International Dimensions of Mass Media Research

Edited by Yorgo Pasadeos

ISBN: 978-960-6672-28-6, 655 pages, Hardback

First published in 2007 by ATINER

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Table of Contents

List of Contributors

1.

Introduction: Mass Media Research Enjoys a Broad Following

Y. Pasadeos

1

Part 1: New Media Technologies

2.

A Market or Community? The Economy of the Greek Diaspora Online

P. Bountis

9

3.

Sports in Ibero-America and Europe:  A Perspective through New Media

A. G. Jiménez

21

4.

Building Public Relations through Blogging: Relationship Marketing and Social Presence Perspectives

K. Menzie

33

5.

Technophobia and Individual Characteristics: Understanding Computer-Related Technostress among Malaysian Employees

C. S. Mustaffa, R. Yusof & A. R. M. Saad

47

6.

Social Network Site: The Business Model of Cyworld in China

L. S. Y. Ping

67

7.

The Cyber Public Sphere: An Assessment of the Actually Existing Internet

C. J. Richter

77

8.

Mobile TV: Killer Content for the Mobile Generation?

D. Schuurman, P. Veevaete & L. De Marez

87

Part 2: Marketing Communications

9.

The Evolution of the Advertising Investments in the Belgian Mass Media (2000 - 2005): Trends and Interpretations

K. Berte

101

10.

Public Relations, Social Media and Audiences: Addressing the need for Qualitative Research

E. Bridgen

113

11.

The Globalization of Public Relations Education:   Multiple Perspectives on Preparing Students for an International Marketplace

J. L. Drake & S. Juba

121


 

12.

Saatchi & Saatchi and the Transformation of British Political Advertising: A Social Semiotic Analysis of the Conservative Party’s 1979 General Election Poster Advertising

R. Grainger

133

13.

Funeral Advertisements and the (Para) Social Construction of Death

T. T. Patkin

155

14.

Media Relations: The Establishment of Friendship beyond Frontier between Public Relations Practitioners and Journalists

P. Satawedin

167

15.

Integrated Business Communication in the Global Marketplace: How Writing Educational Materials Challenges Ethnocentricism and Pedagogical Practices

M. S. Sarow & B. Stuart

179

16.

Segmentation and Brand Extension in Automotive Industry: Turkish vs. Global

F. Uztug & U. Kiliç

193

Part 3: Studies of  the Press

17.

Opinion as News: Analysis of Western News Reports on Nollywood

E. Akpabio

203

18.

Journalists under Fire:  Peacetime and Wartime

P. Apostolou & G. Chatzilidis

215

19.

The Profile of Changing Newspaper Column Writing in the Turkish Press

B. Arik & S. H. Öngören

229

20.

The Numbers Game: Innumeracy in South Africa’s Media and the Implications for a Developing Democracy

R. Brand

243

21.

Web Journalism: From the Inverted Pyramid to the Tumbled Pyramid

J. Canavilhas

255

22.

Civil Society and News Media Interactions: Lessons from the Editorial Councils of Reforma Newspapers in Mexico

M. Chavez

267

23.

The Great Istanbul Meeting: The Presentation of the 2004 Anti-NATO Demonstrations on Turkish Media

E. Dagtas

283


 

24.

Representation on Civil Disobedience Activities in the Turkish Press: A Case Study of the “Bergama Events”

D. D. Erol

297


25.

Innovation in the Press Industry and the Right of Information

L. Lichtenberg

311

26.

Reporters’ Attitudes towards Ethical Principles: The Research Carried Out in Ankara

O. Özer

319

27.

Newspaper Titles Typology within the Romanian Written Press

A. Seceleanu & C. Chirea-Ungureanu

331

28.

Free Dailies in Hong Kong (De)stabilizing the Conventional Broadsheet Market?

K. Wong and A. Dubey

349

Part 4: Focus on Gender

29.

Gendered Narratives of War Post 9/11

Y. Jiwani

367

30.

The Representation of the Feminine in Portuguese Press: Discursive Analysis of Popular Newspaper Correio da Manhã

C. Martins

379

31.

Non-Governmental Organizations of Women and Public Relations

S. Mengü

387

32.

Gender and the Reporting of Crime News in the British Press

M. Nyawanza

399

33.

Faces without Voices: Nigerian Women in the News

C. Ugochukwu

413

Part 5: Socia-Cultural Aspects of Media

34.

Cultural Differences in Television Quiz Shows: A Comparative Analysis of the Questions in “Who Wants 500 Billion” Quiz Show in Turkey

G. S. Atabek

425

35.

Some Welfare Aspects of Regulating Content in Finnish Radio Broadcasting

T. Björkroth & M. Grönlund

437

36.

U.S. Television Commemorates 9/11: 5th Anniversary Coverage

C. A. Collins

459


 

37.

The Media Treatment of AIDS: Transparency or Efficient Formatting of Reality?

V. Coppola & O. Camus

469

38.

Agenda Setting of Indonesian Mass Media after Political Reformation: Idealism vs Business of Local Mass Media during Local Election

R. H. Mustamu

481


39.

Telenovelas as a Socialization Tool

A. Pérez-Ugena y Coromina

493

40.

Media and the Public Sphere

D-E Popa

505

41.

Institutional Hurdles to Ethical Behaviour in Media: Challenges Posed by the Modern Business Corporation’s Role in Mass Media and its Professions

W. Rowland

517

42.

Talk-Shows in the Middle East: The Emergence of and Resistance to Civil Society

D. Salha

529

Part 6: Miscellaneous Communication Studies

43.

Convergent Media Curricula in American Journalism Programs: An Analysis of Degrees and Courses at Accredited Universities

R. Bergland, T. Bozarth & J. Thompson

543

44.

Media Concentration and Tiny Tots: Unanswered Questions about the French Animation Industry and Current Media Market Dynamics

V. Britto

559

45.

Talent Matters: Three Talk Show Hosts

K. Dixon

571

46.

A Semiotical Reading: The Weeping Meadow

S. Kaçar

579

47.

Communication Rules used by Emergency Medical Services Personnel: A Comparison of the Work and Home Environments

J. M. Noe

593

48.

Familiarity, Proficiency and the Authorial Endeavor in Digital Filmmaking

D. Olsen

607

49.

Labelling Biotechnological Foods and Consumer Protection

O. Özgen, H. Emiroglu, A. Demirci & I. Haspolat

617


 

50.

College Students’ Opinions about Consumer Education and Information Sources towards Biotechnological Applications and Products

O. Özgen, N. Güngör, H. Emiroglu & A. S. Tas

631

51.

The Chase Scenes of D.W. Griffith and their Influence on Film

G. Pavlou

643