Perspective Of Media Research Articles

Do stock markets care about climate change: A public media perspective

AbstractWe study the pricing implication of the climate change news index proposed by Engle et al. (2020). Specifically, we find the significant risk premium associated with climate change news. The risk premium increases for firms in fossil‐fuel and carbon‐intensive industries, while decreasing for firms in low‐emission industries. Furthermore, we document that the impact of climate change news is more negative for “value” and “big” portfolios compared to “growth” and “small” portfolios, and the impact of climate change news varies for firms headquartered in Democratic states versus Republican states.

International Media Analysis: Critical Analysis Comparing News Reports in Listed West/South Digital Media

This paper delves into the narrative perspectives of Western and Southern media in news reporting on four themes: war, culture, politics, and Olympic sports. The study reveals that Western media (such as BBC and CNN) tend to adopt narratives that align with the Global News Flow theory and the framework of cultural imperialism, emphasizing individual suffering, the consequences of political and military actions, and the global influence of Western values and innovations. In contrast, Southern media (such as CGTN, Al Jazeera, and WION) actively challenge the dominance of Western mainstream narratives by focusing on local perspectives and realities, employing de-Westernized news narratives. They seek to alter the narrative structure of international news and highlight the development achievements and contributions of Southern countries in culture, sports, and other fields. These counter-narratives align with post-colonial journalism theory, offering potential pathways for Southern countries to gain more voice and challenge Western hegemony in the international news domain. This study contributes to uncovering power dynamics in global news reporting and provides insights for addressing cultural hegemony.

Discourse Analysis of Attitude Resources in News Discourse from the Perspective of Appraisal Theory: A Case Study of The Economists and Allafrica on the Belt and Road Initiative

Using the attitude system within the framework of appraisal theory, this study collected news reports on the “Belt and Road” initiative published in 2023 by the UK’s The Economists and Africa’s Allafrica platform. The study analyzed the attitude resources expressed in these reports and compared the similarities and differences in attitude expression between the two. The research found that in terms of the polarity of attitude resources, The Economists predominantly used negative resources, primarily expressing concerns and doubts about the BRI, but also affirming the initiative to a certain extent. On the other hand, Allafrica predominantly used positive resources, emphasizing the positive contributions of BRI to the economic development and infrastructure construction of African countries. Despite the significant differences in the use of attitude resources between the two media, both conveyed their specific attitudes toward the initiative through the frequent use of judgment resources and appreciation resources. This difference reflects the positions and perspectives of media from different national and cultural backgrounds in reporting on international economic cooperation.

Research on Current Situation and Development of Publicity and Popularization of Modern Stage Drama Based on Social Media Perspective

In the CMG 2022 Spring Festival Gala, the stage poem "Only This Green" left a deep impression on all audiences at home and abroad. The dancers interpreted "Thousands of Miles of Rivers and Mountains" through beautiful postures and movements, which is the only work of Wang Ximeng, a famous painter in the late Northern Song Dynasty. This stage play perfectly combines traditional Chinese art forms and modern stage performing arts culture, which has caused a great response. Therefore, this study discusses how contemporary modern stage plays or musicals can increase traffic under the influence of mainstream media applications and explore whether there is a "link to promote the development of this art form". Different representatives of Chinese classical art are combined with modern stage plays, resulting in linear regression. In addition, the communication data of different applications is gathered together for research to understand whether adding popular IP or "links" can promote the promotion and publicity of modern stage plays and increase traffic exposure.

Toward stakeholders' understanding of media reporting on doctor-patient relationship issues: trust, unfamiliarity and uncertainty in the Chinese context.

This study explores doctors' and patients' understandings of citizen journalism on doctor-patient relationship issues. It also examines the communication effect of citizen journalism as a communication platform on doctors and patients who are taking part in the doctor-patient relationship in contemporary China. This study draws on the analysis of 24 semi-structured interviews with doctors from both publicly funded and privately operated hospital, and nine focus groups which included 36 patients with different socio-economic backgrounds. The empirical research present the following results: (1) authority and witness are the two key factors to construct the stakeholders'(doctors' and patients') awareness and trust of citizen journalist reporting on the doctor-patient relationship issues. (2) stakeholders' perception on citizen journalism will construct them concern on the uncertain and unfamiliar knowledge during the hospital activities. The interpretation of doctor-patient relationship reports by doctors and patients affects their mutual trust. Authority and witnessing are two key factors that citizen journalists should consider when reporting on doctor-patient relationship news. Doctors from different types of hospitals and patients with different income levels have different understandings of the authority and witnessing of the reported content. Reading the content of doctor-patient conflicts reflected in citizen journalist reports can exacerbate the emotional fluctuations of doctors and patients. After reading these reports, doctors and patients may experience increased anxiety about uncertainty and unfamiliarity in doctor-patient communication. This study provides a framework for public health research from the relationship between communication content and audience. It also provides answers from the perspectives of media and stakeholders to investigate the tension in doctor-patient relationships in China.

Attitudes of the Independent Electronic Arabic Newspaper towards the Future of Artificial Intelligence: An Analytical Study

Objectives: This study aims to explore the themes and perspectives presented in The Independent's Arabic online edition regarding the future outlook of artificial intelligence (AI) and its influential role across various aspects of life in countries and societies. The study addresses a significant issue from a media perspective within the framework of international journalism. It seeks to answer the central research question: "What are the perspectives of The Independent Arabic online edition on the future of artificial intelligence?" Methods: The study adopted a descriptive survey approach, employing content analysis on 39 issues in which AI-related topics appeared, out of a total of 92 issues that represent the research sample. An analysis form was used as a tool to extract categories related to the study variables, measure their frequency, and calculate their percentages. Results: The study's findings revealed that the newspaper pays considerable attention to covering various areas related to AI, as evidenced by the topics focusing on this technology. The overall tone of the newspaper was distinctly positive regarding the future of AI. Furthermore, the most prominent approach in handling AI topics was based on analysis and interpretation. The findings also indicated a lack of fear towards AI replacing humans and causing job losses. Instead, the content emphasized the potential for AI to create new opportunities and jobs, fostering coexistence and complementarity. Conclusions: The study concluded that AI plays a significant role in addressing current and future challenges. However, it may also lead to conflicts and competition over its use, making it both highly beneficial and potentially risky.

Study on the Changes of Family Intergenerational Communication Mode in China from the Perspective of Social Media

This study explored the influence of social media on the intergenerational communication mode of China family through various methods, and found that social media improved the convenience and diversity of communication and promoted the interaction of family members of different ages. It breaks the limitations of traditional communication methods, provides a variety of communication forms, makes information transmission more intuitive and fast, and strengthens family cohesion. The functions of social media, such as group chat and sharing, enable family members to keep in touch anytime and anywhere, especially among teenagers and young people. However, the popularity of social media has also brought about problems such as digital divide, privacy leakage and over-reliance on online communication. Therefore, family members need to improve their social media literacy and balance online and offline communication to promote healthy and harmonious family relationships. Generally speaking, the application of social media in China's families has changed the traditional communication mode and had a far-reaching impact on the development of family relations.

From Polarities and Perspectives of Social Media: Instagram, TikTok, and Mental Well-Being in the Post-Pandemic Society

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted global mental health, with social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok playing a crucial role in shaping individuals' experiences and well-being. This mixed-methods study investigates the influence of these platforms on mental health outcomes in the post-pandemic era, combining quantitative surveys ( N = 200) with qualitative interviews ( N = 15) across different age groups. The researchers explored relationships between social media use and mental health indicators, examined age-related differences in experiences, and uncovered themes related to social comparison, body image concerns, and the dual role of social media in providing both support and stress. Findings contribute to the growing body of research on social media's impact on mental health, highlighting the complex nature of social media use and its varied effects on different age groups. This study offers insights for mental health professionals, social media platforms, and policymakers in developing targeted interventions and guidelines for promoting healthy social media use and supporting digital well-being in the post-pandemic context.

Whether Social Media Negative Emotion Could Forecast the Risk of Enterprise Finance: Evidence from Baidu Tieba

In the context of the current era, as a new form of information dissemination, social media has penetrated into every field of people’s life, and its impact on the financial industry has also attracted more and more scholars’ attention. From the perspective of social media, this paper focuses on the impact and prediction of negative emotions reflected by social media on corporate financial risk. In this paper, Pearson correlation coefficient is used for correlation analysis, and a linear regression model is built to analyze the relationship between negative social media and corporate finance. The results show that enterprises and investors can judge the financial risks of enterprises through the negative emotions of social media, thus reducing the losses of enterprises and investors. The conclusions of this study can improve the risk avoidance ability of enterprises to avoid negative emotions on social media, and provide important reference value for future operations.

Research on the Current Situation and Innovative Development Patterns of Traditional Chinese Culture from the Perspective of Social Media

With the rapid development of social media, the development of the current situation and the innovative development of traditional Chinese Culture have become a common topic among people in all ages. It is significant to make good use of modern technology, and let more and more people expose themselves to traditional Chinese culture through innovative ways. The research is aimed to study how to empower the innovative development of traditional Chinese culture in the age of social media. Through using research methods such as case analysis and text analysis, it is discovered that social media greatly brings traditional Chinese culture back to life, but it may cause negative impacts, for instance, commercial problems as well. Based on the findings of the study, people should realize that it is crucial to combine new technology, such as short videos and digital products, with the core part of traditional Chinese culture. Thus, more people will be attracted by its historical background and cultural values

Red Culture Education Dissemination in Rural Schools under the Perspective of New Media——Taking the Primary School of Liushui Town, Ankang City, Shaanxi Province as an Example

Red Culture Education Dissemination in Rural Schools under the Perspective of New Media——Taking the Primary School of Liushui Town, Ankang City, Shaanxi Province as an Example

Alignment, negation, and androcentricity: representation of bride price by Chinese state media

ABSTRACT Bride price in China, the groom-to-bride monetary transfer, generally falls into realms of sociology and cultural studies, with the media perspective less explored, particularly when it concerns the state media which steers China's media system. In light of this, this study collected state media Weibo posts and made a content analysis of the representation of bride price with Wodak's discourse-historical approach. The social underpinnings and implications of such representation are also examined. Results reveal a general negation of the practice. It is linked to crimes and categorized as an outmoded custom that burdens men, and low/no bride price is advocated. These representations, although in alignment with Beijing's anti-high-bride-price agenda, remain androcentric. The study helps unravel the interplay among state power, gender ideology, and media representation in contemporary China, and offers insights on how patriarchy is perpetuated in official discourse. It also illuminates how government agendas are legitimized and strengthened in everyday texts on social media in the Chinese sociopolitical matrix.

Media Perspectives on Indonesian Policies against Illegal Online Gambling: A Framing Analysis

Online gambling is illegal in Indonesia, both legally and socially. Nevertheless, it has gained popularity among various segments of society, including teenagers, adults, and even government employees. This study aims to understand the media's perspective on the handling of online gambling in Indonesia. Utilizing Robert Entman's framing analysis theory, the research focuses on four elements: defining the problem, diagnosing the cause, making moral judgments, and providing treatment recommendations. The sample consists of news articles from Kompas.com between June 2023 and July 2024. The findings reveal that Kompas.com emphasizes government actions such as the arrest of gambling operators, online gamblers, and celebrities promoting online gambling as the defined problem. In diagnosing the cause, the reports highlight online gambling as a complex crime involving international networks and cybersecurity issues. The moral judgment presented by Kompas.com underscores the negative impacts of online gambling, press freedom, and societal morality. The treatment recommendations suggested include stringent enforcement and deterrent penalties, as well as international cooperation to eradicate online gambling in Indonesia.

Social media and caregivers’ well-being: A scoping review and future research directions

Caregivers’ well-being has become a major social concern, given the growing demand for long-term care support to meet the challenges of an aging society. As social media becomes substantially pervasive in daily life, the impacts of social media on caregivers’ well-being are increasingly gaining public attention. Although research activities are active, studies on social media and caregivers’ well-being lack consolidation and receive limited attention from researchers. To bridge the gaps, this study aims to consolidate the existing knowledge through a scoping review (with four databases: PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and CINAHL) and call for research on caregivers from the perspective of social media and well-being. Review results from forty eligible papers indicate that impacts of social media use on caregivers’ well-being are not always positive, which encourages future research to provide more understanding of how to achieve positive effects and avoid adverse effects simultaneously. We also further discuss the findings and suggest future investigation opportunities.

The middle class and the media in post-war Japanese mass society theory: domination, satisfaction, connection, and construction

The inconsistency between an objective socioeconomic position and subjective sense of belonging is challenging for middle class studies. Scholars have argued that the information and images the media conveys can become a ‘reference group’ influencing people’s subjective sense of belonging to the middle class, leading to subjective-objective inconsistency. However, the media—the crucial influencing factor—was always on the periphery of class research. This article demonstrates that in today’s media-saturated world, the media plays a critical role in progressively altering social structures, cognitive underpinnings, and behavioral logic; therefore, it is a key variable in class studies. The analysis of discussions on the middle class and media in post-war Japanese mass society theory reveals that some representative viewpoints remain relevant for understanding the middle class from a media perspective. This article revisits the theories of mass society in post-war Japan, and affirms the media’s role in mediating subjective and objective middle-class identities, and constructing class belongingness. It identifies four fundamental perspectives—domination, satisfaction, connection, and construction—to investigate the relationship between media and the middle class. It also highlights the potential to analyze the middle class from a media standpoint, and issues that subsequent research should address.

Bias and Polarization in the Qatargate Scandal: A Social Media Perspective

While legacy media have received increasing attention in the literature on media and corruption in recent years, the role of digital media and, in particular, social media is still an open question in corruption and anti-corruption studies Through this study, we aim to partially bridge the existing gap in literature by focusing our attention on the study of a corruption scandal, namely the Qatargate scandal. We will demonstrate that the affordances of platforms could exacerbate the instrumentalization of corruption scandals, emphasizing the contrast of positions and creating new (and reiterating old) biases in the narrative of a corruption case.

Research on the excavation and dissemination of rural culture under the perspective of new media

under the perspective of new media, this paper analyzes the important role and unique value of rural culture in the preservation of traditional Chinese culture, explores the impact of new media technology on the excavation and dissemination of rural culture, and puts forward strategic suggestions for the excavation and dissemination of rural culture under the perspective of new media, so as to promote the harmonious stability and sustainable development of rural society. At the same time, it also provides new ideas and directions for the innovative application of new media technology and the prosperity and development of cultural industries.

Diversified Development Path of Broadcasting and Hosting Art from the Perspective of New Media

With the rapid development of new media, the traditional broadcasting and hosting art is facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities. Under this background, announcers and hosts need to adapt to the new communication environment and realize the diversified development of art forms. This paper aims to explore the diversified development path of broadcasting and hosting art from the perspective of new media.

The Temple Check-in Craze : An Aesthetic Communication Analysis of Traditional Culture in the New Media Context

This article takes the phenomenon of temple check-in craze as the analysis object, and from the perspective of aesthetic communication, deeply explores the inevitability of combining traditional cultural communication with New media from the perspective of self media. Explored the reference signifi cance and existing problems of new communication paradigms for the dissemination of traditional cultural aesthetics, and proposed corresponding methods and ideas.

The Impact of YouTuber Activities of Corporate Owners" Family on Corporate Reputation: Focusing on Media Perspectives through Big Data Analysis

The Impact of YouTuber Activities of Corporate Owners" Family on Corporate Reputation: Focusing on Media Perspectives through Big Data Analysis