Press Reporting on El Salvador and Nicaragua in Leading Canadian and American Newspapers

Literature dealing with western news coverage of the Third World points to an unevenness in that coverage. Events that are sensational or violent, especially if they impact on the West, are those most likely to find their way into news reports (Markham, 1961; Hester, 74). This article, based on a study of news coverage of Central America in the fall of 1983, substantiates this generalization, as one hundred and fifty - six out of a total of two hundred and fourteen items dealing with the entire region in four leading Canadian and American newspapers (72.9%), focused on the violence torn countries of El Salvador and Nicaragua. With respect to the remaining items, twelve percent focused on the region in general (often in terms of the implications of the violence in El Salvador and Nicaragua), while only seven percent dealt with Guatemala, 3.7% with Honduras, 3.3% with Costa Rica, and 0.6% with Panama. If violence, both external and internal, is the magnet which attracts western press attention to countries of the Third World, we have little difficulty in locating the primary sites of that violence within the Central American isthmus. </jats:p

Innovating in a crisis : Canadian media actors assess the state of convergence

Our content analysis conducted in 2007 revealed little evidence of convergence practices in television networks and newspapers owned by Canwest Global, CTVglobemedia, and Quebecor. In 2009 and early 2010, we interviewed executives and journalists of the media groups studied, as well as other stakeholders, to assess the current situation and speculate about the future of convergence in Canada. Respondents generally acknowledged that TV/print newsroom integration had not succeeded and that future convergence efforts would focus on delivering content online and developing a viable economic model for news production. Respondents offered diverse perceptions of conventional media’s ability to reinvent and sustain themselves as the principal news sources for Canadians. Emerging models include the development of a corporate news service, specialization in certain topic areas, and crossmedia collaboration.Notre analyse de contenu réalisée en 2007 n’a révélé aucune preuve substantielle de convergence entre les nouvelles télévisées et les journaux appartenant aux groupes Canwest Global, CTVglobemedia et Quebecor. Nous avons réalisé une série d’entretiens auprès de gestionnaires et journalistes des médias étudiés, de même que d’autres acteurs du milieu, en 2009 et 2010, afin de recueillir leur évaluation de la situation actuelle et leur vision de l’avenir de la convergence médiatique. De l’avis général des participants, l’intégration des nouvelles télévisuelles et de la presse écrite ne s’était pas réalisée et les initiatives futures s’orienteront surtout vers l’offre en ligne et la rentabilisation des contenus d’information. Ils ont émis des points de vue variés quant à la capacité des médias conventionnels de se réinventer et se maintenir en tant que sources principales d’information pour les Canadiens. Parmi les modèles émergents identifiés : le développement d’agences de presse corporatives, la spécialisation thématique et la collaboration entre médias

ARIA digital anamorphosis : Digital transformation of health and care in airway diseases from research to practice

Digital anamorphosis is used to define a distorted image of health and care that may be viewed correctly using digital tools and strategies. MASK digital anamorphosis represents the process used by MASK to develop the digital transformation of health and care in rhinitis. It strengthens the ARIA change management strategy in the prevention and management of airway disease. The MASK strategy is based on validated digital tools. Using the MASK digital tool and the CARAT online enhanced clinical framework, solutions for practical steps of digital enhancement of care are proposed.Peer reviewe

Imperialism, Media, and the Good Neighbor: New Deal Foreign Policy and United States Shortwave Broadcasting to Latin America

In Imperialism, Media, and the Good Neighbor, Professor Fred Fejes of Florida Atlantic University races and analyzes United States shortwave broadcasting policy towards Latin America during the 1930s and 1940s. While the majority of the book consists of a narrative explanation of this policy, based chiefly on documentary research, to me the book's primary interest is the attempt by the author to integrate the private broadcaster/government rivalry within the modem framework of "Media Imperialism", defined by Fejes as "the process by which modem communications media have operated to create, maintain and expand systems of dominance and dependence on a world scale." (1) For Fejes, communications represents one of a number of factors used by the United States in an integrated way to fashion hegemony over Latin America, and he finds the process whereby shortwave broadcasting was used in this respect not only interesting in its own right, but also illustrative of global United States foreign policy approaches following World War 11. </jats:p