Paper Newspaper Research Articles

Political scandals, media systems, and ideological polarization: the case of the emeritus King Juan Carlos I

Research on scandals is a privileged way to explore jointly media and political systems, and the links between them. In this article, we explore how the coverage of political corruption in digital native and paper newspapers has the characteristics of politically oriented scandals (Mancini, 2019), which are more common in polarized pluralist systems, like the Spanish one. To do so, we have studied the scandals related to the former King of Spain, Juan Carlos I. In the research, we have analyzed the evolution of media coverage on the topic between July 1, 2014, and March 1, 2021 in three different paper newspapers (El País, El Mundo and ABC). During this period, 889 journalistic pieces were published in these three newspapers. Also, we have conducted a quantitative and qualitative analysis of a sample of 334 pieces from the last year covered by the research (2020-2021) on El País, El Mundo and ABC and on digital natives El Español and elDiario.es. The results show a political instrumentalization of the scandal, media partisanship (the media support some political parties’ positions) in El País, elDiario.es and ABC; and ideological polarization (analyzed content presents two politically opposed groups) in ABC and elDiario.es.

Social Distancing and COVID-19: Factors Associated With Compliance With Social Distancing Norms in Spain.

This article describes patterns of compliance with social distancing measures among the Spanish population during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. It identifies several factors associated with higher or lower compliance with recommended measures of social distancing. This research is part of a 67-country study, titled the International COVID-19 study on Social & Moral Psychology, in which we use a Spanish dataset. Participants were residents in Spain aged 18 or above. The sample comprises 1,090 respondents, weighted to be representative of the Spanish population. Frequencies, correlations, bivariate analysis, and six models based on hierarchical multiple regressions were applied. The main finding is that most Spaniards are compliant with established guidelines of social distance during the pandemic (State of Alarm, before May 2020). Variables associated more with lower levels of compliance with these standards were explored. Six hierarchical multiple regression models found that compliance with social distance measures has a multifactorial explanation (R2 between 20.4 and 49.1%). Sociodemographic factors, personal hygiene patterns, and the interaction between personal hygiene patterns and the support for political measures related to the coronavirus brought significant effects on the regression models. Less compliance was also associated with beliefs in some specific conspiracy theories with regard to COVID-19 or general conspiracy mentality (Conspiracy Mentality Questionnaire, CMQ), consumption patterns of traditional mass media (television, paper newspapers, magazines, and radio) and modern means to get informed (online digital newspapers, blogs, and social networks), political ideology, vote, trust in institutions, and political identification. Among the future lines of action in preventing the possible outbreak of the virus, we suggest measures to reinforce trust in official information, mainly linked to reducing the influence of disinformation and conspiracy theories parallel to the pandemic.

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Being a reliable entrepreneur is not easy. But it's not as difficult as many people imagine. So that it can be said that entrepreneurship can be done by everyone. Why? The reason: Everyone has dreams, dreams, or at least hope to improve their quality of life as humans. This is a kind of instinct that encourages people to work and try. This instinc is related to one of humanity's potentials, namely the power of creative imagination. Entrepreneurship can basically be learned, because it emphasizes concepts and theories. In addition entrepreneurship can be learned, so that everyone can learn entrepreneurship either through theory or just learning from experience. Entrepreneurial success can be achieved if entrepreneurship uses products, processes and innovation services as the creation of new things. So that in this case innovation is an important element to empower resources to produce something new and create value. Entrepreneurial resilience as a driver of the economy lies in new creations to continually create value by turning all challenges into opportunities. The goals to be achieved from this community service activity are: To equip youth to have an understanding of the importance of entrepreneurs and be able to work independently with proper business planning and management. The training that was carried out stimulated teenagers to be creative and innovative by making bags with paper raw materials and producing products from the paper newspaper raw materials. By participating in this service activity teenagers will understand the importance of entrepreneurial spirit in relation to the very limited employment opportunities lately and their mindset will change rather than become a civil servant but become an entrepreneur. These teenagers are formed into people who are confident, independent, creative, innovative and not easily discouraged.

Acoustic Properties of Cellulose

Cellulose is the oldest material for thermal insulation in construction field. Thomas Jefferson was the first architect that used the cellulose in his project of the Monticello house (1800). But only after 1945 that the cellulose from newsprint was used across America and northern Europe. In the 70s with the energy crisis it Austria, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Germany began the production of cellulose derived from paper newspapers. It used for both winter and summer thermal insulation, while respecting the environment. In this paper are reported acoustic measurements carried out with the tube of Kundt, with the cellulose melted and with glue with different thicknesses.