Range Of Communication Channels Research Articles

Communication Strategy In Achieving Sustainable Environmental Development: Case Study Of The Ban On The Use Of Plastic Bags In Familymart Retail Stores

This study explores the communication strategies utilized by FamilyMart retail stores to enforce the ban on plastics bags, aiming to support sustainable environmental development. As environmental concerns become increasingly significant, retail businesses are at the forefront of promoting sustainable practices. This research investigates how FamilyMart conveys its environmental policies to customers and the broader community to encourage behavior change towards eco-friendly alternatives. Using qualitative methods, the research involves in-depth interviews with store managers, content analysis of promotional materials, and observations of in-store communication efforts. According to the research, FamilyMart has a thorough communication strategy that consists of educational initiatives for customers, conspicuous signage, and active participation on social media. These tactics aim to encourage consumers to use reusable bags by raising awareness of the negative environmental effects of plastic bag usage. Effective communication strategies make use of visual aids, customer incentives for program involvement, and compelling and informative messaging. The report also emphasizes how crucial it is to use consistent messages throughout a range of communication channels and how important employee involvement is to achieve the initiative's goals. The findings show that establishing a sustainable culture and obtaining consumer compliance depend heavily on efficient communication. The report ends with actionable suggestions for retailers looking to put similar environmental policies into place. These suggestions emphasize the importance of using multifaceted, transparent, and engaging communication tactics to support long-term, sustainable change.

Smallpox prevention in the Austrian Littoral

The article discusses vaccination as the key smallpox prophylaxis, used in the Habsburg provinces from the beginning of the nineteenth century onward. The analysis of quantitative data for the Austrian Littoral (particularly Koper and Trieste) also points to the scope and frequency of smallpox epidemics in the second half of the nineteenth century, which raises questions concerning the extent to which these prophylactic measures were implemented and the population’s willingness to heed the calls for immunization. By creating a regulatory framework, the state sought to attain the maximum possible prevalence of this practice, which nevertheless remained the target of various prejudices for a long time to come. The authorities, the Church, and scientists therefore sought to heighten the popular awareness on the need for immunization through a range of communication channels. Because cowpox vaccination failed to ensure lasting immunity, revaccination was of crucial importance, but its implementation was even more limited.

Arabic and Assyrian immigrants’ knowledge of hepatitis and liver cancer in Sydney, Australia. Findings of a community consultation process.

e18167 Background: In Australia over 50% of hepatocellular cancers (HCC) are diagnosed in immigrants born in viral hepatitis endemic areas. Therefore, increasing community awareness of viral hepatitis as a preventable and treatable cause of liver cancer is critical in designing community-based cancer prevention programs. Although 7% of Australians living with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) were born in Africa or the Middle East, limited information exists about these communities’ knowledge and beliefs around hepatitis and cancer. To assist the design of effective strategies for screening and treatment, we conducted a community consultation process among Arabic and Assyrian-speaking communities in Sydney, Australia. Methods: The consultation involved semi-structured interviews with key opinion leaders in the Arabic and Assyrian communities and focus group discussions (FGD) conducted in Arabic, Assyrian and English with community members. Interviews and discussion were digitally recorded, translated and transcribed. Framework analysis was employed for data analysis. Results: Twelve face to face semi-structured interviews were conducted with Arabic and Assyrian community leaders. Sixty-six participants, aged from 22 to 71 years took part in seven FGDs. Findings were highly confluent and highlighted a limited knowledge and understanding of hepatitis and of links to liver cancer. Hepatitis and cancer are stigmatising diseases and kept within the family. To mitigate the distress brought about by cancer, euphemisms and protective language are used and a cancer diagnosis is not disclosed to family members. Communities’ ability to engage with the health system is limited. Fear and past medical interactions influence decision about accessing care and education levels, health literacy and English proficiency are significant barriers to navigating the health system. The internet, doctors, television and radio are the communities’ main sources of health information. Conclusions: Reluctance to talk openly about hepatitis and cancer and widespread ‘cancer fatalism’ need to be considered in clinical interactions. Health information messages need to be tailored to patients’ cultural beliefs, couched in accessible terms and delivered through a range of communication channels.

Use of the web in corporate sustainability disclosure: Malaysian evidence

Business organisations employ a range of communication channels to inform and interact with their stakeholders on their corporate social responsibility and sustainability concerns. Over the years, with the proliferation of the internet, online and web-based communications have become the most widely used medium. However, comparatively little is known about the current use of and potential of internet communications in corporate sustainability disclosure in Malaysia. This study explores and aims to highlights the numerous advantages that the web provides for communication of sustainability issues. These advantages have been conceptualised through Media Richness Theory and operationalised through a study of online sustainability disclosure practices among public-listed companies in Malaysia. The findings indicate that the potential of the web is not extensively utilised by businesses to communicate their sustainability practices.

The International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) framework: the Kempen pilot

One of the most common treatments for dysphagia is the provision of texture-modified food and thickened liquids. To improve patient safety, a standardised terminology has been advocated. In 2015, the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) framework was released. The IDDSI framework describes texture-modified food and thickened liquids for individuals of all ages, in all care settings and in all cultures. To put the IDDSI framework into operation, a pilot site in Kempen, Germany volunteered to conduct a quality assurance process to document IDDSI implementation. The process commenced on the neurology ward, with findings to inform roll-out to other wards and eventually other hospitals. Through wide stakeholder involvement using simultaneous top-down and bottom-up approaches and agreed timelines, the Kempen Pilot achieved implementation at ward level. Practical training, incorporating the IDDSI framework into a range of communication channels and inter-professional collaboration were key to successful implementation.

Визуальная коммуникация в системе политических отношений

The research article represents communication principles of functional and
 speech realization of visual communication. Pragmalinguistic analysis is actualized
 in the political attitudes system context. Communication component
 of the notion “power” is indicated. The range of communication channels in
 the format of visual symbolism within which the multichannel mechanism
 has its impact. The whole complex of visual means that transmit the meaningful
 component directly and indirectly is analyzed. The experimental data
 of contradiction visual channels and specificity of their perception transmission
 are represented. The obligatory multifactor principles of professional
 visual political communication realization are given. The visualization national
 cultural specificity, social etiquette component, gender differences
 of communicators’ political thoughts is pointed out. The communication
 manifestation bases of the strategic and tactical complex within visual political
 communicative plane are stated. The conclusions dealing with correct
 visual information production and perception parametres are formulated.

Communicating information to difficult-to-reach landholders: perspectives of natural resource management communication practitioners

Landholder participation in conservation programs is vital for achieving the environmental goals of natural resource management organisations. However, some landholders can be difficult to reach. This article presents findings based on telephone interviews with communications practitioners within 22 Australian organisations involved with promoting national resource management. The research provides insights into how communication with difficult-to-reach landholders might be improved by investigating the perceptions and communication practices of Australian national resource management communications officers and their organisations. Overall, the results indicate that differing communication strategies were used and perceived as necessary to reach different groups of landholders. Nevertheless, while organisations used a range of communication channels, there is relatively little targeting of difficult-to-reach landholders, nor evaluation of the effectiveness of communications with difficult-to-reach landholders. We suggest that greater commitment, investment, effort and careful tailoring of channel–message combinations to landholder groups are likely to be necessary to improve communications and thereby achieve greater engagement in national resource management.

Internal Communication Challenges and Issues : A Case Study of Transnet Freight Rail Business Unit Coal , Vryheid , Kwazulu Natal Province , South Africa

Internal communication is a relatively new field of research, particularly within Transnet Freight Rail. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to investigate the internal communication challenges and issues of Transnet Freight Rail Bu Coal Vryheid. Three major themes were considered within the field of internal communication: internal communication management, the channels utilised within organisation for internal communication and whether measurement of the internal communication was evident. The findings indicate that internal communication is a large area of research that differs between organisations with content, structure and management. Additionally, a range of communication channels were used in all of the participant departments with emails the most predominant channel, while face-to-face communication was an often underutilised channel. One finding was the lack of formal measurement undertaken by the company, thereby contradicting the advisement of the academic literature. It was recommended that management specifically corporate affairs measure internal communication by conducting an internal communication audit. Face-to-face communication should be encouraged, there should be organised more meetings between different divisions/departments, people must realise that the division’s cooperation brings more effectiveness to everybody’s work; things are done faster, easier and better.

The non-compliant client

ABSTRACT:The issue of owner compliance – or lack thereof – is a wide-ranging problem through all genres of veterinary medicine and, indeed, medicine worldwide. This article provides a discussion of issues commonly presented in relation to client compliance in the UK, and compares and contrasts these problems with issues in human medicine and in veterinary medicine around the world. Protocols are then presented to improve compliance within veterinary medicine, through the use of a diverse range of communication channels and methods.

COMMUNICATION FACTORS RELATED TO CLOSER INTERNATIONAL TIES: AN EXTENSION OF A MODEL IN BRAZIL

Central to the study of intercultural communication has been the question of what promotes closer ties between nations. This research replicates and extends a model that specifies three factors (perceptions of homophily, shared interests, and threats), drawn from social distance and systems perspectives, that are posited to have an influence on the desire for closer ties between Brazil and the U.S. Each of the factors have previously been identified as occupying central positions in the development of international relationships. This research extends this model by explicitly incorporating a range of communication channels which are impacted by these factors and which are also hypothesized to effect the desire for closer ties. The results were supportive of the model, with excellent goodness of fit measures for the specified model to the observed data. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for conflict management.