Social media as a campaign tool against online gender-based violence in South Africa
Ndivhuwo Sundani, Amukelani Collen Mangaka, John Mamokhere The object of this research is: to explore the correlation between social media as a campaign tool against online gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa. The researchers investigated the following problem: Over the past decade, there have been several prominent incidents of harassment and stalking in South Africa. […]
Political participation in the context of contemporary media: the case of refugees in Lithuania
Rūta Sutkutė This study aims to explore how new communication technologies are transforming the nature of political participation and how social media platforms can create discourses of solidarity with migrants or confrontation with them. The objectives of the study are: to analyse the concept of political participation in the context of migration; to describe the […]
The impact of social media as a strategic approach to corporate communication when handling crises at a selected South African bank
Evelynne Jane Chotia, Anton M. Pillay, Jeremiah Madzimure This study investigates the impact of social media as a strategic approach to corporate communication when handling crises at Bank X in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The study had three over-arching objectives; to determine the challenges that are encountered when handling crises about communication at […]
The development trends and features of online news websites in Bangladesh
Abdul Kabil Khan, Anna Shnaider This article refers to the brief history of the development of online media in Bangladesh starting from the beginnings of the Internet to the contemporary stage. Since 2006 Bangladeshi news organizations have been reshaping their strategy towards being a digital-only news outlet. News organizations are now using different features of […]
SHAPING OF THE PUBLIC DISCOURSE ON REFUGEES IN SOCIAL MEDIA: “REFUGEES WELCOME LITHUANIA”
Rūta Sutkutė Social media websites, such as Facebook and Twitter, are starting to become places, where people present and evaluate various events in the world: terrorist attacks in London, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels. What is more, these websites influence values of their users and readers. Technologies allow people to exchange views at the very moment of […]