this paper uses critical discourse analysis to examine discursive representations of older people in taiwanese newspapers. a total of 926 references to older people were sampled from 62 articles published in four taiwanese newspapers from january to august 2013. the findings suggest that, older people were frequently allocated roles suggestive of dependency. those portrayed in line with the pos...

The evolving IS literature on business models for digital products assumes that the positive feedback effect will lead to price competition and biased concentration of the market. In theory, this will require companies to either differentiate or customize their products and services. In this paper we propose an empirical investigation of customization as a lock-in business strategy for online n...

INTRODUCTION We wanted to understand how cancer risks are communicated in mainstream and ethnic newspapers, to determine whether the 2 kinds of newspapers differ and to examine features of news stories and sources that might predict optimal risk communication. METHODS Optimal risk communication was defined as presenting the combination of absolute risk, relative risk, and prevention response ...

one of the most important institutions of a city is hospital as it is directly involved with life of the citizens. this review article aimed to study the circumstance of establishing newer hospitals in isfahan city, iran, which was started in late qajar dynasty era with a pause during the constitutional era and was extended to reza shah pahlavi in its modern form. the main references for this s...

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 this paper, we measure the political bias of newspapers in China and investigate the determinants of this bias. Based on the content of 110 general-interest Chinese newspapers from 1998 to 2011, we construct a measure of newspaper political bias. We find that, in addition to serving as a top-down communication device, the political bias of newspapers is used by the Chinese government to moni...

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...

This study compares the news coverage of election campaigns in three Swedish newspapers at the time of the 2002 national election and three U.S. newspapers at the time of the 2004 presidential election. The results from the content analysis show that the metaframe of politics as a strategic game was more common in the U.S. newspapers, while the metaframe of politics as issues was more common in...

This paper examines evidence of sampling or statistical bias in newspaper reporting on campaign finance. We compile all stories from the five largest circulation newspapers in the United States that mention a dollar amount for campaign expenditures, contributions, or receipts from 1996 to 2000. We compare these figures to those recorded by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The average figu...