New Media and Civic Participation in Morocco Hanae AIT HATTANI Abstract: The modern democratic systems are facing a long-term crisis of participation and civic apathy. However, the emergence of the new media and cyberspace has created significant opportunities, especially for youth, for civic engagement. New media has provided increased opportunities for users to generate their ... Read More Keywords: New media; Public affairs; Civic engagement; Democracy; Freedom |
Serhat KAYMAS Abstract: This study aims to answer the following questions: How do journalists in Turkey discuss the emergence of new media specific technological forms? and In which circumstances are new media forms seen as contributing to the practices of journalism and when are they threatening it? Each mode in the study points ... Read More Keywords: Journalism; Internet; New media; Ownership concentration; Pluralisation |
Media Coverage of the Stormy Weather in Romania in September 2017 Delia Cristina BALABAN Abstract: In the context of climate change, unusual stormy weather has become a highly recurrent phenomenon. These kinds of events usually generate plenty media coverage. The article focused on media coverage of the stormy weather events that took place mid-September in Romania. In this particular case, the author wi... Read More Keywords: Framing theory; Stormy weather; Media coverage |
Vlogs – die beliebteste Darstellungsform der Millennials Mirela ABRUDAN, Sânziana CHIŢEA Abstract: The present paper aims to shed light on vlogging, an online activity that grows constantly at global level and through which members of Generation Y choose to express them nowadays. If vlogs seem to dominate the Web 2.0 scene, does this mean blogs are outdated, or can the two online formats co-exist success... Read More Keywords: Millennials; Vlogs; Romanian vlogging-scene; Vloggers; Influencers |
Philosophy with Children within Social Network Sites: Engaging Towards a Virtual Community Iulia MEDVESCHI, Mihaela FRUNZĂ, Iulia GRAD, Ariana GUGA Abstract: The objective of this article is to discuss the benefits offered by the Philosophy with Children program with roots in the Socratic method, in which the individuals reach their own conclusions by exercising the dialectics. In the second part, we aim to highlight the set of pedagogical practices used within ... Read More Keywords: Philosophy; Children; Club, Community of inquiry; Virtual community; Social media |
Magor KÁDÁR, István BENEDEK Abstract: The study describes a comprehensive cultural branding plan, whose central form is Saint Ladislaus (St. László). The plan creates a Cultural Heritage Route of 44 settlements in Romania and Hungary having built heritage sites, legend-connected sites, natural values or settlement name associated ... Read More Keywords: Saint Ladislaus Heritage Route; Cultural branding; Heritage elements; Place branding; Touristic promotion |
Visual Rhetoric, Ads, and the Society’s Radiograph Corina ROTAR, Alexandru POTOR Abstract: The visual elements that belong to a brand’s identity represent more than just a simple illustration of a designer’s vision. They communicate messages, they structure and present profound data to the public about that certain brand (product, company, institution , etc.), but also about the socie... Read More Keywords: Visual language; Visual rhetoric; Images; Ads |
Octavia Raluca ZGLOBIU Abstract: In its endeavour to legitimate power, political communication seeks to convince the electorate, in every possible way and on every possible occasion and, while doing so, it resorts to different linguistic strategies. The presence of myths and metaphors seems to have flourished in today’s political dis... Read More Keywords: Political communication; Political metaphors; Myths; Linguistic strategies; Political representation |
Effective Communication in Politics. Barack Obama’s Inspirational Speeches Laura IRIMIEȘ, Cosmin IRIMIEȘ Abstract: Mastering effective communication skills has become, over the last decades, one of the most important features of the contemporary social animal that is the human being. Not accidentally have we chosen this particular definition of human being, but with the clear intention of underlining and emphasizing the... Read More Keywords: Communication; Public speaking; Speech; Effectiveness; Message; Meaning; Impact |
Veronica CÂMPIAN Abstract: Allan Pease and Barbara Pease, The Definitive Book of Body Language, London: Orion Publishing House, 2004 Keywords: Allan Pease; Barbara Pease; The Definitive Book of Body Language; |
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