abstract: This master's thesis examines negative stereotypes of blackness in mainstream media in the Dominican Republic, and analyzes the manner in which racial identity has been reinforced and contested. Discourse analysis is utilized to analyze the language and rhetoric of editorials from Listin Diario. The rationale for this study is to assess how Dominicans have learned about blackness through the depictions in media and popular music, and therefore draw conclusions as to how Dominicans view their own racial identity. Considerable attention will be paid to the years between 2010-2013, using the Haitian earthquake disaster of 2010 and Verdict TC 0168-13 of the Dominican Constitutional Tribunal of 2013 as major historical events to frame the study. To these assumptions, this inquiry addresses the following questions: How have Haitians been portrayed in the mainstream newspaper of Listin Diario between the period of 2010-2013? How do the pedagogies in media and popular music educate Dominicans about portrayals of blackness during this period? What are the historiographical roots of these portrayals, particularly regarding the dynamics of race and citizenship? I will demonstrate that the prevailing depictions of Haitians adhere to a historically oriented construction of Dominican identity, known as "Dominicanidad" or "Dominicanness," and that these depictions largely omit African heritage as a contributor to national identity. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.A. Social and Cultural Pedagogy 2014

Introdução - A alimentação é um dos requisitos básicos para a promoção e proteção da saúde, e uma estratégia fundamental para o desenvolvimento de um padrão alimentar adequado e saudável é o fortalecimento do senso crítico e autonomia dos indivíduos. Para tanto, é essencial o acesso à informação clara e precisa que auxilie na escolha de alimentos seguros e adequados. Em vista disso, faz-se necessário compreender de que forma as informações sobre alimentação, nutrição e saúde estão sendo divulgadas pelas mídias de massa na atualidade. Objetivo - Analisar a quantidade, as características e o conteúdo de publicações que apresentam como tema central alimentação, nutrição e sua relação com a saúde, pertencentes aos dois maiores jornais paulistas. Métodos - O estudo teve como técnica central de investigação a pesquisa e seleção de publicações nas versões impressa e digital dos jornais Folha de S. Paulo (jornal A) e O Estado de S. Paulo (jornal B), com subsequente análise segundo o método de análise de conteúdo temática. Foi realizada uma amostragem estratificada de uma semana construída e uma semana corrida, ao longo dos meses de maio a julho do ano de 2015. Os critérios de inclusão das publicações se basearam na abordagem de temas em alimentação e nutrição, devendo, necessariamente, ser estabelecida sua relação com a saúde. Resultados - Foram identificadas 18 publicações que atendiam aos critérios de inclusão, presentes tanto nas versões impressas quanto nas digitais de cada um dos jornais analisados (publicações em comum), sendo 16 publicações do jornal A e duas do jornal B, o que demonstra superioridade numérica de um jornal sobre o outro. O número superior de publicações na versão digital, bem como a quantidade de blogs associados aos jornais indicam uma possível migração do conteúdo sobre o tema de interesse para a versão digital dos jornais, especialmente no caso do jornal B. Com exceção dos títulos das matérias, que diferiram entre as versões digital e impressa de cada um dos jornais (característica mais visível no jornal A do que no B), o conteúdo das publicações selecionadas se mostrou praticamente idêntico. No tocante às mensagens identificadas nas matérias, verificou-se predomínio do conceito de saúde negativa (ausência de doença), do modelo biomédico, da racionalidade sanitária e da supremacia da ciência sobre outras fontes de conhecimento. No mesmo sentido, verificou-se a medicalização dos componentes da alimentação. Em contrapartida, foi identificada a presença (ainda que discreta) de um olhar mais holístico sobre a alimentação e a nutrição, além da fala de pessoas comuns, ainda que em quantidade bastante inferior às falas de profissionais da saúde. Esse fato, associado à sutil referência à mídia, pelos próprios jornais, como difusora de informações potencialmente prejudiciais aos indivíduos, no que diz respeito às escolhas alimentares, foram pontos que chamaram a atenção por destoarem das mensagens predominantes nas publicações. Conclusão - As publicações dos dois maiores jornais paulistas reproduzem e reforçam predominantemente representações sociais que não estimulam o desenvolvimento do senso crítico, tampouco o fortalecimento da autonomia pelos indivíduos, indo de encontro ao preconizado para a Promoção da Saúde. Contudo, foi identificado potencial de mudança no direcionamento das mensagens, contando com a presença de vozes populares, além de uma autocrítica discreta da mídia. / Introduction: Nutrition is one of the basic requirements for health promotion and protection, and a key strategy for the development of an appropriate and healthy eating pattern is the strengthening of critical thinking and individual autonomy. Therefore, it is essential to have access to clear and accurate information so that can assist in choosing safe and suitable food. In light of this, it is necessary to understand in which way information about feed, nutrition and health is being disseminated by the mass media nowadays. Objective: To analyze the amount, characteristics and content of publications which present the topic \"feed, nutrition and its relationship to health,\" belonging to the two major newspapers from São Paulo. Methods: The study had as central investigation technique the research and selection of publications in printed and digital versions of the newspapers Folha de S. Paulo (journal A) and O Estado de S. Paulo (journal B), with subsequent analysis according to thematic content analysis method. A stratified sampling was performed on a constructed week and on a current week, from May to July of 2015. The inclusion criteria of the publications were based on addressing issues in feed and nutrition, and its relationship to health should necessarily be established. Results and discussion: It were identified 18 publications that met the inclusion criteria, present both in printed and the digital versions of each of the newspapers analyzed (publications \"in common\"). It were selected 16 publications from journal A and two from journal B which shows numerical superiority of one newspaper on the other. The higher number of publications in digital version as well as the amount of blogs associated with newspapers indicates a possible migration of content on the topic of interest to the digital version of the newspapers, especially in the case of journal B. Except for the titles of the publications, which differed between digital and printed versions of each of the newspapers (most visible feature in journal A than in journal B), the contents of the selected publications showed practically identical. With regard to the messages identified in publications, there was a predominance of negative health concept (absence of disease), the biomedical model, the sanitary rationality and supremacy of science over other sources of knowledge. Similarly, it was verified the medicalization of feed components. In contrast, the presence (albeit discreet) of a more holistic look at feed and nutrition has been identified, as well as the speech of \"ordinary people\", although in an amount considerably smaller than the health professionals speech. This fact, coupled with the discreet reference to media as diffusing potentially harmful information to individuals with regard to food choices were points that drew attention because escaped the standard of the prevailing messages in publications. Conclusion: The publications of the two major newspapers from São Paulo reproduce and reinforce predominantly social representations that do not stimulate the development of critical thinking, either strengthen the autonomy of the individuals, going against the principles advocated for Health Promotion. However, it was identified potential change in the direction of messages, with the presence of popular voices, plus a discreet criticism of the media itself.

Como um profissional iniciante se torna um jornalista? Como tais profissionais definem o que é jornalismo? O que os capacita a exercerem suas atividades e confirma seu estatuto de jornalistas? Quais os outros agentes e agências envolvidos nesse processo? O presente trabalho discute essas questões a partir de dois cursos de jornalismo oferecidos por empresas paulistanas que atuam com foco no jornalismo impresso diário empresarial. Pretende-se, através de entrevistas e da etnografia desses dois espaços de socialização, analisar as visões de mundo e as concepções de conhecimento implicadas nesses contextos de aprendizagem que engendram matrizes de percepção, ação e apreciação da realidade em que estão entremeados diversos interesses vitais: políticos, mercadológicos, jornalísticos. / How do beginners turn into journalists? How do they define what is journalism? What enables them to carry out their activities and confirm their status as journalists? Which are other agents and agencies involved in this process? This thesis discusses these issues from two journalism courses offered by companies that operate in São Paulo, focusing on daily print journalism. Through interviews and ethnography of these two spaces of socialization, this work intends to analyze the worldviews and conceptions of knowledge involved in such learning contexts. Those types of knowledge engender matrices of perception, action and assessment of the reality in which are imbedded several vital interests: political, marketing, journalism.

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The news media serve as the Canadian public’s main source of information about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This thesis examines the ways in which the Canadian media portray the conflict, through a lens of Habermas’ (1962) public sphere theory, Foucault’s (1926 – 1984) ideas on discourse, and Rawls’ (1921 – 2002) conceptions of equality and justice. Building on these theories, Noelle-Neumann’s Spiral of Silence theory (1974), Said’s Orientalism (1978), and d’Arcy’s (1913 – 1983) conception of the right to communicate are examined to arrive at a framework for analyzing Canadian news. Looking at ideological representations, power manifestations, issue framing, and social responsibility within the media, this thesis explores whether the Canadian media portray the conflict in such a way that fosters a downward spiral of opinions within the Canadian public. A Critical Discourse Analysis of coverage in two national English Canadian newspapers, The Globe and Mail and the National Post, during three separate timeframes of increased violence in Israel and Palestine between 2000 and 2009 reveals that newspaper representations of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are often entrenched in predefined ways of portraying the Other, fostering an Israeli-Palestinian spiral of silence in Canadian media.

The thesis is focused on analyzing the development of print media based on the example of selected fashion magazines. It is also focused on the international strategies that can be used by these magazines. The author examines the theoretical background of print media and international marketing strategies, followed by application of this knowledge on the analysis of the chosen magazines. The thesis consists of two main parts: theoretical and empirical. The theoretical part includes a description of print media history, the background of magazines, and international marketing communications, particularly with regard to magazines. The empirical part is focused on analysis of the selected magazines and their international strategies. This part concentrates on the printed and online versions of magazines, so it is easier to see how magazines are influenced by new technologies.

The diploma thesis Sport news in the Czech print media agenda: changes in coverage and presentation of sports and the influence on a public agenda in 1993 - 2007 analyses sport news of the chosen print media and its changes in a long- time period. This thesis finds out whether and to what extent the sport news pages extend, which sports and in what way are presented, and whether changes of the coverage occur. Next question is, whether the long-term coverage of certain sports can influence public opinion on which sports to consider as important and favorite. In addition to that, this thesis is concerned with the occurrences of personalization and celebritization trends in the Czech print media sport news.

Diploma thesis Te splendors and miseries of DTP: desktop publishing and common practice of Czech publishing houses tries to map the current technical and personnel aspect of the DTP departments within Czech publishing houses. It uses a quantitative method of questionnaire survey. In the practical part of the research, it managed to obtain data from nine of the ten selected publishers. It was chosen on the basis of their readership with the help of data from the Union of Publishers. Undoubtedly, the main contribution of this thesis is the topic itself - text focuses on a group of media professionals, who are crucial for proper functioning of the print media, although it is constantly overlooked by academia. Tis diploma thesis does not bring any revolutionary knowledge about the feld of print media in the Czech Republic, although with the obtained data it is possible to at least partially analyze jobs and style of work of media professionals in DTP departments. Te work is a small quantitative contribution to the academic discussion, which unfortunately is not currently taking place, although it should.

This Master's thesis focuses on the current luxury print media, which are published in the Czech Republic and are intended for the general public. At first, a theoretical part introduces the entire contemporary print media market, with an emphasis on periodically published titles. The thesis also deals with factors, that affect the form of these titles and media in general, using knowledge of a political economy of communication. Subsequently, the thesis shifts attention to its main topic - a luxury in general and luxury magazines. These magazines are described and set in the context of niche media. The thesis also summarizes knowledge about advertising. The research uses a qualitative research method with a partial application of a quantitative method: categorization, description, and comparison. It brings a summary of all currently published luxury periodicals, which are categorized based on thematic focus, periodicity, price, and publisher. The main part of the research is an analysis of ten titles (53x11, Můj dům, Motorbike, Dolce Vita, Bylinky Revue, SCORE, Kreativ, Vesmír, FC and dTest), in which a self- presentation, a target reader, a content, and a graphic design are described and evaluated. Part of the analysis also deals with advertising content and its relationship to editorial content....

M. Tech. (Public Relations Management, Faculty of Human Sciences), Vaal University of Technology / Health communication has become an integral component of quality health care. However, it is not just the process of giving information, but rather an active process that facilitates the use of information to improve decision-making and change behaviour that lead to positive health outcomes. Therefore, effective communication should be encouraged by means of two-way interaction between the health practitioners and the patients. The purpose of this research study was to determine the effectiveness of health communication in the Vaal region, using Levai Mbatha clinic as a case study. The study used the mixed method design consisting of both qualitative and quantitative methods. Quantitative research design was done through the distribution of questionnaires to parents in order to ascertain how child immunisation issues are communicated to them. Simple random sampling approach was used to gather the data, and the sample size for this design was 100 parents. For the qualitative approach, semi-structured interviews was used to determine the effectiveness of health communication information as disseminated by health practitioners to parents. Purposive sampling approach was used to select six (6) health practitioners. From the descriptive results (quantitative) it was evident that there is ineffective health communication at Levai Mbatha clinic. Parents are not aware of other illnesses related to child immunisation, and they feel that it would be better if the content of communication mediums were to be written in their mother tongue. It is therefore evident that, due to lack of understanding of the content, parents cannot participate in the discussions related to child immunisation this hinders effective communication. The interviews (quantitative) revealed that health practitioners felt that much needs to be done when it comes to the dissemination of child immunisation information. They indicate that there is not enough health communication material at their disposal to distribute to parents. Furthermore, there seem to be a challenge in language when they have to communicate with parents. Consequently, the efforts to effectively communicate child immunisation to parents effectively becomes insignificant.