Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism

Attitude can be associated as one of the fundamental problems with solid waste management. Poor public attitudes of improper waste disposal as well as lack of self-consciousness of a clean environment constitute one of the greatest problems of solid waste management in Nigeria. Broadcast media can help to influence people’s attitudes. Heavy dependency and exposure to the media tend to shape people’s beliefs, attitudes and perceptions about solid waste management. This study examines media sensitization campaigns for solid waste management in two cities and states in Nigeria. Using the instrument of questionnaire to elicit data from respondents, the study showed that the broadcast media have carried out sensitization campaigns on solid waste management, but the extent and inhabitants’ attitudes towards solid waste management were poor. It is recommendable to have regular but aggressive sensitization campaigns on solid waste management by the broadcast media, which as a matter of importance, should be concerned of all stakeholders in environmental management.

Alternative media is becoming a platform for the empowerment of the society on a whole. Women have got in this way a new space to share their views. This virtual space is giving her power by segregating from the real space; where she has to face the real challenges in the form of eve-teasing, stalking, harassment etc. Private settings in the social networking sites must be very popular among the Indian girls, who face stalking as obvious crime. Private settings have provided a shelter to the girls at social network sites to distract unwanted attention. It might have allowed many girls to sign in into the social networking sites besides it also reflects the complications of real world that alternative media allow girls to avoid online. It would be interesting to study the private settings of a group of girls and boys of any class. How differently these setting are being used by boys and girls. The research paper focuses on whether alternative media is helping in empowering women where she feels free to share anything she wants or still she feel restricted with the social bounding.

This study examines the prioritization of news in print and online from two sources: traditional newspapers and online-only organizations. A content analysis of four newspapers in print and online and four online-only organizations for one constructed week revealed very few differences in the content these organizations chose to prioritize in the news product. A lack of content diversity could indicate news organizations are not attempting to appeal to print and online readers in different ways. The relative paucity of differences may reflect the relative newness of online-only organizations and of the online medium in general, as well as the tendency of journalists to uphold longstanding journalism routines.

An Insider Threat is a malicious threat to an organization it actually comes from people within the organization, such as employees, former employees, contractors or business associates, who have access to the confidential information of the organization. The paper characterizes various types of dependencies as well as constraints on dependencies that may be used by insiders to deduce unauthorized information. It pioneers the constraint and dependency graph (CDG) that characterizes dependencies and constraints. Additionally, CDG shows the paths that insiders can track to acquire unauthorized knowledge. In addition, the paper presents the acquaintance graph (AG) that reveals the knowledgebase of an insider and the amount of information that the insider has about data items. To forecast and prevent insider threat, the paper characterizes and uses the threat prediction graph (TPG). A TPG illustrates the threat prediction value (TPV) of each data item in insiders’ AG, where TPV is used to lift up an alert when an insider threat occurs.

In this research paper the level of subjectivity and objectivity adopted by journalists of different newspapers of the two provinces of the Jammu and Kashmir state has been analysed. This research paper emphasized upon the professionalism of the journalists of two provinces while catering to the readers of particular province. In this study it was found that in general reporters of both the provinces of the state are objective in their reporting, but it is also found that in certain cases Kashmir based reporters are subjective in their reporting, for example while covering Kashmir sentiments. They also use hard language against New Delhi, whereas Jammu based reporters are subjective only when it comes to defend Security forces and are also bitterly critical of Pakistan, accusing it as a sponsor of violence in Kashmir (including separatism). This paper found that newspaper of particular province serve to specific readers of their region, i.e. in Hindu majority province of Jammu, newspapers report as per the reading habits of Hindu readers and carries pro-India and anti-freedom reports. While as in Muslim majority province of Kashmir, newspapers carry anti-India and pro-freedom reports. Even senior journalists admitted that newspapers of both the provinces are doing justifiable job by serving what is expected from them.

The purpose of this paper is to explore the increased investment in Africa continent done by the People’s Republic of China. Focus is on how these investments manifest itself and how do other people report on this relationship. First how has the relationship changed over time and second from an African perspective is this relation beneficial? And finally the research paper discusses the impact of China International Fund (CIF) and the factors affecting the reports. We have to keep in mind that there is no any report published by African countries (government) about China investment in Africa. All of the reports and publications are done under the assistance of Western countries. This paper reviews China’s historical relationship with Africa, accounts for its new investments on the continent and assesses whether the relation is bad of good on both sides.

With the advent of web and social media channels, the concept of public has become more complicated and even problematic. Thus, this study sheds light on the term public to reduce ambiguity in applying the concept to the study and practice of public relations, reflecting the long tail of publics. Based on McLeod and Pan’sconcept explicationframework, this study suggests a conceptual public management model for scholars. The model implies that public varies across individuals, organizations, contexts and time.

As far back as the early 1990s scholars have analyzed how some television news stations have disproportionately portrayed Black males as notorious lawbreakers, while White males are significantly more likely to be depicted as heroes, defenders of all that is righteous, or the perpetual “good guys.” As a result of those early articles many other researchers have examined the prevalence of such reporting as well as the impact it has on Black males as well as society. Most of those studies have focused on the entire newscasts coverage of big city television markets, like Chicago or New York. No study has performed a similar analysis on the lead news story. Nebraska has recently been designated as the “most dangerous place in America to be Black.” Nebraska received that title even though it has an extremely small Black population, 4.8%, most of whom live in Omaha, the state’s largest city. This research looks at how Omaha’s four local television network affiliates-ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox-portray Black males versus White males in their lead or first stories of their newscasts. A team of coders evaluated three-months of newscasts from each station. The statistical findings are clear: crime-related stories account for more than 60% of lead news stories in Omaha, and Black males were featured in the primary crime story subject nearly 70% of the time even though crime statistics show that Blacks are only responsible for 31% of arrests during the same 3-month period.

This study focused on the distinction between mythic and non-mythic framing of news stories pertaining to the Iraqi War. A content analysis was performed on 531 news articles appearing in The New York Times and Time Magazine from 2003 to 2007. Gallup polling data was used to construct measures of public opinion regarding the war (War Approval) and the Presidents handling of the war (Presidential Approval). In both news sources, non-mythical news coverage was more predominant than mythical coverage. Most importantly, the amount of mythical news coverage influenced popular opinion. Importantly, however, this mythical framing effect was moderated by media source and the nature of the popular opinion rating. Specifically, mythical news coverage in the New York Times significantly increased Presidential approval ratings. This mythical framing effect failed to emerge, however, when examining the effect of news coverage in Time Magazine and when predicting more general and impersonal ratings of War Approval. Results are discussed in the context of