Key Words Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic. Comparing the Media and the Public Agenda Dana Raluca BUTUROIU, Mihai GAVRILESCU Abstract: Based on recent ramifications of the traditional agenda-setting model, this paper aims at analyzing the convergence of the media and the public agenda in times of crisis. Specifically, drawing upon the network agenda-setting theory, this article explores the main key words associated with COVID-19—rel... Read More Keywords: Network agenda-setting; Media agenda; Public agenda; COVID-19 pandemic |
Sigrid STJERNSWÄRD, Anna-Karin IVERT, Stinne GLASDAM Abstract: Information flows can affect people’s apprehension of the pan-demic and related behaviors. The aim is to explore how people access and assess COVID-19 information and whether sociodemographic factors are associated with these processes. Quantitative data from 928 persons from 29 countries who par... Read More Keywords: COVID-19; Information; Reliability; Social media; Sociode-mographic factors |
Social Media for Crisis Communication in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak: A Study of NCDC Beryl EHONDOR, Christiana UNAKALAMBA Abstract: Several scholars have studied social media use for crisis communication. However, few studies have been carried out to investigate social media deployment during a public health crisis, such as the Coronavirus outbreak. This study accessed public awareness and engagement of Nigeria Centre for Disease Contro... Read More Keywords: Crisis-communication; Social-media; Coronavirus-outbreak; Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC); Infodemics |
The Visual Construction of the Romanian Militarized Masculinity on Romanian Army’s Facebook Pages Elena NOVĂCESCU Abstract: Because nowadays’ world is visually saturated, many social researchers are using visual methods to understand how images contribute to the shaping and perpetuation of social constructs, norms, and behaviors. Gender is such a construct, and the beliefs and principles that contributed to the social and ... Read More Keywords: Gender; Militarized masculinity; Social construction; Visual construction; Facebook |
Memes in Romania: A New Form of Political Participation Ramona BURAGA, Anișoara PAVELEA Abstract: Political communication has been shaped by the technological and social changes our society has faced and social media has become the main platform of communication, allowing people to share their thoughts, images and therefore political ideas. With the political digitalization, the political meets the soci... Read More Keywords: Memes; Digital culture; Political participation; Delegitimi-zation; Emerging adults |
The Use of Social Networking Websites in Romanian Public Administration Florin ZERU Abstract: Social media have proven to be a valuable new environment for communication, in such a measure that even public institutions have adopted them to engage with their various audiences. As of 2012, Romania is part of the international agreement named Partnership for an open government, whose key purposes inclu... Read More Keywords: Social media; Facebook; Public sector; Public administra-tion; Engagement |
Archetypal Aspects of Visual Intertextuality in Digital Advertising Ana CRĂCIUNESCU Abstract: The semiotic decodification of advertising signs through a collective unconscious in the digital era is a reflection of previous individual consumption of popular culture. As a result, advertising is an impure image that contains preexisting replicated visual symbols. This visual intertextuality will be at ... Read More Keywords: Intertextuality; Archetype; Discourse; Brand; Popular cul-ture; Post-structuralism |
European Capitals of Culture. Visual Standardization Through Generic Images Cosmin MARINESCU Abstract: Cities representing European Capitals of Culture (ECCs) are chosen to promote the diversity and multiculturalism of a global city. But this multicultural and international character comes with the price of standardization, a concept enhanced by the EU through the idea of togetherness, and individuals belong... Read More Keywords: European Capitals of Culture; Generic images; Multimodal-ity; Semiotics; Visual communication |
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