{"title":"Cemeteries are active urban resonant places, Or are they not?","authors":"Yiannis Christidis","doi":"10.1177/17480485241261584","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17480485241261584","url":null,"abstract":"A cemetery is usually an integral part of the urban environment, constituting a landmark, where a city buries its deceased, while providing places of remembrance and memory. Therefore, it establishes wide, usually car-free areas, where trees and small animals dominate the environmental space among the graves, within its urban plan. These seemingly empty areas, also host sparse human activity by mourners, visitors, death professionals or cleaners; it is their resonances, along with an ambient city soundscape from the background, that a listener experiences when visiting. Considering listening as multisensory experience though, imaginary sounds often seem to integrate in this soundscape. What can sounds of the cemetery reveal? And which sound qualities define the relation between actual and imaginary sounds? By employing sound ethnography, including observation, recordings, listening tests and interviews, the article traces the qualities of Limassol's urban cemeteries through their everyday sound, from an experiential perspective.","PeriodicalId":47303,"journal":{"name":"International Communication Gazette","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142203618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unveiling informal learning of gender roles on Tik Tok: The #Stayathomegirlfriends phenomenon","authors":"Simona Tirocchi, Gabriella Taddeo","doi":"10.1177/17480485241259836","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17480485241259836","url":null,"abstract":"This study delves into the emergent and polarising representations of women on social media by analysing the issue of #StayAtHomeGirlfriends (SAHGF) profiles on TikTok. These profiles depict young women showcasing their domestic lives, emphasising activities such as cooking, cleaning, relaxing, meditating and exercising while being financially supported by their partners. The SAHGF trend emerged on TikTok in 2022 and received over 328.3 million views in one year. The research method involved a thematic analysis of three TikTok SAHGF case studies from different social contexts, focusing on both the creators’ self-representations and the audience's reception, as reflected in user comments. The findings point to a contradictory relationship with instances of postfeminism and popular feminism, showing the use of social media as gender learning environments, where digital creators become informal educators transmitting norms, values and lifestyles, but also ‘triggers’ for dialogue and critical discussion.","PeriodicalId":47303,"journal":{"name":"International Communication Gazette","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142203619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disinterest, normalisation of gender violence and fear of being cancelled: Mediatised learning on antifeminist and anti-LGBTIQ+ discourses among teenagers in Barcelona","authors":"Anna Iñigo, Laura Fernández, José M. Tomasena","doi":"10.1177/17480485241259837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17480485241259837","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines the proliferation of antifeminist and anti-LGBTIQ+ discourses among teenagers in Barcelona (Catalonia) and the role of media and the manosphere – online communities and spaces where discussions about masculinity, anti-feminism, gender relations and men's issues take place – on the pollination of these discourses. Through short-term ethnography conducted in three education centres, involving the collaboration of 59 teenagers between 14 and 18 years old, the study researches the discourses that young people embrace, what mediatised environments are referring to when they speak about gender, feminism and LGBTIQ+ topics, and the meaning young people give to these media content. Findings reveal the manosphere facilitates young people's access to masculinist cultures and point to the urge of addressing the affective dimension of it. To conclude, it highlights the need to challenge these informal learning spaces within contemporary youth culture to promote gender equality and social justice.","PeriodicalId":47303,"journal":{"name":"International Communication Gazette","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142203624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Learning about sexualities and gender through media: Transcending formal practices, spaces, actors, and experiences","authors":"Maria-Jose Masanet, María T. Soto-Sanfiel","doi":"10.1177/17480485241259829","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17480485241259829","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47303,"journal":{"name":"International Communication Gazette","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142203620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ariadna Angulo-Brunet, Juan-José Sánchez-Soriano, Esmeralda A. Vázquez-Tapia, Emerson Vicente-Cruz
{"title":"Video-on-demand series in education programmes to tackle gay male stereotypes in young people","authors":"Ariadna Angulo-Brunet, Juan-José Sánchez-Soriano, Esmeralda A. Vázquez-Tapia, Emerson Vicente-Cruz","doi":"10.1177/17480485241259838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17480485241259838","url":null,"abstract":"There is a current interest in implementing education programmes to reduce prejudice towards gay individuals. This study investigates how adolescents recognise gay stereotypes in characters and how video-on-demand series could be utilised to reduce bias in Spain and Mexico. Six focus groups (Spain: (1) gay, (2) heterosexual, (3) LBTQ+; Mexico: (4) gay, (5) heterosexual, (6) LBTQ+) are used to explore the main stereotypes, to analyse how they are perceived in serialised fiction and to investigate their potential use in education programmes. The thematic analysis reveals that the primary stereotypes identified by young Mexicans and Spaniards are associated with femininity and perversion, as well as the belief that the main factors that encourage these stereotypes are religion and politics. LBTQ+ participants are also more critical of the depictions than heterosexuals. Education programmes should not only target young people but also engage the individuals and institutions that are close to them.","PeriodicalId":47303,"journal":{"name":"International Communication Gazette","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142203621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vulnerability or resilience tweets? A comparative analysis of media outlets versus non-governmental organizations visual representations of the 2023 Morocco earthquake survivors","authors":"Menna Elhosary","doi":"10.1177/17480485241267710","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17480485241267710","url":null,"abstract":"This comparative study explores the vulnerability/resilience visual framing pattern in the survivors-related visuals tweeted by 16 media outlets and 18 non-governmental organizations during the 2023 Morocco earthquake. The study proposes a vulnerability/resilience framework and investigates its potential impact on X engagement metrics. The results indicate discrepancies between media outlets and non-governmental organizations in their vulnerability/resilience perspectives as well as their gendered representations of the survivors. Theoretical and practical implications of visual framing and strategic crisis communication are further discussed.","PeriodicalId":47303,"journal":{"name":"International Communication Gazette","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141783472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Threats, victims, or heroes? Media frames about migration in the United Kingdom and Brazil","authors":"Isabella Gonçalves, Yossi David","doi":"10.1177/17480485241249007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17480485241249007","url":null,"abstract":"Conservative media often frames migrants negatively, echoing discourses of othering driven by populist leaders. Previous studies have examined the intersections between media framing, migration, and populism, but comparative studies on migration framing including Brazil remain scarce. This study uses quantitative content analysis to explore media frames of news items published in the United Kingdom and Brazil. It aims to contribute new insights regarding migration media framing by comparing conservative news coverage of two countries that experienced a rise in populism wave in the last years. We found that new items in both countries tended to frame migration in similar ways, suggesting a pattern in two different contexts. Findings show the prevalence of negative framing over positive framing, with significant differences for victim frames, and non-significant differences for hero and threat frames. This study contributes by providing new insights into the intersections between media framing, migration, and populism.","PeriodicalId":47303,"journal":{"name":"International Communication Gazette","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140811418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Francesco Campolongo, Francesco Maria Scanni, Valeria Tarditi
{"title":"The pandemic crisis narrated by the populist radical right parties. The cases of the Lega per Salvini and the Rassemblement National","authors":"Francesco Campolongo, Francesco Maria Scanni, Valeria Tarditi","doi":"10.1177/17480485241249008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17480485241249008","url":null,"abstract":"One of the characteristics of populist communication is the staging of crises. In particular, populist radical right parties (PRRPs) often communicate a sense of looming crisis by naming real or imagined threats. In light of the recent pandemic crisis, an event that disrupted the ordinary and opened a space for discursive competition, we aim to answer the following questions: what crisis narrative did PRRPs offer? Is it possible to identify a populist articulation in their crisis narratives? Were there differences from their own previous political discourses and the narratives of other similar PRRPs? We propose a qualitative analysis of Facebook posts made in 2020 by the leaders of the Lega per Salvini in Italy and the Rassemblement National in France, Matteo Salvini and Marine Le Pen. We show that the two leaders used a combination of two main strategies: distraction from the crisis by politicizing other issues and maximization of the crisis by identifying enemies and victims. Their crisis narratives had many similarities due to their shared membership of the PRR family and their competitive position as challenger parties but they also had differences that depend on their identity specific characteristics.","PeriodicalId":47303,"journal":{"name":"International Communication Gazette","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140811495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brian J. Bowe, Carolyn Nielsen, Robin Blom, Arwa Kooli
{"title":"Tunisian and US journalism students: A comparison of journalism degree motivations and role conceptions","authors":"Brian J. Bowe, Carolyn Nielsen, Robin Blom, Arwa Kooli","doi":"10.1177/17480485241249000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17480485241249000","url":null,"abstract":"This study assesses journalism student motivations and role conceptions among Tunisian and US students to compare aspiring journalists in a country with well-established free-press norms to those in a transitional democracy with a recent history of authoritarianism. Results suggest that Tunisian journalism students are more interested than US journalism students in covering public affairs and using their work to fight social injustice. A Tunisian drive toward public-service journalism is consistent with these socially conscious inclinations.","PeriodicalId":47303,"journal":{"name":"International Communication Gazette","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140806499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The portrayal of non-western sports hosts in International Media: A comparative analysis of BBC, Al Jazeera English, and RT's coverage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup","authors":"Fatima Abdul Rehman, Nael Jebril","doi":"10.1177/17480485231219128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17480485231219128","url":null,"abstract":"This study analyses news coverage of Qatar's hosting of the 2022 World Cup by three global news websites – Al Jazeera English (AJE), BBC World News, and RT English – over a period of nine years leading up to the tournament. Except for AJE, which focused on infrastructure development and political issues, the media outlets prioritised critical concerns by highlighting the social problems faced by migrant workers, while local community issues were given less attention. Although migrant workers received substantial media coverage, they were the least cited on all three news websites. Official sources were preferred to unofficial and public sources, and international sources were cited more often than Qatari sources. The most commonly used frame was conflict, whereas the human interest frame was the least utilised. These findings are discussed in light of the debate on the international coverage of hosting mega sport events in non-Western societies.","PeriodicalId":47303,"journal":{"name":"International Communication Gazette","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138981745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}