignments to monitor growth and development in child cases. This activity is expected to increase the capacity of PAUD teachers in monitoring the growth and development of their students according to standards. This activity was carried out at the HIMPAUDI Secretariat, Cirebon City, attended by 25 PAUD teachers representing 5 (five) sub-districts in Cirebon City. As a result of this training activity, PAUD teachers understand better about anthropometric measurements, growth and development of early childhood based on the results of the pre and post test scores carried out. The teachers were very enthusiastic about participating in the training until it was finished. The outputs that have been created are training modules, activity videos, publication drafts in newspaper media and publication journals in the Community Service Journal in the process of being prepared.

Coverage of Political Unrest in Pakistani English Newspapers: A Corpus-Based Content Analysis

The newspaper is a traditional channel of information interchange between the public and the government, as well as a free platform for the general public to commend and criticize the actions and policies of the government. This article aims to study the frequency of lexical choices and positive and negative words in the news coverage of political unrest by Pakistani English newspapers using corpus-based content analysis. The data for analysis was collected from the official websites of three Pakistani English newspapers: Daily Times, The Nation, and Dawn. The collected data has been analyzed quantitatively using the corpus software AntConc. Twenty news items were selected for news corpus with purposive sampling from 5th April 2023 to 30th September 2023. The findings reveal that Pakistani English newspapers use more negative words in the coverage of political matters, which do not represent the subjectivity of the newspapers' publishers but provide trustworthy news about political uncertainty to the audience. Moreover, this study explores the agenda of Pakistani English newspaper media through the Agenda Setting theory by Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaw (1972). Additionally, this study demonstrates how much realistically Pakistani English publications depict political events that are causing uncertainty.

Governance and Development of Tourism in Rural Areas through the Lens of Media in South Bukovina (Romania)

Agritourism and rural tourism represent an essential growing sector in certain EU regions, particularly in restructured and rebranded Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) like Romania that display important rural areas and face important societal and economic changes. The rapid growth of rural tourism activities in the South Bukovina region (historically overlapping most of Suceava County) led, in the new legislative frame, to the establishment of the first regional Destination Management Organization (DMO) in Romania. By an exploratory qualitative, mixed-method case study approach, this study underscores important factors for tourism development in the region, outlining rural and agritourism variables integrated into the public authorities’ discourse. The paper innovatively focuses on the semantic analysis of online newspaper media texts and videos, complementarily analyzed by appropriate software solutions. The main results emphasize the factors for tourism development in the area through a dual cluster centered around the multilevel governance and tourism management structures represented by public authorities on the one hand and the projects, investments, and EU funding on the other. Key stakeholders’ opinion underscored public–private partnerships, supportive administrative structures, tourism events and various natural and cultural resources as sustainable elements that contribute to the successful development of tourism in the region.

The propensity for negative media reporting of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in Australia

The Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) Plan, or simply ‘Basin Plan’, represents one of the world's largest returns from consumptive (irrigation) water extraction to environmental use. The Plan has been mired in controversy from when its first draft was burned by irrigators in 2010, and as such has been a source of extensive media reporting. Given the ability of journalism in both informing and influencing public debates, as well as the political deliberation process, we sought to understand the themes and representation of the Plan in media newspapers. This study analysed 6694 media articles referring to the Basin Plan, across 135 outlets, from 2008 to 2022. All articles were sentiment coded using four different natural language processing (NLP) models, with additional manual coding of randomly selected 552 articles. Three-quarters of the total articles were coded as negative using the best-fitting DistilBERT NLP sentiment analysis, while the manual coding suggested almost half were negative in tone. Both methods found that negative stories far outweighed positive stories, suggesting very little ‘balance’ in media Basin Plan reporting. A regression analysis found that rural media outlets were more likely to report negative MDB stories, and that the states of South Australia and Queensland were more likely to report positive stories. Themes of irrigator victimisation and community economic decline dominated news articles (especially negative stories); followed by Basin Plan process, outcomes and governance issues; fights between states; and environmental issues. Environmental themes were relatively less discussed, and Indigenous issues were only referred to in a tiny fraction of all media stories. The study's results provide evidence that the media plays critical roles in water policy debates, giving prominent coverage - with little critical discernment of actual economic impacts - to certain actors with clear ideological and vested interests in the outcomes. Far less media coverage was given to more complex issues such as climate change, long-term structural change for irrigation communities, ecological crises, and sharing water with those who have little.

Environmental and Sustainable Development Policies to Address the Pollution Catastrophe in India

Although the environment, crops, water, air, food and fiber, control the weather, and supply oxygen, its air, water, and soil are polluted too. Humans have altered about 75% of the earth, reducing wildlife and nature’s space and harming the environment. Industrialisation, urbanisation, population growth, and globalisation have affected people and the environment. This study aims to investigate the environmental and sustainable development-focussed policies to address the pollution catastrophe. The study is a content analysis of prominent online newspaper media reports from January 1, 2020, to November 30, 2022, on legal, environmental, and sustainable issues to reduce pollution and advocate an Indian environmental and sustainable development policy. Since pollution and environmental degradation pose significant threat to humanity, ecosystems, and sustainable living are at risk. Despite national and international legislative and regulatory actions, the environment remains a significant issue. An environmental strategy that encourages sustainable development for future generations is the need of the times. It was found that there were legal and environmental offenses, the management of unscientific treatment procedures, the lack of fundamental education about existing court orders, and fatality-induced health problems. Therefore, India needs an environmental and sustainable development policy to limit environmental concerns’ fatality and protect the earth from pollution.

Decolonisation: meaning, sentiments and implications for heritage

ABSTRACT Within the printed and online newspaper media in the UK, notions of ‘decolonisation’ referring to various contexts, such as historical, relating to museums and institutions, cultural decolonisation and in relation to modern independence discussions, can be traced. In this article, we have applied topic modelling and natural language processing methods to carry out a classification of, and sentiment analysis on, newspaper headlines and texts from leading British newspapers covering decolonisation over the past decade. The results show an abrupt change in the meaning of decolonisation starting in the middle of the 2010s with an increased focus on cultural and institutional matters, particularly in right-leaning media. Surprisingly, the editorial slant of broadsheets seemingly only had at best moderate effects on tone, while headlines in right-wing tabloids were significantly more negative. Articles covering cultural aspects of decolonisation were substantially more negative than those applying a more traditional, territorial definition of decolonisation. Given the influence of newspaper media on public and private opinions, we discuss the heritage implications of these findings and suggest avenues for further investigation.

Jejak Gelar Doctor Honoris Causa Soekarno dan Pembelajaran Sejarah

Soekarno is one of Indonesia's great figures who is paradoxical, on the one hand he is widely revered but on the other hand he is also widely criticized. The traces of his life are complete, apart from receiving a lot of criticism, he also received a lot of awards. This research aims to trace the path of Soekarno's award of the doctorate honoris causa, the background factors, and how it relates to history learning. This research uses a historical method which includes five stages, namely topic determination, heuristics, criticism, interpretation and historiography. Data collection techniques use document and literature studies such as speech manuscript archives, ministerial decrees, books, journals, articles and online newspaper media. The results of the research show that Sukarno was the Indonesian president who received the most doctor honoris causa degrees, namely 26 degrees (7 awards from within the country and 19 from abroad). Awards cover the fields of law, politics, philosophy, history, social, engineering and religion. The awarding of this honorary title cannot be separated from Soekarno's great role and his political relations in the national and international arena. Historiography regarding the track record of Soekarno's doctor honoris causa degree could be a new alternative to enrich history learning material at high school and college levels.

Climate policy uncertainty, media coverage of climate change, and energy markets: New evidence from time-varying causality analysis

Climate change is one of the most critical issues in the last decade, making investigating climate change risks' effects on the economy vital. Employing a novel time-varying Granger causality approach, we test causality from climate policy uncertainty (CPU) to the index returns of clean energy and nonrenewable energy sectors between November 2009 and December 2021. Our analysis generally reveals a significant causality from CPU to S&P clean energy sector index return throughout the sample period. In contrast, very limited significant causality is observed running from the CPU to the S&P nonrenewable energy index return. This result implies that investments in clean energy firms are affected by the CPU due to the cost of reversing the decisions in uncertain environments. On the other hand, the U.S. newspaper media coverage of climate change has a significant impact not only on the clean energy index returns but also on non-renewable energy index returns, implying an increase in the media coverage regarding climate change influences the awareness of investors on climate change, which affects their trading strategies.

Influence of Cosmetic Advertising on Purchasing Patterns: An Examination of Beauty Product Impact on Female University Students in Punjab

In order to reach the target markets, advertisements are being used as main tool by the marketers. These advertisements present a capitative picture of the world, and usually women become victim of these fascinating advertisements. The main objective of this research was to study university female students’ buying behavior towards cosmetic products. This research was conducted in Lahore city and a survey method was used. Cosmetic companies are which are mostly used in different saloons. The findings show that commercials are effective in raising consumer awareness. Different marketing divisions of cosmetic corporations employ TV commercials and billboards to target above the line through these mediums. This study has both theoretical and practical implications. The study suggests the ongoing utilization of newspaper media for advertising, emphasizing the enduring belief and trust people place in it. Advertisers are encouraged to prioritize creativity in the design of print advertisements.

Application of the Constructivism Model to Improve Vocabulary and Communication of Class III Students at SPF State Elementary School Number 104244 Jati Sari Lubuk Pakam, Deli Serdang District, School Year 2023-2024

The purpose of this study is to (1) find out whether the application of Gagnon and Collay's constructivism model can increase the vocabulary of grade III students of UPT SPF State Elementary School Number 104244 Jati Sari Lubuk Pakam using newspaper media. (2) To find out there is an interaction between the application of Gagnon and Collay's constructivism model with vocabulary. (3). To find out whether the application of the constructivism model of Gagnon and Collay can improve public communication of grade III students of UPT SPF State Elementary School Number 104244 Jati Sari Lubuk Pakam by using newspaper media. (4) To find out there is an interaction between the application of Gagnon and Collay's constructivism model with public communication. The research design used in this study is quantitative research. The population in this study is the entire class III UPT SPF State Elementary School Number 104244 Jati Sari Lubuk Pakam. The data collection technique uses Test Essay and Observation techniques. The research found that the constructivism model of Gagnon and Collay could increase vocabulary in grade III students of UPT SPF SDN No 104244 Jati Sari using newspaper media. However, the null hypothesis (Ho) was accepted, meaning there was no interaction between the model and vocabulary. In public communication, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted, and the null hypothesis (Ho) was accepted, indicating no interaction between the model and public communication.

동시대 일본인이 바라본 김옥균의 위상

This study seeks to reexamine the reality of Joseon before and after the Gapsin Coup as shown in Nakarai Dosui's newspaper serial novel 『The Sand Wind Blowing in Joseon』 and the realization of Kim Ok-gyun's Three Harmony Doctrine through the main character of the work, although he is a faction. This can be said to be a reexamination of how Kim Ok-gyun's status and the international situation of the three countries, reproduced through contemporary newspaper media in the late 1880s, were biased and conveyed to the Japanese public. It consists of fiction that plays a leading role in. Unlike existing works based on Kim Ok-gyun, which use the so-called death of Kim Ok-gyun or the historical fact of the Gapsin Coup as their main creative motif, this is a humanities study that focuses on the social and political aspects of the late Joseon Dynasty and the three harmony doctrine and independence of Joseon that Kim Ok-gyun advocated. It can be said that it has a unique feature that sets it apart from other works in that it was reconstructed with scholarly imagination. Specifically, as Nakarai lived at the same time as enlightenment thinkers such as Kim Ok-gyun and Park Young-hyo, he not only criticized the failure of the Gapsin Coup more objectively and macroscopically, but also did not simply end it as a failure, but established the Triple Alliance between Joseon, Japan, and the Qing Dynasty through factions. In conclusion, it is differentiated from existing cultural contents featuring Kim Ok-gyun in that it realizes the three harmony doctrine that resists Western imperialism.
 In this way, Nakarai's 『The Sand Wind Blowing in Joseon』 checks and criticizes Japan's large imperialistic vested interests in the late 19th century, and as an alternative, builds a system of independence and peace for the three East Asian countries to jointly confront Western imperialist invasion. It must be said that it has counter-cultural characteristics. And Nakarai's view of Joseon is still valid even in the 21st century, as the Gapsin Coup that took place in 1884 was triggered by international relations with the Qing Dynasty and domestically by resistance to pre-modernity and the large mainstream forces of the Min clan., This is also the reason why Kim Ok-gyun's status should be recalled again in our history.

EDUKASI ENTREPRENEURSHIP MELALUI PROGRAM PKM UNIVERSITAS CIPUTRA PADA SISWA SMA HANG TUAH SURABAYA

Abstract
 This service is aimed at students at Hang Tuah High School to develop the spirit, climate, culture, and entrepreneurial activities by educating and encouraging the creation of graduates who are independent and become entrepreneurs through entrepreneurship programs. The subjects of this service are Hang Tuah High School students, in Surabaya. Delivering material about entrepreneurship, being part of the campus which has the tag line Create the word Entrepreneur Ciputra University Surabaya. The outputs of this service include the realization of an effective entrepreneurial development model in developing the spirit, climate, culture, and entrepreneurial activities of students, starting from entrepreneurial education, motivation and demonstrating examples of entrepreneurial activities from the Ciputra University Surabaya campus which are directly handled by Ciputra students who currently on project. The results of this service support the entrepreneurship program that has been established at Hang Tuah 2 Sidoarjo High School. The resulting output is in the form of output and the form of KI for Ciputra University lecturers and students, and was covered in the Malang Posco Media newspaper.

Conflict or Harmony: Framing of Wildlife News in a Biodiversity Hotspot

Newspapers are avenues of the media that can influence public perceptions. Newspapers are especially important to engender support for wildlife protection because they reach populations who do not necessarily encounter wildlife frequently. Our research examined how newspaper media depict wildlife-related information in Uganda, a country which hosts high biodiversity. A content analysis was performed in two widely read daily newspapers, namely, the New Vision (n = 258) and Daily Monitor (n = 267), for news articles published in selected years between 2010 and 2019. The findings show a balance between positive and negative articles published in this period. New Vision had 51.5% of its articles on wildlife negatively framed while Daily Monitor had 50% of its articles positively framed. The articles that focused on the positive benefits from wildlife were the longest with 803 ± 525 words. One of the themes that featured prominently was the impact of developments on wildlife such as successful conservation practices, management interventions to save wildlife, and NGO conservation support to wildlife protection and population growth. Overall, newspaper articles addressed efforts that called for wildlife survival, but conflict still featured prominently. Measures to sensitize journalists, such as media engagement, wildlife tours, and integration with scientists, are needed to better implement conservation media. We also suggest that the media focus on the intrinsic benefits of biodiversity conservation, and that scientists be better integrated into wildlife news stories.

Newspaper media representations of athlete experiences with eating disorders: a critical discourse analysis

ABSTRACT Athletes are at a greater risk (13.5%) of developing eating disorders (EDs) compared to the general population (4.6%). Recently, media attention on athletes with EDs has substantially increased. Given the considerable role of the media in shaping our thoughts, attitudes, and behaviours, the purpose of this study was to examine dominant discourses surrounding newspaper media portrayals of athletes with EDs. Data were collected using the NexisUni Academic database to search for newspaper articles published from 1 January 2021 to 7 June 2022. We included 154 articles for analysis. We performed a critical discourse analysis to examine what journalists say about athlete experiences with EDs, how such experiences are described, and how this constructs athlete identities (i.e. subject positions). Two key discourses were identified, each composed of underlying subject positions. The first discourse, A discourse of healthism, constructed meanings of who to hold accountable for the ED. Within this discourse were two subject positions: The self-destructive woman athlete and The legitimate athlete. The second discourse, A discourse of reductionism, centralised journalists’ reduction of the complexity of EDs. Underlying this discourse were two subject positions: The denialist man athlete and The (hyper)feminised athlete. Findings reveal how journalists drew upon discourses surrounding the body, food, and sport participation that were limiting for both women and men athletes, thus playing an active role in (re)producing gendered and physical stereotypes about athletes with EDs. These findings highlight the importance of media guidelines to resist and avoid perpetuating such stereotypes.

Pragmatic Analysis of News Reports on Coronavirus from Selected National and International Newspapers

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic led to various scholarly studies both from scientific and linguistic repertoires. This study is a pragmatic analysis of news reports on Coronavirus from selected national and international newspapers from the point of view of Austin (1962) and Searle’s (1969) Speech Act Theory. A total of 40 utterances were purposively sampled from the four newspapers (Vanguard, Daily Sun, The New York Times and The Guardian). Qualitative research design was used for the data analysis. The qualitative analysis discussed the aspects of the Speech Act Theory: locutionary, illocutionary and perlocutionary. From the analysis, it is obvious that the newspaper media used more of assertives, as they majorly report, inform and assert the state of affairs in their reports on covid-19.

Internet Public Opinion on Media Report Semantics of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan

On August 2, 2022, the U.S. House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan. China expressed strong dissatisfaction, triggering the 4th Taiwan Strait Crisis. We investigated the differences in the frameworks constructed by the news media and the public opinion about the “event of Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan”. Semantics and “public opinions” associated with the report contents of Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan were analyzed using the online news media of major newspapers in Taiwan, as well as the social media PTT Gossiping. The Python programming language was used for web crawling, and the word frequency database snowNLP in Python was adopted as a sentiment analysis tool. The research results showed that the emphasis of different media in different periods was slightly different. The topics of netizens in PTT Gossiping were often affected by the topic framework of the news media. However, the public developed their discussion topics. News media reports did not have a framing effect on the emotional changes of common words used by the public about the issues.

Visual Communication Design in the Context of Modern Media

With the development of digital technology, great changes have taken place in the form of media. Modern media mainly experience newspaper media, radio media, television media, and network media in four stages. The popularity of the Internet has made digital media widely used. Digital media has become an important part of modern media. The essay uses qualitative research methods and studies previous relevant literature. This essay analyses the new characteristics of digital media in the context of the Internet. Excellent communication design can enable the media to achieve efficient communication, the form of design also changes with the development of the media. According to the relevant media forms, visual communication design has gone through the processes of graphic design, stage design, and digital design. The essay also discusses possible directions for digital media in the future. The essay discusses the current development of media and its forms of design applied in the communication process, as well as the possible development directions of digital media in the future.

Analysis of the Framework of Media Reports on Policy Adjustment of Public Health Events -- A Comparative Analysis of Peoples Daily and Times Before and after Lifting of Epidemic Containment Policy in Response to the COVID-19 Epidemic

The Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of State Council of China released the Circular on Further Optimizing the Implementation of Preventive and Control Measures for the New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic on December 7, 2022, marking a dramatic shift in prevention and control policy. Focusing on this policy change, the article compares the reports of two well-known newspapers media before and after this shift and analyzes the adjustments made by Peoples Daily and The Times in the narrative framework and the narrative characteristics they exhibit. This paper focuses only on the reports published by the two newspapers, and conducts a dual analysis based on word frequency and content frame. The results of the analysis show that the frames of the reports of the two media show more obvious differences, and the narrative frames of different media show significant differences.

Newsprint representation of the alcohol sales bans during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa: A mixed methods analysis

Aims: Content analysis of newspapers covering the alcohol sales bans during Covid-19 in South Africa.
 Methods: Mixed method content analysis of the highest circulated, paid for, English language newspapers published by four newspaper outlets in South Africa, between 26 February to 26 September 2020 (seven months).
 Setting: South African Bibliographic Information Network (Sabinet) and Arena Holdings Media databases were used.
 Participants: 317 newspaper articles were identified for analysis from four newspapers: Sunday Times (Arena Holdings), Daily Sun (Naspers), The Star (Independent Media) and the Mail and Guardian (Media Development Investment Fund).
 Measures: Qualitative data: a structured coding frame was used to identify themes. Quantitative data: date, agency, placement/page number in the newspaper, number of graphics, words in heading and in article and whether the article was based on opinion or fact. The media vectors: framing, responsibility and newspaper media exposure were calculated.
 Findings: Articles were predominantly unfavourable toward the alcohol sales bans, indicated that government should take responsibility for prevention of harmful alcohol use, and focused mainly on the negative economic impact of the alcohol sales bans.
 Conclusions: News agencies should make a concerted effort to ensure balanced reporting on matters of health and put measures in place to prevent undue influence on journalists by large corporations, such as the alcohol industry.

Review of Wu (2023): Media Representations of Macau’s Gaming Industry in Greater China: A Corpus-based Critical Discourse Analysis

Abstract Media Representations of Macau’s Gaming Industry in Greater China, written by Yuxi Wu, adopts a corpus-based critical discourse analysis method to compare newspaper media representations of Macau’s gaming industry in 2014 in Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, and Macau, the three regions of China with different historical backgrounds, economic conditions, political systems, and social norms. The topical preferences, attitudinal differences and ideological stances of English-language newspapers published in these three regions are revealed in this research.