Essays about: "media accountability"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 54 essays containing the words media accountability.

1. 16. "Un-masking the Mask-Issue". Examining People´s Meaning-Making Processes and Risk-Cultural Norms regarding Facemasks.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation

   Author : Tim Arasimowicz; [2021-07-27]
   Keywords : Facemasks; Efficiency; Communication; Media diets; COVID-19; Sensemaking; Meaning-Making; Noticing; Acting; Risk Culture; Trust in Authorities; Anticipation; Accountability; Framing;

   Abstract : While most of the world quickly came to terms with covering their noses and mouths in crowded places, people in Sweden have mostly gone without, riding buses and metros, shopping for groceries, and going to school maskless, with only a few rare souls have covered up (Novus, 2021). Officials from the Swedish Public Health Authority (PHA) have repeatedly argued that masks are not effective enough at limiting the spread of the virus to warrant mass use, insisting it is more important to respect social distancing and handwashing recommendations. READ MORE

3. 17. INFORMATION AND QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE IN NON-DEMOCRATIC SETTINGS A Geospatial Analysis of Media Access and Quality of Public Service Provision in Uganda

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Klara Schönenberger; [2021-07-20]
   Keywords : Media Access; Accountability; Public Service Provision; Autocracies; Uganda;

   Abstract : This thesis investigated whether access to a non-state-owned radio station can improve the provision of public services at the district level as aspect of quality of governance in Uganda, depending on the visibility and street-discretion of the service. Thereby, this work attempts to fill the research gap on media access and quality of governance in a non-democratic setting. READ MORE

4. 18. The culturalization of Disease: A cultural analysis of the discourse on civic mindedness, health inequity, and ethnicity during the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Ida Scharla Løjmand; [2021]
   Keywords : ethnicity; minorities; culture; civic mindedness; health inequity; COVID-19; Denmark; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : I dette speciale analyserer jeg de overordnede medienarrativer omkring COVID-19-pandemien og ikke-vestlige etniske minoriteter i Danmark. Få måneder efter pandemiens udbrud i Danmark påviste Statens Serum Institut, at borgere med ikke-vestlig baggrund er overrepræsenteret blandt de COVID-19-smittede. READ MORE

5. 19. The Danger of Media Framing - The Multiyear Fraud of Wirecard AG

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Maria Antonia Theodosiadis; Anita Clauss; [2021]
   Keywords : Dynamic Media Framing; Corporate Accounting Scandal; Frame Building; Frame Setting; Accountability; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to enhance the understanding of Media Framing of corporate accounting scandals over time.The purpose is fulfilled by adopting a case of how a corporate accounting scandal has been framed. This study uses a qualitative inductive research method. READ MORE

6. 20. The Instagram News Logic : The Encoding and Decoding of News Credibility on Instagram in the COVID-19 Infodemic in Indonesia

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

   Author : Dewa Ayu Dwi Damaiyanti Sastrawan; [2021]
   Keywords : Encoding Decoding; Journalistic Legitimacy; Social Media Logic; News Credibility; Media Trust; News Production; News Consumption; Platform Infomediation; Post- Truth Era; Narasi Newsroom.;

   Abstract : In the occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic, a trend of Instagram as a news source emerged in the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2020 (Reuters, 2020). Instagram’s visual factor has made accessing news more feasible and convenient through a curated feed. READ MORE