"The complexity and duration of the so-called ‘European refugee crisis’ created a climate of uncertainty, which left ample room for mass media to shape citizens’ understanding of what the arrival of these refugees meant for their respective country. This study analyses the national media disco
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urses in Hungary, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Spain for this time period. Applying Latent Dirichlet Allocation topic modelling in five languages and based on N=130,042 articles from 24 news outlets, we reveal country-specific media frames to track the overall course of the refugee debate and to uncover dynamics and shifts in discourses. While results show similarities across countries, due to media coverage responding to real-world developments, there are differences in media framing as well. Possible sources of these differences such as countries’ geographic location or status as receiving country are discussed." (Abstract)
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"Este mapeamento foi estabelecido com os seguintes objetivos: contribuir com uma visão global na Pan-Amazônia, suas culturas, seus povos, superando visões fragmentadas e favorecer o testemunho de uma plena comunhão eclesiástica e de toda uma pastoral na bacia amazônica; oferecer um amplo panor
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ama da presença, da identidade e da ação da Igreja na Pan-Amazônia; incentivar a cooperação com outras instituições nacionais e internacionais na preservação da identidade dos povos amazônicos. Mais especificamente, esse processo visa a favorecer a análise, a reflexão e o diálogo sobre a realidade socioeconômica, política e cultural-religiosa; a estimular uma visão Pan-Amazônica que supere a fragmentação; fortalecer o protagonismo dos povos indígenas, ribeirinhos, afrodescendentes e demais grupos para a elaboração de propostas para seu tecido sociocultural; a fortalecer a organização social e a transformação da realidade; a proporcionar uma base de dados para o planejamento de atividades educativas, organizativas e mobilizadoras de projetos e processos; a produzir mapas gerais e específicos da presença e ação da Igreja na Pan-Amazônia, entre outros." (Introdução, página 2)
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"En el presente informe, la CIDH pudo constatar cómo el incremento de las actividades extractivas en la Amazonía ha causado efectos de deforestación y ha creado tensiones por el uso de la tierra y sus recursos. En algunos países las actividades ilícitas se han fortalecido, posibilitando rutas d
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el narcotráfico, explotación sexual y asesinatos. Ese contexto, se torna aún más tenso con las demandas de desarrollo de megaproyectos de infraestructura; explotación de petróleo, gas y minería; explotación forestal; uso de recursos genéticos, construcción de represas; pesca y agricultura industriales, entre otros. Los impactos son irreversibles al medio ambiente y a las comunidades locales, y en general, han sido impuestos a los pueblos indígenas sin cumplir con su derecho a la consulta y consentimiento libre, previo e informado. Esa situación fue diferente para algunos pueblos que decidieron y pudieron huir a bosques remotos de difícil acceso y se mantuvieron en aislamiento de agentes externos. Por muchos años esas comunidades han preservado sus modos de vida, sin embargo, hoy día se encuentran en situación de especial vulnerabilidad, pues la presión sobre sus tierras se ha intensificado y no cuentan con recursos suficientes para defenderse. La Comisión destaca el desarrollo normativo en el ámbito internacional del reconocimiento de los derechos pueblos indígenas, y valora los esfuerzos realizados por los Estados a través de la elaboración de nuevas leyes nacionales y políticas públicas dirigidas a esos colectivos. Sin embargo, durante los uì ltimos anÞ os se han advertido nuevos problemas que amenazan la supervivencia de estos pueblos, particularmente las alteraciones medioambientales y el cambio climatico, hacen cada vez más difícil que puedan mantener sus formas de vida e interacción con el medio ambiente." (Conclusiones, página 197)
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"Most young people lack the digital citizenship skills required to protect themselves from the online dangers and emotional and mental health impacts of social media highlighted in this report. The study finds evidence that young people across Myanmar suffer from ‘hate speech fatigue’, often exa
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cerbated by repeat exposure to fake news and propaganda targeting specific communities. Over time, this effect limits young Myanmar users’ willingness to seek out and engage with reporting and blocking functions that may help combat fake news and hate speech online. Understanding the impact of social media on social and political discourse in Myanmar is of urgent, critical importance. While the young people in this study saw great potential for social media to increase empathy and understanding between different groups, the struggle to curb anti-Muslim hate speech in particular, and the structural and violent oppression it begets, is still very real." (Publisher description)
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"Zunächst zeigt die aktuelle Ausgabe der JIM-Studie, dass auch im Jahr 2021 "klassische Medien" wie Radio oder Fernsehen bei Jugendlichen durchaus eine Rolle spielen. Bei offenen Abfrage nach ihren drei wichtigsten Nachrichtenquellen nennt ein Drittel der 12- bis 19-Jährigen das Fernsehen (32 %) u
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nd jeweils jede/-r fünfte Jugendliche das Radio (22 %). Das Internet generell nennen 21 Prozent. Als wichtigste Einzelangebote im Netz werden dann Google News, Instagram und YouTube genannt. 58 Prozent der befragten Jugendlichen sind im Laufe eines Monats auf Hate Speech gestoßen. 42 Prozent auf Fake News. Nur jede/r Dritte hat bei der Nutzung von Whatsapp, Snapchat, TikTok und Instagram Bedenken wegen des Datenschutzes." (Website mpfs)
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"Transmitted Wounds explores the ways media shape the social life of trauma both clinically and culturally. Through a series of case studies - from the radiocasts of the Eichmann trial to virtual reality therapy for PTSD - Pinchevski offers a bold thesis about the deep association of media and traum
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a: media bear witness to the human failure to bear witness, making the traumatic technologically transmissible and reproducible." (Publisher description)
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"Alain Nana Ketcha nous entraîne à travers une démarche empirique auprès d’immigrés subsahariens et de leurs descendants en banlieue parisienne, impliqués dans un processus transculturel de construction de soi. Ces derniers témoignent d’une tendance des médias à renvoyer une image plut
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t négative de l’immigré, peu favorable à une sereine intégration ou émancipation. Bien qu’Internet semble offrir une certaine alternative, on remarque toutefois que les médias de masse restent au centre de leurs préoccupations inspirant très souvent méfi ance et défi ance. L’auteur met en lumière les sentiments profonds de ses interlocuteurs à travers des récits de vie qui interpellent la société et les médias de masse sur la nécessaire prise en compte du mouvement des identités dans un monde en grande mutation." (Dos de couverture)
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"When Zimbabwe attained her independence from colonial powers in 1980, prospects of a peaceful nation were high, especially following the pledge made by the Prime Minister Elect in his victory speech. Isaiah 2:4b was quoted as a metaphor of peace, but things did not turn out as expected in the follo
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wing years. The vicious cycle of violence that was inherited from the colonial legacy continued and the worse phase of that cycle was the Midlands and Matabeleland crisis, commonly known as Gukurahundi. Approximately 20 000 people died in the state-sanctioned violence (genocide). Using Cue-Dependent Forgetting Theory, this paper critically appraises possible reasons why the promised bliss through reconciliation did not materialise. Among the reasons cited in this paper are the lack of a serious Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and also the phenomenon of amnesia as the major contributory factors to this cycle of violence." (Abstract)
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