The pursuit of alternative safe water has increased dramatically the world trade in bottled water. Events happened in Canada which changed the population’s perception about the quality of tap water, despite all government efforts. Media has an important role to pass on information because there is value judgment in its reports. As a result, this study aims to present recent data from two Canadi...

Did campaign communications contribute towards changes in voter preferences in the 2005 UK general election through priming, persuasion and mobilization effects? And, if so, which communication channel proved most influential? To examine this topic, Part I summarizes the literature on the impact of campaign communications and develops the theoretical framework. Part II discusses the data and in...

Following the theory of civil sphere, it is analyzed how two competing discourses disputed meaning National Women’s Strike against feminicide carried out in Mexico 2020. On one hand, was interpreted as proposal autonomous women to make visible conditions violence them. other an initiative by conservative groups undermine legitimacy government. Each discourse attributed a pure and impure charact...

Yeni iletişim teknolojilerinin yaygınlaşması birçok farklı alanda değişim ve dönüşüme sebep olmuştur. Dönüşümün yaşandığı en belirgin meslek alanlarından biri de gazeteciliktir. Gazeteler çalışanları başlıca haber pratikleri, ekonomik durum becerileri çerçevesinde geleneksel yöntemleri geride bırakarak dijital dönüşüm sürecine girmişlerdir. Ulusal gazetelere göre zorluklar içerisinde olan yerel...

In Germany the public awareness on ethical problems of the application of medicine and life sciences on human beings is very high. It can be observed that German Society is rather sensitive concerning bioethical issues. Politics supports this attitude. Many articles in professional journals as well as in newspapers cover bioethical issues. Conferences and workshops on a professional and an educ...

Opinion mining, which aims the automatic processing of subjective information, has become a key field. In the political context, the awareness of people’s sentiment towards their representatives, public organizations, political parties or politicians, can support political decisions, campaign moves, government policies, marketing strategies, etc. This paper describes a case study over opinions ...

Rapid economic growth in China during the past 25 years has been accompanied by increasing economic inequality. China’s old-age social security system has long been restricted to urban areas, leaving the 70 per cent of the population living in rural areas with little or no coverage. The lack of social security for elderly people in rural areas poses a threat to social stability and raises socia...

This study aimed to determine the function of press in monitoring Saudi city development by evaluating Um Al-Qura newspaper's coverage Onaizah and country's programs. The used historical technique based on analysis deduction categorizing what was written about daily Al-Qura. found that um covered Arabia's renaissance. Onaizah's revival is broad, which can be trace its beginnings (health - educa...

The events which occurred on 11 September 2001 were unprecedented in many ways. This article discusses how online newspapers reported on these events. Applying a descriptive methodology to a sample of 18 online newspapers from nine countries, this article analyses the strengths and weaknesses of online newspapers that could be seen that day. It shows the consolidation of the internet as an impo...