For social movements, coverage in the media is a mixed blessing; but like many movements, the Brazilian Landless Farmworkers' Movement (MST) actively seeks it out. Treatment of the MST in the Brazilian media is analyzed here using the concept of frame. That treatment is determined by a ...
When a disease of epidemic proportions rips into the populace, scientists immediately get to work, trying to locate the source of the affliction and find ways to combat it. Oftentimes, success is achieved, as medical science is able to isolate the parasite, germ or cell that causes the pr...
Today, a rapid technological change with a corresponding effect on the attitude of people brings new challenges to regulatory authorities. The social media is a mixed blessing, as it is hailed for giving impetus to economic, social, cult... IDF Sama-Lang,R Djieufack - 《Advances in African...
Crisis informatics: Perspectives of trust – is social media a mixed blessing? The article discusses issues of trusted information in crises/disasters and how the unregulated nature of social media affects information creation and the spread of information. It states that critical evaluation on ...
The US National Incident Management System (NIMS) is based on a hierarchical command structure to “divide responsibility of labor and support inter-jurisdictional coordination” (Palen & Liu, 2007). According to this model, there is a single official, the Incident Commander (IC), to whom all ...
mixed media pl.n.(used with a sing. verb) 1.A technique involving the use of two or more artistic media, such as ink and pastel or painting and collage, that are combined in a single composition. 2.The combined use of media, such as television, radio, print, and the internet, as ...
and reach of social media, the unlimited resources of websites and apps, and the unquenchable thirst for health information and motivation. The result is a powerful tool for researchers, health care providers and patients. But like many aspects of the internet, it can be a mixed blessing. ...
The long-standing generation gap in newspaper reading has narrowed over the past decade, in part because of online newspapers, but this is a decidedly mixed blessing for newspapers. It reflects the fact that while newspapers continue to draw anemic numbers of young readers just 29% of those ...
That is partly because even those people not directly linked, liked, shared or tweeted on social media find themselves inescapably swimming in the social media soup created by everyone else. Read More Social media trap for journalists Social media have become both a blessing and curse for ...
internet requires a college course on WiFi gobbledygook. My cell phone is about as intuitive as programming a satellite launch. Passwords now require mixed characters. Took a month to set up my website, and I used a preexisting template on WordPress, but why do I have to learn HTML code?