Print Publication Research Articles

The post-digital literary journal: Media and funding implications

Literary journals are post-digital publications where digital and print media blend and shape one another. They play an important role in Australian literary culture but rely on funding to survive. Recent discourse about funding Australian literary journals has been characterised by debates about publication media – print and digital. With the upcoming establishment of a new body for writing in Australia, ‘Writers Australia’, this study examines literary journals’ relationships with these media, how editors’ use of these media affects the operations and economics of their publications and the field as a whole. The study finds that federal project funding is unsuited to the type of work that literary journals do, as well as evidence of an increasingly entrenched two-tier field, where journals with operational backing from institutions like universities are more competitive than their smaller, unsupported counterparts in obtaining existing funding. While digital publication has many advantages for literary journals, skill shortages in digital publishing, marketing and data analysis limit the scope of some journals to demonstrate their reach and effectiveness. This study finds that print publication remains important, particularly for writers, and that the community-building capacity of literary journals is a highly significant contribution which, while not evidenced on the page or screen, should be given weight in assessments of journals’ success.

Roles of Infrastructure and ICT Facilities in Enhancing Curriculum Implementation in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions

This paper explored the role of infrastructure facilities in enhancing curriculum implementation in Nigerian tertiary institutions. The paper used secondary data, sourced from print and online publications. The study highlights that infrastructure facilities, including physical and technological resources, is crucial for the effective delivery of curricula. Key findings indicate that well-developed infrastructure significantly enhances teaching, learning, and administrative processes, thereby promoting successful curriculum implementation. The paper emphasizes the growing importance of modern facilities such as ICT resources, which are integral to advancing education in the 21st century. In light of these findings, it is recommended that the government prioritize the provision of adequate and modern infrastructure across all tertiary institutions. Additionally, tertiary institution management should adopt public-private partnerships to foster infrastructure development, and private organizations should contribute to the enhancement of facilities in Nigerian higher education. Further studies should conduct empirical research on the impact of infrastructure facilities and ICT resources on curriculum implementation in tertiary institutions.

The Periodicals that Puzzled Dickens: The Weekly Balance Sheets of the Preston Lock-Out, 1853–1854

Charles Dickens was puzzled and intrigued by a type of print publication which was central to the Preston strike and lock-out of 1853–1854 and hundreds of other industrial disputes in the nineteenth century, the strike balance sheet. This first academic study of the periodical genre summarises its structure and contents (a stirring opening address, long lists of donations sent in support of the locked-out workers featuring meaningful and allusive nicknames, snatches of verse, and threats against those who refused to contribute) and examines how it was produced, received and interpreted. Strike balance sheets demonstrated the collective and financial power of the unions, while their creation of an independent, worker-controlled public sphere of print reduced the imbalance of cultural power between workers and masters. They are also significant for what they tell us about the size, spread and consistency of the financial and moral support for the Preston workers, and as snapshots of broader trade union activity across the nation. They reveal intraclass debates and conflicts, and the rhetoric and values of the union leadership and lower-tier district delegates. Most intriguing of all, they make up a large body of print material in which nineteenth-century working-class voices are heard. This article was published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Talking back to the failing-schools narrative

PDK polls consistently show that parents give their children’s schools high marks but are dissatisfied with the performance of public schools nationally. This paradox may be explained by the persistent narrative of failing public schools that has dominated media coverage in the past 50 years. Authors Mark Hlavacik and Jack Schneider tracked the prevalence of the failing-schools narrative in print publications, books, and other media. They found connections between national coverage of education and local education reporting. This national narrative of failing schools uses public schools as a scapegoat, which absolves us of our collective responsibility to each other. A more nuanced and multifaceted narrative of public schools is needed.

The Problem of Forming Information Competence in the Process of Teaching Kyrgyz Language to Students of the Faculty of Journalism

The article is devoted to the study of the problem of developing information competence in the process of teaching the Kyrgyz language to students of the Faculty of Journalism. This article discusses the terms “competence”, “competence”, “information competence” in the linguodidactic aspect. The article discusses current issues of teaching students of the Faculty of Journalism the Kyrgyz language according to the established standards of the State Educational Standard of Higher Professional Education. Formation of information competence of students of the Faculty of Journalism is an important aspect of their professional development. After all, a future journalist must be ready to work in a fast-moving information space, where the importance of information and the ability to present it play a key role. The problem is that a modern journalist must not only be able to collect and analyze information, but also be able to present it in accordance with the requirements of various formats — from print publications to online news. The goal is to study the problem of developing skills in a future journalist, with the help of which a specialist can adequately respond to the needs of modern society, having the skills to effectively search and analyze information, as well as the ability to present it in accordance with the requirements of various formats. The research materials were scientific sources. Research methods: analysis and synthesis of scientific sources.

Parental ADHD knowledge and medical visit status of school-aged children in Shanghai

IntroductionThe diagnosis and care of children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders presents a public health crisis in China. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most frequent conditions. Many Chinese children and adolescents with ADHD are underdiagnosed and undertreated. This study aimed to evaluate the awareness and attitude parents have about ADHD, and investigated potential factors influencing ADHD medical visit status among school-aged children in Shanghai.MethodsA random cluster sampling method was used, and four primary schools in Shanghai were selected. One class was randomly selected from each grade, including students and their parents. Parents completed the Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham Version IV Questionnaire (SNAP-IV) parent form and questionnaire concerning ADHD awareness, knowledge, attitude and status of ADHD medical visit. Descriptive analysis was conducted on the overall results and logistic regression analysis was performed to explore the influencing factors of ADHD medical visit.ResultsWe received 617 valid questionnaires. There were 313 boys (50.7%) and 304 girls (49.2%), with a median age of 8 years old (p25 = 7, p75 = 9). 42.4% parents believed they had some knowledge about ADHD, and 73.5% of them thought ADHD was a neurologically based disorder or neurological condition by nature. Parental ADHD information came from the following sources: Internet/TV (n = 458, 74.2%), families/friends (n = 267, 43.2%), print publication (n = 208, 33.7%), psychiatrists/pediatricians (n = 192, 31.1%), schools/teachers (n = 186, 30.1%) and other ADHD patients (n = 48, 7.7%). When children had ADHD-like behaviors, most parents (61.5%) educated children to behave themselves, 59.1% parents tried to get help from psychiatrists/pediatricians, 55.5% of them would ask psychologist for help. In terms of the ADHD prevalence, the SNAP-IV positive screen rate was 4.3% (n = 27). Only 33.3% (9/27) of parents went to the hospital for consultation and treatment. Multivariate logistic regression model showed that parental knowledge about ADHD (OR = 13.67, 95%CI: 1.72, 144.39, P = 0.01) was significantly correlated with the medical visit. Parents with sufficient knowledge of ADHD tend to visit hospital for help when they thought their children had ADHD related symptoms.ConclusionsThe majority of parents accepted ADHD as a neurodevelopmental disorder by nature, but some parents still had certain misunderstandings about ADHD. The main source of information for parents to obtain information about ADHD was through the TV/Internet. Parents’ perceptions and knowledge were key to whether children received appropriate treatment for their ADHD. However, medical visits to address ADHD among school-aged children were still lower than expected. Government and healthcare institutes should work to improve ADHD public awareness and to help patients and their families gain access to mental health resources.

Little Magazine Dialogism

ABSTRACT This article aims to show how a range of little magazines (Rogue, the Voice of the Negro, and Fire!!) engaged with their surrounding media environment and influenced aesthetic or ethical discourse in other print publications. The article argues that it was precisely the magazines’ minor status that allowed them to affect larger modern print culture. Through explicit dialogues with other publications, modernists tended to reach beyond their initial readership communities in order to rearrange perceptions about aesthetics, norms, or politics in the public sphere. Their dialogues are pertinent to analyzing modernism’s refractory impulses vis-à-vis mass culture or public consciousness.

The ‘wilds of Brompton’: Mapping Nineteenth-Century Women Writers’ Early Careers in the Sociable London Suburbs

ABSTRACT In this paper, we geocode the residences of nineteenth-century Brompton residents to the level of the building in order to argue that literary sociability and propinquity – leading to face-to-face interaction with writers, editors, artists, actors, and publishers – may have played a more important role in the formation of women’s literary careers than scholars have yet recognized. Taking the popular novelist and poet Dinah Craik as our case study, we argue that the walkability as well as the informal and inexpensive literary sociability of the area made Brompton a fertile ground for the early careers of nineteenth-century women writers. Following Alan Liu’s work in Critical Infrastructure studies, we attempt through mapping to reanimate connections that have been lost to time, establishing the importance of Brompton as a literary, artistic, and intellectual neighbourhood in the nineteenth century, and of propinquity in supporting the careers of women writers. Expanding on Sarah Bilston’s recent work on the suburbs as fertile grounds for the careers of Victorian women writers, we add a spatial dimension to Robert Darnton’s well-known print network, placing the private home, a site of literary sociability, as a central node in public print networks.

Pelatihan Pemanfaatan Platform Facebook Sebagai Media Promosi pada Kelompok Tani Lele Sumber Jaya Tambun Selatan

Social media has become a very effective and efficient tool to promote products and services, including in the agricultural sector. The training was held at the Sumber Jaya Catfish Farmers Group Perum Griya Asri I Tambun Selatan District, Bekasi Regency and aimed to improve the ability of its members to utilize the Facebook platform as an effective and efficient promotional media. The methods used in this training include presentations, direct practice, and group discussions. Training materials include making accounts and Facebook pages, promotional content strategies, as well as interaction management techniques with customers. The results of this training showed an increase in the knowledge and skills of participants in using Facebook to promote catfish production in the Sumber Jaya catfish farmer group. Participants are expected to be able to create and manage Facebook pages, as well as design interesting content to increase visibility and sales. This training is expected to be a model for other farmer groups in utilizing social media to expand the market and improve the welfare of group members. The activities of implementing community service with the target of the purpose of the Community Service (PKM) implementing team to make field observations are to directly observe the location of the target area. The outputs to be achieved are: Publications in Print or Electronic Scientific Journal Articles in accredited national journals, articles in national journals are not accredited and local, articles in print or electronic media, both national and local, implementation documentation with photos of activities, and improvement the knowledge and skills of participants in using Facebook to promote catfish production in the Sumber Jaya catfish farmer group.

BEYOND THE GAME: INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ATTITUDES TOWARD INDONESIA'S CANCELLATION OF THE U20 WORLD CUP

In March 2023, Indonesia was confronted with a situation that was also a worldwide concern. The hosting of the U20 World Cup in Indonesia has been cancelled. This study, however, will not address the reasons why this could happen but rather the attitudes of the world's newspapers in reporting on the subject. It is significant because, as a nation which constantly seeking global recognition, Indonesia should be introspective by understanding the global community's perspectives on the problems that exist in Indonesia, which can be illustrated by news about Indonesia that exists in foreign newspapers. Furthermore, attitude analysis can be done using Appraisal Theory. This study sampled three articles from online news: BBC, CNA, and The Straits Times. The data were analyzed by adopting a mix-method. The results obtained that the three news articles had negative attitudes perspective. Furthermore, the findings of this study's analysis can be used as teaching material for language and communication students interested in becoming journalists or writing articles for print and online publications.

Publication Rates of Poster and Podium Presentations at the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meetings 2016 to 2019

BackgroundThe objective of this study was to provide the poster and podium publication rates from the 2016 to 2019 American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS) annual meetings and assess the quality of presentations ultimately published during this time. MethodsPosters and podiums from 2016 to 2019 were located through the AAHKS e-poster and meeting archives. Titles were queried on Google, Google Scholar, and PubMed. Presentation title, topic type, number of authors, degrees held by first author, and award status were collected. For each identified full-text publication, journal name, study type, dates of online and print publication, and journal impact factor (JIF) were also obtained. ResultsA total of 1,274 abstracts were presented at the 2016 to 2019 AAHKS annual meetings with an overall publication rate of 67.8% (864 of 1,274). Podiums (4.0 months, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 3.0 to 4.0) were more likely to be published earlier than posters (7.0 months, 95% CI: 6.0 to 7.0) (P < .001). The median JIF of published abstracts was 3.3 (95% CI: 3.3 to 3.7) with no significant difference in mean JIF of published posters or podiums (3.3 ± 1.0 versus 3.3 ± 1.0, P = .554). The likelihood of publication was significantly higher for podiums (odds ratio [OR]: 3.41, 95% CI: 2.29 to 5.07, P < .001), award-winning presentations (OR: 4.78, 95% CI: 1.69 to 13.55, P = .003), and with more authors (OR: 1.09, 95% CI: 1.02 to 1.16, P = .014). DiscussionThis analysis demonstrates abstracts presented at the AAHKS annual meetings from 2016 to 2019 had an overall publication rate of 67.8%, with podiums (86.4%) 3 times as likely to be published as posters (63.6%). If selected to present at the AAHKS annual meeting, individuals can be confident that their work has a high chance of eventual publication.

Materializing the public sphere in American religious history

AbstractThis article reviews scholarship in American religious history around the concept of the public sphere. Considering that the public sphere was readily aligned with the productions of the printing press, ‘materializing’ surveys works that have relied upon, expanded, and critiqued print's centraility to early American religious public culture. Recent attention to materiality has also encouraged greater attention to contingencies, locality of circulation, and specificity of audiences in our studies of public texts that would trouble technological determinisms that readily aligned Protestant ascendance, secular modernity, and print publishing with democratization. The essay concludes with new questions regarding print culture, calls for greater multimedia approaches to our study of media objects, and posits the importance of critically evaluating what we count as public or private in our historical narratives about religious communities.

‘Cheating’ your way to the top: a focus on language in the Australian media’s representation of performance enhancing drugs

Sports media holds significant power in informing societal views on performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) which are routinely depicted through the ideals of morality and expected sporting behaviours. This has provided an emergent focus for research studies. This study aims to identify how the Australian media frames PEDs across a diverse range of media sources through the selection of five print and online media publications. Using media framing, agenda setting and content analysis, the study analyses the language and framing each publication used to report on individuals and countries associated with, linked to, or found to be using, PEDs. Observed writing styles positioned PEDs as moral transgressions which tarnish the ‘spirit of sport’. Such writing revealed the media’s self-imposed responsibility to define acceptable sporting acts for the community. This manuscript critiques the negative impact of the media’s imbalanced debate and calls for a more balanced approaching to reporting.

The Influence of News Agencies on Print and Online Publications/Newspapers

The purpose of the study is to analyse the dynamics of the influence of news agencies on the content of print and online publications within the media environment of Kazakhstan. The following methods were used: hypothetical and deductive, content analysis, and comparative. The results of the study have determined that rapid and intensive changes have been taking place in the Kazakh mass media and communications market in recent years, which are especially evident in the market of printed and online publications. It was found that news agencies, which are the standard of reliable data, are the main sources for newspaper materials. However, they still have the greatest influence on state publications, unlike private regional ones, which use publications of large-scale services more often. Content analysis of publications has determined that the number of citations by newspaper publications directly depends on the scale of events. The dynamics of news data from 2020 to 2023 highlighted that the number of mentions of the news agency in online and print publications is decreasing over time. In turn, all subjects of the media environment of Kazakhstan are reorienting themselves to the audience, actively using various platforms, social media, and digital opportunities.

Social networks as an effective tool of business promotion in the world

The article discusses the main aspects of using SM as an effective way to promote your business. Data on the use of social networks are considered. Recently, marketing communications have acquired a new direction of activity. The global spread of social media, especially social networks, has led to increased online competition among companies. Traditional media channels such as outdoor advertising, print publications, television, etc. are mainly used to inform consumers about new products and their exceptional quality. However, today, with the development of media, online advertising has taken a leading position and offers more diverse opportunities to attract new customers. As society began to prioritize communication in the online space, companies, in order not to lose sight of their target audience – consumers, began to look for new means of communication. This is why social media is increasingly being used by companies as their primary communication tool. The development of internet technologies and new business processes contributed to the emergence of a separate direction in business marketing - Social Media Marketing (SMM).

Toward a Joyful, Generous, and Fluid Left: An Interview with Kristen R. Ghodsee

In this interview with Kristen Ghodsee, (conducted by Rethinking Marxism’s Overdetermined podcast team Maliha Safri, Jared Randall, and Ryan Watts, and edited for brevity and clarity for print publication by Kenan Erçel), her three recent books are discussed: Second World, Second Sex: Socialist Women’s Activism and Global Solidarity during the Cold War; Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism and Other Arguments for Economic Independence; and Red Hangover: Legacies of 20th Century Communism. Taped at the height of the pandemic in 2021, the conversation explores how relations between men and women are shaped by social systems including capitalism in the West, and socialism in the ‘second world.’ Ghodsee describes her own interests in Alexandra Kollontai, Nadezhda Krupskaya, and how they influenced her own writing that encompasses multiple modalities of research including in-depth field work, fiction, and archival research in multiple eastern European countries. Going between the current day and the past, Ghodsee emphasizes how economic systems and psychosocial stress show up in how families arrange unpaid labor, sex, and every other intimate arena of life.

Work Environment and Academic Staff Performance in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria

This study is a review study and it was aimed to examine the impact of work environment on academic staff performance in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Depending on secondary data that were systematically collected from print and online publications. The results collected indicated that the work environment of tertiary institutions influences academic staff job performance. The paper concluded that a good and conducive working environment enhances the job performance of Academic Staff in tertiary institutions. Based on this, the paper suggested that the government and relevant stakeholders in the management of tertiary institutions in Nigeria should ensure that: a conducive work environment should be provided in all tertiary institutions across the country.

Rugby union, class and ‘Middle Ireland’ in Irish media

Although graduates of elite Irish fee-paying schools are disproportionately represented in the Irish men’s national rugby union team, Irish international games are among the most popular on Irish terrestrial television, signifying rugby’s growth as a spectator sport in Ireland. This article examines the role of Irish print, broadcast media and related publications in popularising elite-level Irish rugby. Employing a principally Bourdieusian theoretical perspective it analyses how media representation obscures the significance of class background and elite schooling in facilitating players’ individual and collective social advancement and material gain prior to, in and beyond rugby careers. One is by highlighting players’ relatability and transcendence of class privilege as the antithesis of the popular Irish caricature of an arrogant, privately educated former schools rugby player, Ross O’Carroll Kelly. The second is the displacement of class, in media representations, onto narratives, and performances, of regional and stylistic variety that are contained within an all-encompassing, inclusive conceptualization of ‘middle Ireland’.

The Interpretation of Political Portraiture in Print and Online Publications: Peculiarities of the Author’s Methods and Skills

Nowadays, the role and position of political leaders in state management and community life is one of the most urgent issues. The skills of the mass media, especially the authors, are important in conveying the political processes of each country and the activities of political personalities to the audience. This scientific article provides information on the author’s skill, method and approach in the interpretation of political portraits in press and internet publications. The point of view, role, participation, and position of the author were studied on the example of scientific and journalistic materials published in local and foreign publications. In the theory of journalism, the relevance of the political portrait genre, methodological methods have been researched.

Sidereal Messages: Print Letters in Restoration Astronomical Writing

AbstractAstronomy, a paradigmatic observational discipline of early modern ‘science’, relied on epistolary communication for coordinating practitioners across the world, publishing discoveries and theories, and seeking their confirmation from other virtuosi. Epistolary form ‘travelled’ from an individual exchange between scholars, via the print publication of such letters for the benefit of a wider readership, to the framing of bespoke isagogic textbooks. This article explores the affordances of Restoration printed astronomical letters, contrasting their performance of familiarity between sender and recipient with the public nature of the communication. By reference to letters published in the Philosophical Transactions, individual print letters, and letter‐books, including Christiaan Huygens's Cosmotheoros, the article shows how each type utilizes the familiar and the formal aspects of the letter form differently. The print letter emerges as a form uniquely suited for performing individual authority and fashioning an expert community, as well as communicating expert knowledge to non‐specialists.