Media Transition Research Articles

The Sui Generis Transition of The Media in Kosovo

Objective: This paper investigates the rapid evolution of Albanian-language media in Kosovo over the past two decades, a transformation that typically spans much longer periods in other contexts. Theoretical Framework: The study examines this evolution through the lens of media development theories, considering the unique socio-political landscape of Kosovo and the broader region. Methods: The research employs a qualitative approach, analyzing historical and contemporary media sources, political developments, and the impact of regional events on the media landscape. Results and Conclusions: The findings reveal that the rapid transformation of Albanian-language media in Kosovo is significantly influenced by political changes both within Kosovo and in the surrounding region. This transformation has resulted in a media landscape that is uniquely dynamic and rapidly evolving compared to conventional media development trajectories. Implications of Research: The study underscores the importance of understanding media evolution within specific socio-political contexts, providing insights that can inform media development strategies in other regions undergoing similar transitions. Originality/Value: This research offers a comprehensive analysis of the sui generis transition of Albanian-language media in Kosovo, highlighting the exceptional nature of its rapid evolution and contributing valuable knowledge to the field of media studies.

Solvent-responsive switching wettability of superoleophobic/superhydrophilic quartz sand filter medium facilitates rapidly oil/water separation and demulsification

Oil-spill accidents occur frequently, and the oil pollution caused by oil spills is attracting extensive attention from all circles of society. To resolve this problem, solvent-responsive superoleophobic/superhydrophilic quartz sand (SSQS) was manufactured by introducing ZnO nanoparticles, short-chain fluorinated compounds, and hydrophilic-induced units into the surface of quartz sand. Experimental results showed that SSQS can reversibly convert the superoleophobic/superhydrophilic surfaces into superoleophilic/underoil superhydrophobic surfaces within 10 s. The solvent-responsive surface of SSQS demonstrated selective separation performance for mixtures of oil/water and various surfactant-stabilized oil-in-water emulsions and water-in-oil emulsions before and after wettability conversion. Oil/water solutions were separated synchronously and continuously using the "┴" type of oil/water separating system, with a separation efficiencies of 99.33 % at high flux. After ten runs of the wettability transition, the oil/water mixture's separation efficiency remained over 99 %. More importantly, SSQS can accomplish the on-demand, gravity-driven demulsification and separation of oil/water emulsions with excellent separation efficiency and flux. The directional migration of oil droplets on the SSQS surface could possibly be described by the wetting performance of oil phase on the special wettability surface, and the solvent-responsive wettability transition of the SSQS surface. SSQS also exhibited brilliant mechanical durability, anticorrosion ability, and wetting stability under severe conditions. Therefore, this work provided a new research direction for the reversible wettability transition of granular filter media.

Simulation analysis of microwave sintering of recycled building bricks based on three-phase porous medium model

The visualization and quantification characteristics of numerical simulation can overcome many obstacles caused by experimental conditions and contribute to the development of the microwave sintering mechanism of recycled building bricks (RBB). However, existing research has paid little attention to the numerical simulation of the microwave sintering of RBB. This study considers the phase transition and mass transfer of three-phase porous media, and establishes a fully coupled model of electromagnetic, heat transfer, and three-phase porous media to study the thermal behavior of RBB under microwave irradiation. The results indicate that the electric field inside the cavity exists in a non-uniform form with high and low energy regions. The addition of RBB will see a redistribution of the electric field in the cavity. The non-uniform distribution of electric field and the selective heating of microwaves result in the appearance of hot and cold regions inside RBB during sintering. Phase transition and mass transfer are beneficial for improving the uniformity of temperature field. The geometric size and position of RBB will affect the uniformity of the temperature field of RBB, and adding SiC board can be effective to improve the uniformity.

Undermining People's Freedoms and Opinions in the Digital Era

The transition of media that conveys freedom of expression and opinion from mass media to online media has given rise to the phenomenon of cybercrime. As a result, there is weakening of freedom of expression and opinion. In fact, according to the data in 2020-2021, there were 44 cases related to freedom of expression and opinion. This paper aims to look at the impact and the reasons behind the occurrence of cyberattacks. This research is included in socio-legal research with secondary data sources. The data search process uses documentation and analysis using an interdisciplinary approach. The result is that cybercrime is carried out in the form of hacking, doxing, and cyberbullying. The impact was a violation of the principles of human rights and democracy, causing fear in the community. Crimes in the form of hacking, doxing, and cyberbullying occur because they are effective in protecting political interests and putting pressure on society, also it is difficult for perpetrators to be prosecuted legally.
 Keywords: hacking, doxing, cyberbullying

영화에서 연극으로의 매체 전환에 대한 방법론적 고찰

A Japanese drama 'Spirited Away: Live on Stage', which started performances in the spring of 2022, is extraordinary in that the general media transition is from stage to screen. This paper takes this work as an example and examines the phenomenon that appears when the medium is switched from film to play in a methodological way. To this end, it discusses the characteristics of the performing arts in the theatrical medium, which is distinct from the movie genre, and methodologically studies the phenomenon that appeared in the process of this work's conversion from film to play. As a result, the performing arts characteristics of the play are explained by interactivity with the audience, temporal and spatial transcendence based on it, and the tendency to use plots of conflict structures. On the contrary, the attributes arising from the film's camera editing are listed as storytelling methods that do not rely on interaction with the audience or conflict structure as well as spatio-temporal infinity. The results of this study are expected to have practical value in converging stage and film culture by reconsidering the difference between the performing media and camera editing technology.

Social Normativity in the Transition of New Media: the Case of Facebook in Vietnam

In recent times, with the prominent emergence of social networks, online cultural and behavioural standards are gradually formed and re-formed in the online sphere, raising the demand to investigate the rules and the development of online social behaviours, as well as the approaches to foster its healthy practice towards cyber civilization. In Vietnam, Facebook is the most popular social media platform, posing as an important space for online discussions and social relations in Vietnam’s cyberspace. Therefore, this study aims to examine how normativity and netiquette are reflected on Facebook, how groups’ subculture on Facebook empowers the conformity of users’ behaviour, and the current situation of ‘Netiquette’ and related rules and regulations in Vietnam. The research seeks to understand how social norms are tested and reformed in online social networks, ultimately impacting beliefs and actions both online and offline. Based on the findings, this study proposes additional approaches to promote a behavioural culture and establish standardized user behaviour on social networks.
 Keywords: New Media, Facebook, Social normativity, Netiquette.

The Relationships Between Technological Disruption, Role Stress, and Turnover Intention by Journalists During China’s Media Transition Period Mediated by Organizational Commitment

With the gradual development of Internet technology, it has caused a sense of low organizational commitment for journalists about their profession, whether they are working in television media, radio media, or newspapers. Most empirical studies on employee turnover intention aim to explore the impact of job satisfaction on turnover intention. There is a lack of literature on technical factors contributing to professional insecurity, especially in the context of journalists during the transformation and development of Chinese media. This study examined the association between individual factor constructs (role stress) and organizational commitment to provide more information on the technical, individual, organizational factors and how these three factors affect the turnover intention of journalists in the stage of media transformation and development in China. The results show that there is a negative correlation between career value orientation and turnover intention, and career motivation value orientation, career ideal value orientation and career choice behavior value orientation have an impact on turnover intention.

Research on Variable-Swept Hybrid Aerial Underwater Vehicle Plunge-Diving Control Based on Adaptive Dynamic Surface Control

The variation in aerodynamic parameters during the process of a variable sweepback hybrid aerial underwater vehicle (HAUV) affects flight stability. During the air–water trans-media locomotion, there are medium mutations and solid–liquid gas coupling phenomena, resulting in the complex dynamic process of HAUV. To ensure stable control during the trans-media process of a variable sweepback vehicle, this study proposes a neural-network-based adaptive dynamic surface control method for aircraft flight-path angle. This method aims to establish an effective control model for the entire process of air to media transition, in response to the characteristics of uncertainty and external disturbances in the process of variable backsweeping in the air and media transition. By utilizing the multibody dynamics method, the dynamic equations for variable-swept vehicles are established and transformed into a rigorous feedback system with model uncertainty. The adaptive dynamic surface method in this paper introduces a first-order filter, which overcomes the “differential explosion” problem in traditional backstepping control design through differential filtering; the unknown parameters present in the model are estimated online through adaptive laws, and the uncertain parts of the system are overcome through nonlinear damping items. By analyzing Lyapunov stability, the semi-global stability of the required closed-loop system can be obtained, and adjusting the controller parameters can make the tracking error infinitely small. Numerical simulations are conducted to illustrate the tracking control of flight-path angles for different plunge-diving angle rates and strategy of ingress. The results show that HAUV with variable-swept configuration with different strategy has a great effect on the stability of plunge-diving locomotion; the designed controller can effectively track the target trajectory and has a certain degree of robustness and adaptability.

공존의 관점으로 바라본 고전문학 기반 웹툰의 매체 전환 양상과 의미

This study aims to analyze the webtoons <Barojabneun Soonaebo> and <My Roommate is a Gumiho> to examine the media transition pattern and meaning from the perspective of ‘coexistence’. Both works depict aspects of the coexistence of human and dehuman beings. This description can convey the value and necessity of coexistence in moving toward the post-human era. In addition, it is expected to be a more resonant delivery method as it uses the classical literature, which implies Korea's own perception. Like this media transformation will enable classical literature to revive in the modern world and maintain its own vitality and values, while also using classical literature works to create modern contents that contains Korea's unique meanings and values.

ANTESEDEN PERCEIVED ENJOYMENT DAN IMPLIKASINYA TERHADAP KONTINUITAS PENGGUNAAN MOBILE GAME

The transition of digital media and platforms has driven new markets for the mobile game industry. Currently, the video game segment has been adapting platforms and driving a significant increase in users and driving intense market competition. In an increasingly competitive climate, marketing success does not only depend on increasing the number of downloads but also on continued use based on the ability to meet user expectations, in the context of using mobile games users have a variety of pleasures to be fulfilled. This study identified the influencing factors (antecedents) of perceived enjoyment and their implications for the continuity of mobile game use. The results of this study indicate that Design Aesthetic, Perceived Ease of Use, Challenge, Variety, Novelty, and Interactivity can significantly become antecedents that determine the fulfillment of perceived enjoyment by mobile game users. The results of this study also have implications for the literature regarding the evaluation of sustainable relationship values, where Perceived Enjoyment was found to be significant in determining the continuity of mobile game use as a consequence of the relationship between antecedents as a predictor.
 Keywords: Perceived Enjoyment, Continuous Intention, Mobile Game

Black and Queer, Music on Screen

Abstract While Black Studies and Queer Studies have offered a range of terms and methods for considering sound, music, and musicality in audiovisual work over the last half century, studies of sound and music in audiovisual media that have attempted to define these latter disciplines have tended to neglect or simply ignore those innovations. The result is a lack of attention and analysis given to key forces and voices at important moments of media transition. This editor's introduction surveys relevant methods and exemplars to demonstrate this problem of disciplinary blind spots and suggests ways that contributions to this special issue help to address and reorient it.

Altitude Control of an Unmanned Air-Water Hybrid Vehicle in the Media Transition

Altitude Control of an Unmanned Air-Water Hybrid Vehicle in the Media Transition

Zero-State Insert Dual-Layer HAMR Media Recording

Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) can support extremely high areal densities based on the thermal stability argument. However, significant challenges remain to reduce switching probability distribution (SPD) to improve media SNR. Exchange coupled composite (ECC)-type architectures, such as the designs employed in perpendicular media, are being explored for HAMR media and show potential promise at reducing SPD. In this article, we propose a new approach for the media design that consisting of an exchange decoupled dual-layer HAMR media architecture. In this design, a few net zero magnetization state grains form near the transition resulting in a transition noise reduction when a small difference in a <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$T_{\text {c}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> of <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\approx 5$ </tex-math></inline-formula> % was applied between the two layers. A geometric 2-D recording model was used to explore this dual-layer media design space and transition noise response. The significant transition noise reduction under the grain size limit condition is attributed to a negative correlation between noise from the top and bottom layers. This simple model was supplemented with micromagnetic recording simulations that verify stable zero-state grains are established near the transition during the recording process. The simulations confirm the significant transition noise reduction, but an increase in the dc noise was observed. Once the dc noise was addressed by increasing the applied field magnitude, a significant SNR gain of 1.4 dB was achieved compared with the equivalent single-layer media.

Theoretical Solutions for Variable Ground Motions of Media-Transition Canyons with Partly Filled Water Subjected to SV-Waves Incidence

Long-span structures (e.g. dams or canyon-crossing bridges) are usually located at the sites with media transition, local topography and partially filled water. However, the existing studies on the spatially variable seismic motions considering local terrains mainly focus on the single- or dual-phase media with rare consideration of the effect of media transition. Therefore, this study is motivated to present and theoretically investigate the feature of seismic motions special for a media-transition canyon with partly filled water subjected to SV-wave excitation. First, the theoretical scheme for the media-transition site needs to simultaneously cope with the issue of wave propagation in single- and dual-phase media. The key step to connecting the two different types of wavefields lies in the satisfaction of boundary conditions along with the media-transition interface. Then, to further investigate the scattering effect caused by media transition on seismic motions under different angles and frequencies, a comparative study between the models with and without the media-transition interface is performed. Results show that the feature of media transition has noticeable influences on the spatially variable seismic motions. In addition, the effect of water depth on site response is analyzed in brief. Finally, the accuracy and reliability of the whole theoretical scheme are verified. The research provides useful insights that it is reasonable to introduce the media-transition factor into the study of spatially variable seismic motions.

The Research on the Digital Transition of the Tourism Media

Social media also experienced transitions from paper material to digital forms. In the previous years of the COVID outbreak, a particular part of social media---tourism, has been affected and is worth paying attention to. Lonely Planet (abbreviated as LP) is one of the most famous tourism media brands, previous researches have shown its development or transitions during the pandemic. Through using surveys, questionnaires and interviews, this research aims at investigating the strategy of LP for digital transition over the pandemic period, which could be applied for other media companies as an inspiration. The result from surveying LP in a chronicle order suggests negative impacts the COVID has on the business, while the transition of the company is spontaneous, also containing positive potentials for LP to get recovered or developed. Researchers receive 107 participants about their attitudes and understandings toward the transition of travel media and pandemic effects, and it shows the majority of audience focus on convenience of the journalist media, and most of them are optimistic about the digital transition of traditional media, agreeing with the statement that digital media would receive a wider audience, which indicates a benefit in digital transition. Two interviews are also carried out with loyal fans of Lonely Planet. The interviewees are used to reading printed material and are convinced that COVID affected traditional media use. However, they agree that digital platforms would not completely replace the traditional media in Lonely Planet’s case, presenting a surprising point of view.

A Study on the Changes in the Argument Statement Strategy According to the Media and Audience Transition －Focusing on the ‘Rebuttal’ in both the Discussion Scripts and the Essay after a Debating among College Students

In this paper, I examined how the transition between the media and the audience affects the thesis statement. Based on the fact that different media characteristics of speech and writing embody the same content in different ways, the aspects of media transition and audience transition were examined for college students’ discussion scripts and essays after debating. The reason why the rebuttal in the discussion model was studied was that the rebuttal not only shows the dialogic argumentation well, but also reflects the media transition and audience transition at the same time when it is converted into monologic argumentation, which is writing. First, the media transition from discussion to writing showed a difference in the amount of rebuttal terms. In the essays written after debating, we can see that the phenomenon of significantly reducing the existing rebuttal and replacing it with a new and interesting argument tends to give intellectual interest more advantage in the article written, compared to the special speaking situation of discussion. Second, as a result of examining the impact of audience transition on the argumentation strategy at the level of politeness, questioning, and communication, the politeness expression in discussion was removed from the writing and the argument strength increased, while the question aspect was diverse in discussion scripts using dialogic argumentation. In addition, analysis via Hyland’s ‘academic interaction model’ confirmed that audience transition is the cause of a different selection of boosters and hedges in the discussion script and essays after debating. In conclusion, we can say that the transition between the media and the audience has a certain effect on the argument development strategy.

THE PARADIGM SHIFT FROM PRINT TO DIGITAL MEDIA: AN EVALUATIVE STUDY

The relevance of media is increasing daily as it connects the globe and enables us to evaluate every piece of information, we get daily. At present, media may be classified into three segments- Print Media, Electronic Media and Digital Media. These all have their own opinions, importance and uniqueness. Media consumption is undergoing a significant shift in consumption patterns. Digital media with the help of technologies and the digital transformation now plays a significant role in every industry, including business, education, politics, medicine, marketing, and communication. The transition of the news media to digital has caused significant change in the industry, including several of new providers. This paper focuses on impact of digital media on print media and how it created a physical and digital space. The following aims to provide information regarding the digital transformation by conducting a systematic literature review.

Public and Private Diaries

Abstract This article analyzes a number of Egyptian blogs in relation to their print ancestors, in particular private notebooks written by young effendis in the 1920s and public fictional diaries serialized in the periodical press in the same period in Egypt. It compares the media transition taking place in Egypt in the early 2000s following the adoption of blogging and social media to the one occurring in the early decades of the twentieth century following the popularization of printed products. Using theories from media studies and rhetorical studies, it shows how the blog inherits some of the formal and stylistic features of private diaries as well as their anti-authoritarian attitude. Yet it also shows how compared to its ancestors, the blog favors an unprecedented exposure of personal, private issues in public, turning self-writing into a social, communicative activity. Similarly, autofiction and subversive styles of writing are techniques that bloggers borrow from the fictional print diaries in order to write about their private lives in public. However, digital tools, with their mode of circulation, temporality and increasing exposure to state and informal censorship, make it increasingly difficult for bloggers to keep a room of their own.

An Early Media Transition in the Middle East

Abstract More than 1,000 years prior to the ‘print revolution’, a massive media transformation took place in the Middle East, namely, the introduction of paper during the eighth century. Accompanied by several further technological changes, the new writing surface—purportedly brought to Central Asia by Chinese prisoners of war—led to an increasing availability of written sources, an ‘explosion of books’. In this paper, I examine the details of this early media transformation, survey how literary and historical sources discussed this development and give insight into the developments it entailed in just a few centuries. The main part of the paper deals with sources from the Mamluk period (1250–1517) that witnessed a thorough literarization of all parts of communal and personal life.

Dynamics of the Use of Digital Media as a Source of Information During Media Transition

There has been dynamic in the transition of the use of media by news readers from conventional media (Kompas print media) to new media (Kompas.com and KompasTV Instagram account). This causes a change in the communication process starting from the way of producing, delivering, capturing, and disseminating news as well as the content of the news itself which is different from people's habits earlier. The originality of this paper builds on the main ideas constructed from the theory of Uses and Gratification by focusing more on three aspects; audience, media (news content), and function of the media. This study uses a qualitative method with a constructivist analysis and a news content analysis unit that focuses on Kompas.com and KompasTV Instagram account at the onset of Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020 in Indonesia by mapping news content based on keywords for the Covid-19 pandemic and the Corona virus news search. This study found that the reading interest among the Indonesian people is more inclined to news that has an audio-visual format than the newspaper format. This is evident from the audience’s feedback in the comment section compiled from data findings. In addition, the lack of the audience’s control results in the poor communication culture among the people, so that there is a potential for media bias and fake news. This study has limitations in that it does not discuss the reader interest from the perspective of conventional news (Kompas print media). Therefore, there should be further comprehensive research by comparing the two types of media.