Number Of Media Reports Research Articles

Studying the Impact of Media Coverage on the Stock Market Using Mediating Effects

As a publisher of information on capital market transactions, media coverage has become a hot topic of research for modern scholars. In this paper, stocks with trading data within 2013.1.1-2020.1.1 on the SSE and SZSE are used as research samples, and the number of media reports, investor sentiment, and stock returns are used as core variables, to investigate the transmission relationship between these three things by using a mediating effect model. The relationship between the three variables is reported systematically and directly. This study concludes that investor sentiment plays a partially mediating role in the impact of media attention on the stock market. Investor sentiment as a medium of media information translates perceptions into behavior and thus influences investors' investment decisions. The news gives investors some informational advantage reduced the level of information asymmetry and has the most pronounced impact on investors, media involvement diminishes the role of investor sentiment on stock investments.

Spatiotemporal pattern evolution and influencing factors of online public opinion——Evidence from the early-stage of COVID-19 in China

With the rapid development of internet information technology, online public opinion's influence is infinitely magnified, seriously threatening social security and national governance. It is significant to clarify the spatial and temporal evolution rules of online public opinion on major epidemics and its influencing factors for the governance and guidance of online public opinion on major epidemics. In this paper, the spatiotemporal evolution analysis model of online public opinion and an analysis model of influencing factors were constructed. We selected the Baidu index and microblog crawler text data at the early stage of COVID-19 as the research objects and analyzed the evolution of online public opinion during the time period by using the optimal segmentation method, spatial autocorrelation analysis, and text analysis method. The spatiotemporal evolutionary influences and their influence are further analyzed using the geographic probe factor detection method. The results showed that the evolution of online public opinion in the early stage of the epidemic was closely related to the event's evolution and the prevention and control effect. In the time dimension, the early evolution of online public opinion has prominent periodic characteristics. In the geospatial dimension, there are significant spatial agglomeration effects and spillover effects. In the cyberspace dimension, there are significant differences in online public opinion heat, hot topics, and netizens' emotional tendencies at different stages. Furthermore, the severity of the epidemic, the number of Internet users, the number of media reports and the region's attributes jointly affect the spatial and temporal evolution pattern of online public opinions about the epidemic. The research results provide decision-making references for the government and planners to effectively manage online public opinion on emergencies and improve the government's public opinion governance capacity and level.

Three years of the corruption eradication commission’s institutional reform: A narrative policy analysis

Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK) has been in a dramatic institutional transition since the enactment of the Second Amendment of the CEC Law in 2019, followed by a series of subsequent policies. The policy narrativepresented by the government and the DPR as the policy-making actors is that the policy was carried out to strengthen the performance of the KPK. Meanwhile, counter-narratives emerged that said the opposite. This discourse took place intensively from 2019 to 2022, judging by the number of media reports. As a result of the narrative debate, based on several surveys, the KPK experienced a significant decline in the level of trust from the public. Using the Narrative Policy Analysis, this study poses the question: how does the government construct the KPK's institutional reform policy narrative? This research finds that the government policy narrative is built on distant belief systems, but is not accompanied by adequate positive incentives, resulting in a prolonged polemic. In this study, it is suggested that the government conduct a comprehensive evaluation study of this policy, open a space for open dialogue by involving counter-narrative actors, and conduct a better policy advocacy.

Особенности освещения в СМИ проблемы загрязнения воздуха в городах России

The aim of the research is to compare Russian cities with recorded cases of high air pollution in 2015–2018 based on the specifics of media coverage of this problem. The analysis of the topics of news reports about air pollution in the cities under study is carried out. The main types of events that have become informational reasons for the appearance of news related to the problem of air pollution are highlighted. The author collected statistical data on the number of media reports about air pollution in 58 cities of Russia, where during the study period cases of high air pollution were recorded (maximum single concentrations of harmful substances in more than 10 MPC). Lists of all cases are published by the Ministry of natural resources in annual reports. We used the website news.yandex.ru in order to collect data. It aggregates news reports from more than 7 000 sources — from local city media to leading Russian news agencies. Messages for the period from 2015 to 2019 were taken into account, where the name of each city was mentioned along with the phrase “air pollution”. Cities with the highest and lowest level of media attention to the problem of air pollution were identified. We compared the data collected with the population of cities, the number of recorded cases of severe air pollution, and the indicator of social danger of air pollution, which is calculated by multiplying the frequency of high air pollution cases and the number of inhabitants. It is suggested that there may be a relationship between the media coverage of air pollution and the indicator of social danger of pollution. Based on the assumption that this relationship exists, we have identified cities where the lack of media reports about air pollution is most evident.

Antraštės COVID-19 pandemijos kontekste: erzulio komunikacija

The media attention to COVID-19 was phenomenal in Lithuania as well as worldwide. Information about the coronavirus accounted for almost 56% of the total information flow in Lithuania during the pandemic. Compared to how other events of national importance were covered in the media, the number of media reports about the new virus was more than double. The increasing consumption of media content also increases the threats associated with this phenomenon: the uncritical selection of information, the impact of negative news, etc. The even greater consequences of such threats are implied and imagined in cases where addressees are limited to fragmented information, i.e., headlines rather than articles, media-covered texts found on the front pages of news portals, rather than constructive searchbased news items. This paper presents a study in which headlines were chosen as a research object. The goal of the research was to analyze the headlines on the topic of COVID-19 in different Lithuanian news portals and to find out what functions they perform in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Four Lithuanian news portals, namely, 15min.lt, alfa.lt, delfi.lt, and lrytas.lt, were selected as research sources. The research material consists of headlines under the headings “Lithuania” and “Health” during two periods – the first week of the first quarantine in Lithuania (March 16–23) and the first week of the second quarantine in Lithuania (November 7–14). The total number of headlines analyzed is 2178, and their number in different news portals is as follows: 15min.lt – 824, alfa.lt– 334, delfi.lt– 725, lrytas.lt– 295. The study is pilot and purely qualitative: the content of the headlines on the topic of COVID-19 was analyzed with the aim to discover their recurring forms, to capture the tendencies of informing about the COVID-19 phenomenon in the Lithuanian media, and to evaluate the possibilities of further – larger – research in this field.

Mass media coverage and influenza vaccine uptake

Despite the high risk and economic burden of influenza-related diseases, about one-third of adults aged 65 and older still forego annual influenza vaccination. Mass media, as a leading source of health information for the public, can influence and promote health behaviors, such as vaccination. However, empirical evidence on the effect of media coverage on influenza vaccination uptake remains limited. We examine the impact of media coverage by month on influenza vaccination among the elderly. This study exploits variation in the number of influenza-related news reports by month and across seasons and examines its impact on vaccine uptake in a linear probability model with state fixed effects and seasonable random effects. We combine individual-level influenza vaccination data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System(BRFSS), 2010-2017, and media coverage data from the NewsBank database along with several other data sources including weather data from the Global Historical Climatology Network and data on the influenza season from FluView from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Our main results indicate every 100 additional media reports about influenza published in October were associated with an increase in the vaccination uptake rate among those aged 65+ of 0.3 percentage points. This association holds in January, but not in November or December. It was more pronounced in late-peak seasons and in seasons where the vaccine was highly effective. This study provides suggestive evidence that variation in the number of media reports is associated with variation in influenza vaccination uptake.

빅데이터를 활용한 비인기 스포츠 종목에 대한 언론보도 분석 : 2018 평창올림픽 컬링 종목을 중심으로

Through analyzing on the number of media reports and main keywords about the unpopular sports events out of the Olympic formal games before and after the Olympic Games and identifying the causes of those unpopular games, this study aims to present the basic information for preparation of the measures on how to provide the national support to the unpopular sports games and to spread people’s awareness about those unpopular sports. In order to accomplish this goal, we analyzed the curling games which were not popular among the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games but have gained much awareness through the Olympic Games.BR The media reports were collected from Naver, Daum and Google(Facebook), through Textom and Bigkinds of the news information service sites, and analyzed them using R-program. We set PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games were established for the search period of curling games.BR As a result of the media analysis, 1855 articles from Bigkinds, 960 from Naver and 128 articles from Google were collected for curling before the Olympic Games(between Feb. 01, 2017 and Jan. 31, 2018), while 4088 from Bigkinds, 1000 from Naver and 167 articles from Google for curling were upgathered during the Olympic Games(from Feb. 01, 2018 to March 31, 2018). There has been steady competition and media coverage in case of popular games, and for the unpopular games, their popularity comes to rapidly increase by the help of various interest-inducing factors such as Olympic games or events.

Psychiatric patients requesting euthanasia: Guidelines for sound clinical and ethical decision making

BackgroundSince Belgium legalised euthanasia, the number of performed euthanasia cases for psychological suffering in psychiatric patients has significantly increased, as well as the number of media reports on controversial cases. This has prompted several healthcare organisations and committees to develop policies on the management of these requests. MethodFive recent initiatives that offer guidance on euthanasia requests by psychiatric patients in Flanders were analysed: the protocol of Ghent University Hospital and advisory texts of the Flemish Federation of Psychiatry, the Brothers of Charity, the Belgian Advisory Committee on Bioethics, and Zorgnet-Icuro. These were examined via critical point-by-point reflection, focusing on all legal due care criteria in order to identify: 1) proposed measures to operationalise the evaluation of the legal criteria; 2) suggestions of additional safeguards going beyond these criteria; and 3) remaining fields of tension. ResultsThe initiatives are well in keeping with the legal requirements but are often more stringent. Additional safeguards that are formulated include the need for at least two positive advices from at least two psychiatrists; an a priori evaluation system; and a two-track approach, focusing simultaneously on the assessment of the patient's euthanasia request and on that person's continuing treatment. Although the initiatives are similar in intent, some differences in approach were found, reflecting different ethical stances towards euthanasia and an emphasis on practical clinical assessment versus broad ethical reflection. ConclusionsAll initiatives offer useful guidance for the management of euthanasia requests by psychiatric patients. By providing information on, and proper operationalisations of, the legal due care criteria, these initiatives are important instruments to prevent potential abuses. Apart from the additional safeguards suggested, the importance of a decision-making policy that includes many actors (e.g. the patient's relatives and other care providers) and of good aftercare for the bereaved are rightly stressed. Shortcomings of the initiatives relate to the aftercare of patients whose euthanasia request is rejected, and to uncertainty regarding the way in which attending physicians should manage negative or conflicting advices, or patients' suicide threats in case of refusal. Given the scarcity of data on how thoroughly and uniformly requests are handled in practice, it is unclear to what extent the recommendations made in these guidelines are currently being implemented.

Conceptualizing Socio-Economic Rights in the Discussion on Artificial Intelligence

This paper explores relations between automated systems and A.I. used in the welfare area and economic and social rights (e.g. right to health, right to work, right to social care). To that date, a number of media reports and academic analyses warn that such technologies hamper access to crucial public services and consequently harm the vulnerable population. This paper will argue that existing theory and practice of socio-economic rights (principles, concepts, and methodologies) can address those problems and be used in assessing automated systems and in leveraging human rights in the development, design, or management of welfare technologies. Socio-economic rights may also serve as practical guidelines for developers and decisions makers as well as empower civil society groups and communities affected negatively by those systems.

Tweeting celebrity suicides: Users' reaction to prominent suicide deaths on Twitter and subsequent increases in actual suicides

A substantial amount of evidence indicates that news coverage of suicide deaths by celebrities is followed by an increase in suicide rates, suggesting a copycat behavior. However, the underlying process by which celebrity status and media coverage leads to increases in subsequent suicides is still unclear. This study collected over 1 million individual messages (“tweets”) posted on Twitter that were related to 26 prominent figures in Japan who died by suicide between 2010 and 2014 and investigated whether media reports on suicide deaths that generated a greater level of reactions by the public are likely to be followed by a larger increase in actual suicides. We also compared the number of Twitter posts and the number of media reports in newspaper and on television to understand whether the number of messages on Twitter in response to the deaths corresponds to the amount of coverage in the traditional media. Using daily data from Japan's national death registry between 2010 and 2014, our analysis found an increase in actual suicides only when suicide deaths generated a large reaction from Twitter users. In contrast, no discernible increase in suicide counts was observed when the analysis included suicide deaths to which Twitter users did not show much interest, even when these deaths were covered considerably by the traditional media. This study also found suicides by relatively young entertainers generated a large number of posts on Twitter. This sharply contrasts with the relatively smaller volume of reaction to them generated by traditional forms of media, which focuses more on the deaths of non-entertainers. The results of this study strongly suggest that it is not sufficient to examine only traditional news media when investigating the impact of media reports on actual suicides.

REMUNERASI DAN PROBLEM REFORMASI BIROKRASI DI INDONESIA

Remuneration emerged as a solution to the issues of corruption that afflicts a number of civil servants (PNS) and officials in the bureaucracy. Remuneration is expected to improve their performance to be better, but in fact the opposite happened. In a number of media reports, many people who work in the government who arent absent from corrupt practices, although they have a high salary. Remuneration, which is in the study of literature is also referred to as pay-for-performance system, the use of performance measurement associated with reward (compensation) as appropriate. With the proper compensation, employees no longer think about looking for financial benefits in ways that are not justified by law. On the other hand, the low level of compensation will affect the performance of employees is also low. The implementation of remuneration is one of the government's efforts to lead to good governance, coupled with bureaucratic reform. There is a strong link between the compensation and quality of public services. Improving the quality of public services is also determined by their motivation, but the growth of a great motivation is because of their high compensation. In its development, the remuneration is not absent from criticism. In fact, arguably the remuneration policy and objectives are often misguided. Therefore, governments need to include these policies with strict sanctions if there are employees or officials who make mistakes, disciplinary, and violated the rules. DOI : https://doi.org/10.26905/pjiap.v1i1.427

Association between Media Reporting and a Lower Suicide Rate in 2012

Objectives ZZA recent study conducted by the Korea National Statistical Office (KNSO) reported that the suicide rate in Korea decreased in 2012. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the decrease in suicide rate and media reporting of suicide events. MethodsZZData on suicide rates were obtained from the KNSO. Correlation between suicide rate and celebrity suicide events, number of media reports on suicide, and suicide searches was compared. Data were analyzed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient. ResultsZZThe number of celebrity suicide events and recognition of celebrity decreased in 2012. Pearson’s correlation test showed a significant positive correlation between the monthly number of media reports on suicide and the suicide rate (daily newspaper r=0.619, p<0.001 ; broadcast r=0.393, p<0.001). The number of suicide searches showed association with celebrity suicide events. ConclusionZZThe suicide rate may be influenced by the number of media reports on suicide events. Establishing guidelines for media reporting on these events could help to decrease the suicide rates.

Impact of mass media on public behavior and physicians: an ecological study of the H1N1 influenza pandemic.

The mass media plays an important role in public health behavior. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of mass media coverage of the H1N1 pandemic on the number of emergency department (ED) visits and hospital admission rates. An ecological study of ED visits to 8 general Israeli hospitals due to influenza-like illness during the period June-October 2009 was performed. Data on the number of visits per day for children and adults and daily hospitalization rates were analyzed. Associations with the estimated value of H1N1-related publications and weekly reports from nationwide sentinel clinics were assessed. The analysis was performed in 2012-2013. There were 55,070 ED visits due to influenza-like illness during the study period. The overall number of media reports was 1,812 (14.3% radio broadcasts, 9.8% television broadcasts, 27.5% newspaper articles, and 48.5% major website reports). The overall estimated value of advertising of publications was $16,399,000, excluding the Internet. While H1N1 incidence recorded by Israeli sentinel clinics showed no association with mass media publications, peaks of media reports were followed by an increase in the number of ED visits, usually with a delay of 3 days (P = .005). This association was noted in children (P < .001) but not in adults (P > .1), with a corresponding decrease in hospital admission rates. Publications' framing had no association with ED visits. During the 2009 H1N1 influenza outbreak in Israel, an increase in mass media coverage was associated with an increase in pediatric ED visits.

The Swine Flu Emergency Department: The Relationship Between Media Attention for the Swine Flu and Registrations in an Emergency Medicine Unit

When the world is faced with a new potential pandemic outbreak, the media report heavily about it. Media are an important disseminator of health threat information. This study examined potential media effects during the 2009 outbreak of A/H1N1 influenza. To examine the relationship between media reports of the swine flu and self-registrations in an emergency department (ED) of a tertiary hospital in Flanders, Belgium. All articles concerning swine flu published in seven Flemish newspapers were selected during the biggest flu peak in Belgium. This number was compared with the number of patients who presented themselves with a self-diagnosis of swine flu symptoms during the same time frame. The Pearson's correlation coefficient was selected to determine the relationship. The cross-correlation function determined the direction of this relationship. A strong correlation was found between the number of potential patients (n = 308) and the number of articles in the Flemish press (n = 1657). The number of patients was the leading indicator; increases in the volume of written press followed increases in the number of patients. Media reporting is extensive when a new infectious disease breaks out and intensifies when it is feared that pandemic levels are reached. This was also the case with the swine flu outbreak in Flanders. These findings suggest that a rise in the number of media reports follows a rise in the number of cases, rather than the reverse.

Quantitative exponential modelling of copycat suicides: association with mass media effect in South Korea

There is ample evidence media reporting of celebrity suicides increases copycat suicides. This study had three aims: (a) to quantitatively examine copycat suicides with exponential modelling that predicts the copycat suicide effect of South Korean celebrity suicides; (b) to investigate the association between media effect and subsequent suicides following celebrity deaths; and (c) to investigate the extent in which media influences the increase and rate of decline of copycat suicides following a celebrity suicide. All suicides during 1991-2010 in South Korea were included in this study utilising a nationwide database. Fifteen celebrities were selected based on the frequency of media reports following 1 week after their suicide. The media effect was obtained through the Korean Integrated Newspaper Database System. Exponential curve fits and correlation analyses investigated the quantitative effect of copycat suicides. After controlling for baseline number of average suicides, there was a marked increase in the number of suicides following each celebrity suicides, which followed an exponential model. There was a significant correlation between the total number of copycat suicides and number of media following the celebrity suicide (r = 0.74, p < 0.01). There were weak-to-moderate correlations between the amplitude of increase in suicides (r = 0.45, p = 0.09) and rate of decline (r = 0.38, p = 0.16) with the total number of media coverage. Copycat suicides following celebrity suicides follow exponential modelling. Additionally, there is a strong media effect between the number of media reports following the days after celebrity suicides and subsequent copycat suicides. This may also be associated with the amplitude and rate of decline of copycat suicides. This suggests that improving media reporting and implementing preventative interventions for vulnerable populations may be important.

Teaching &amp; Learning Guide for: Social Psychology and Media: Critical Consideration

Teaching &amp; Learning Guide for: Social Psychology and Media: Critical Consideration

Mass Media and Governmental Framing of Riots

This research extends the theoretical concept of framing to the phenomenon of race riots using the Tulsa riot of 1921 as a case study. Media accounts of this riot published during 1921 illustrate both prognostic and diagnostic framing strategies and techniques and demonstrate how these processes affected official responses. Results of this research suggest that framing is a critical process associated with media and organizational representation of riots. Analyses indicate that the riot was officially attributed to an armed group of Black citizens whose goal was to protect one of its community members from a potential lynching. However, Black residents framed the riot differently in statements of their account of the events. A recurrent theme for both races and a number of media reports was that of inept and incompetent law enforcement officials. The authors suggest that prognostic solutions to riots (e.g., police strategies and tactics and reconciliatory attempts) are rooted in diagnostic assessments.

Higher Education Corruption in the World Media: Prevalence, Patterns, and Forms

Corruption in higher education is a newly emerging topic in the field of education research. There is a phenomenal growth in the number of media reports on corruption in higher education over the last decade. However, the rigorous systematic research on education corruption is virtually nonexistent. This paper considers corruption in higher education as reflected in the world media, including such aspects of corruption as its prevalence, patterns, and dominating forms. It follows publications in the specialized and the non-specialized media outlets in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Russian Federation. The publications are grouped depending on the particular problem they address. This criterion has been chosen as best addressing the issue of corruption internationally. Socio-economic context of educational reforms and changes in each country leaves its print on major forms of corruption in higher education. The findings help to determine which aspects of corruption in higher education should be given more consideration in the future research and which ones might be prioritized, as well as how the national systems of higher education can be improved.

Evaluating potentially aberrant outpatient prescriptions for extended-release oxycodone

In early 2001, a number of media reports began to appear on the abuse and diversion of extended-release (ER) oxycodone in the United States.[1][1]–[3][2] In addition, Drug Abuse Warning Network reports noted a 108% increase in the number of possible oxycodone-associated emergency department visits

Nursing attrition and the work environment in South African health facilities

A number of media reports appeared on the shortages of professional health workers in the public health sector. Unsatisfactory working conditions in health facilities were mentioned as one of the key aspects responsible for the shortages. Literature indicates that stress caused by unsatisfactory work environments may play a major role in employees' decision to resign their jobs, in spite of enjoying the nature of their work. The aim of this article is to explore the current human resource situation in nursing i.e. to determine if a shortage of nursing skills exists, to establish the challenges that nurses have to face in performing their duties and to establish the potential effect of the work environment on attrition. Currently 155 484 nurses are practicing in South Africa at a rate of 343 nurses per 100 000 of the population, which compares favourably with the World Health Organisation minimum of 200:100 000. The lack of reliable data on the supply of and demand for nurses makes it difficult to determine whether real shortages exist. However the supply of nursing services is influenced by the uneven distribution of skills across regions and the outflow of professional skills. It seems that the existing situation will deteriorate because fewer people are interested in taking up or pursuing nursing as a career in South Africa. At the same time a need for more nurses was identified because of the growth in the population as well as a change in health care needs. Workplace conditions for health workers employed at hospitals and clinics in South Africa were explored as part of a recent national study on the impact of HIV/AIDS on the health sector. Health workers' opinions on aspects such as workload, staff morale and working hours were obtained during personal interviews, which were conducted at 222 health facilities. Nine hundred and twenty four professional nurses, enrolled nurses and nursing assistants, who were mostly employed in the public health sector, participated. A stressful work environment was identified in public hospitals and clinics. An increase in the number of patients visiting these facilities, accompanied by a lack of equipment, unsatisfactory work environment and a shortage of nurses were pointed out. Many patients cannot be accommodated elsewhere because of a lack of finance and alternative health care options. Nurses also indicated that they do not get much support from their employers. The effect of all these factors culminates in a stressed workforce who may be forced to consider alternative career options. This will be to the detriment of health care in the country.