Search results for "Public opinion"

Popolo e opinione pubblica nel pensiero di Luigi Sturzo

2021

Luigi Sturzo si occupa di opinione pubblica in relazione al sistema di governo. Secondo Sturzo, «in via generale il popolo, come opinione pubblica, riesce ad essere una forza di controllo e di limitazione dello Stato o meglio degli organi statali che si presume eseguano la sua volontà. Ciò avviene per una fondamentale esigenza della società politica, quella della limitazione dei poteri». Ma non è solo questo. In quell’equilibrio di libertà e autorità di cui spesso parla Sturzo, è necessario che i cittadini abbiano un ruolo; che tutti possano godere della libertà e partecipare al governo non in quanto individui isolati, ma come popolo organizzato e consapevole. Luigi Sturzo deals with public…

Media Effects: Levels of Analysis

2017

Polish military missions in the public perception after 2001

2017

Poland since the beginning of the twenty-first century, and was involved in several military operations of great significance in the political and military for the whole world. The fight against global terrorism in Afghanistan, the implementation of the provisions allied to the US and military involvement in Iraq, the obligation to NATO allied partners from the Baltic countries are just a few of the examples of Polish military involvement on the map of global risks. How to take part in military interventions, military operations and fulfill its alliance commitments approached Polish society? This article is an attempt to approximate public sentiment towards Polish military engagement in the…

The history of census of cripples (“Reichskrüppelzählung”)

2000

The census of cripples ("Reichskruppelzahlung") in the German Reich plays a central role in the development of orthopaedic surgery. Local censuses conducted by protestant ministers had already pointed out the great number of disabled children without appropriate care. It was the achievement of Konrad Biesalski, who was an orthopaedic surgeon, and of Eduard Dietrich, a Prussian government official, that a nation-wide census for disabled people was conducted. The concerns of the Reich-health-administration, which had complained about the way the survey was to be made, were neglected. These concerns were not all unjustified. Both the planning of the census itself and the technical interpretati…

Commentaries on our new ways of perceiving disasters

2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to help readers gain more understanding of the new phenomena of terror, risk, and threat perception.Design/methodology/approachVarious authors are reviewed: Castel, Beck, Baral, Kellner, Sabada, Korstanje, and in particular, Baudrillard.FindingsSeveral matches are found among the reviewed authors which comprise, for example: late modernity (from 1970 to date) witnesses an increase of fears, panic, and risk assessments in social imaginary; these concerns are part of a process that opens the future to the contingency. That way, the decision‐making process in human beings sheds light on certain aspects of life such as health, body‐care planning but this has …

Agent-based modelling of values: the case of value sensitive design for refugee logistics

2020

We have used value sensitive design as a method to develop an agent-based model of values in humanitarian logistics for refugees. Schwartz's theory of universal values is implemented in the model in such a way that agents can make value trade-offs, which are operationalized into a measure of refugee wellbeing and a measure of public opinion about how the refugee logistics is being handled. By trying out different ‘value-scenarios’, stakeholders who are responsible for, or involved in refugee logistics can have insights into the effects of various value choices. The model is visualized and made usable as a platform (interactive website) for decision-makers to understand the trade-offs in pol…

Party Positions on Differentiated European Integration in the Nordic Countries: Growing Together, Growing Apart?

2020

The Nordic countries constitute an interesting laboratory for the study of differentiated European Integration. Even though Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden share some historical, cultural, socio-economic and political characteristics, all those countries have ultimately opted for a different kind of relationship with the EU. Whereas Finland, a member of the Eurozone since its inception in 1999, has been considered to be part of the Union’s ‘inner core’ for quite some time, Iceland and Norway, in contrast, have opted to remain outside the EU albeit closely associated via the European Economic Area Agreement. The variation of relationships has also been reflected in Nordic parti…

Digital Trace Data in the Study of Public Opinion

2016

In this article, we examine the relationship between metrics documenting politics-related Twitter activity with election results and trends in opinion polls. Various studies have proposed the possibility of inferring public opinion based on digital trace data collected on Twitter and even the possibility to predict election results based on aggregates of mentions of political actors. Yet, a systematic attempt at a validation of Twitter as an indicator for political support is lacking. In this article, building on social science methodology, we test the validity of the relationship between various Twitter-based metrics of public attention toward politics with election results and opinion pol…

Media’s portrayal of CAM: Exploring 40 years of narratives and meanings in public discourse

2021

The media are a key element in being able to assess how the climate of public opinion regarding Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM) has evolved over the years. The aim of this study is to explore the variation of the media representations along 40 years (1979–2018) in Spanish newspapers to assess if the press has contributed to legitimise, delegitimise or maintain the status quo of these therapies. From quantitative and qualitative approaches, we evaluate the media attention, the narratives, linguistic terms and tone used, and the relations between them. Results indicate the media reporting on CAM has remained relatively stable during the first 37 years (1979–2015) of the study, …

The European media discourse on immigration and its effects: a literature review

2018

To understand public opinion about immigration in Europe, one has to understand the media’s role in it. We present a literature review on research on media discourse on immigration and their effects. Despite differences in the way immigration and migrant groups are represented in European media, we can observe common patterns. Migrants are generally under-represented and shown as delinquents or criminals. Although, media framing differs based on specific migrant groups the discourse is focusing on, immigration coverage is often negative and conflict-centred. Frequent exposure to such media messages leads to negative attitudes towards migration, may activate stereotypical cognitions of migra…