Labour and international accounting standards: A question of social justice

As the international guardian of social justice, the ILO is witnessing a global revolution in accounting, which has culminated in international accounting standards (IAS-IFRS). Previously, accounting measured the economy in relation to the capacities and responsibilities of workers and their employers. Today, the exact opposite is the case: the IAS-IFRS no longer measure work and enterprises, referring instead to the abstract concept of a cybernetic entity capable of constant restructuring, at the cost of unprecedented inequality. The author points to the incoherence of this system and to the need to restore the full carrying value of labour.     

The Media and Genetically Modified Foods: Evidence in Support of Social Amplification of Risk

Empirical examinations of the "social amplification of risk" framework are rare, partly because of the difficulties in predicting when conditions likely to result in amplification effects will occur. This means that it is difficult to examine changes in risk perception that are contemporaneous with increases and/or decreases in social or media discussion of the risks associated with a particular risk event. However, the collection of attitude data before, during, and after the increased reporting of the risks of genetically modified food in the United Kingdom (spring 1999) has demonstrated that people's risk perceptions do increase and decrease in line with what might be expected upon examination of the amplification and attenuation mechanisms integral to the framework. Perceptions of benefit, however, appeared to be permanently depressed by negative reporting about genetically modified food. Trust in regulatory institutions with responsibility for protecting the public was not affected. It was concluded that the social amplification of risk framework is a useful framework for beginning to explain the potential impact on risk perceptions of a risk event, particularly if that risk event is presented to the public as a new hazard occurring in a crisis context.     

深度报道:历史性契约

关于“深度报道”的各种思考充斥于新闻传播学领域,遗憾的是,诸多的讨论却由于本体思考的缺失或倒错,最终偏离了期望的轨道,反造成知识上的混乱。究其实,“深度报道”是人类规避简单思维求取生存真相的一种努力。它一头扎进复杂的现实背景中去,该背景深入到事实的每一个原子中去,以至于特别的偏好事实的模糊性。它所追寻的是历史记忆的官能,它所采纳的是社会学的思考,它所贡献的是强烈的批判性。它是人类在“极速主义”时代求取清明的一种负责任的大努力。     

社会新闻报道的三个选择

社会新闻是以报道社会生活中的人际关系、精神风貌和伦理道德为主的新闻 ,在实践中 ,某些媒体片面追求“卖点”,忽视正确的舆论导向 ,致使一些格调低劣、色情淫秽、凶杀暴力、荒诞不经的内容被播发 ,贻害了社会 ,污染了读者 ,玷污了媒体的形象 ,降低了媒体的品位。社会新闻只有从内容、角度、时机上加以选择 ,才能做到经济效益、社会效益双丰收 ,才能做到可读性、思想性、引导性的最佳结合     

美国深度报道百年发展轨迹探析

美国深度报道起源的真正时间应是19世纪70年代。从功能角度分析,100多年以来,美国深度报道先后经历了调查、解释和预测三个阶段,逐渐形成了调查型报道、解释型报道和预测型报道,而每一次功能跨越,背后都有着深刻的政治、经济及社会原因。     

Attitudes of Palestinian pre‐school teachers from Israel towards reporting of suspected cases of child abuse and neglect

The paper documents a study conducted among 225 Palestinian pre‐school teachers from Israel. Data were collected through a self‐administered questionnaire that examined the teachers’ attitudes towards reporting child abuse and neglect. In general, the participants’ attitudes towards reporting child abuse and neglect to the child protection services (CPS) were more positive than their attitudes towards reporting to the police. Willingness to report suspected cases of child sexual abuse to the police and CPS was higher than willingness to report other types of child abuse and neglect. Inconsistent results were revealed with regard to how awareness of reporting regulations and awareness of signs and risk factors for child maltreatment affect willingness to report to CPS and to the police. A comprehensive discussion of the possible relevance of the participants’ socio‐cultural and sociopolitical values to their attitudes towards reporting child abuse and neglect is presented. The implications of the results for future studies are also discussed.     

Fat in the Fire? Science,the News Media,and the “Obesity Epidemic”2

In recent years, the “obesity epidemic” has emerged as a putative public health crisis. This article examines the interconnected role of medical science and news reporting in shaping the way obesity is framed as a social problem. Drawing on a sample of scientific publications on weight and health, and press releases and news reporting on these publications, we compare and contrast social problem frames in medical science and news reporting. We find substantial overlap in science and news reporting, but the news media do dramatize more than the studies on which they are reporting and are more likely than the original science to highlight individual blame for weight. This is partly due to the news media’s tendency to report more heavily on the most alarmist and individual‐blaming scientific studies. We find some evidence that press releases also shape which articles receive media coverage and how they are framed.     

Contested news values and media performance during the Umbrella Movement

Social crises are a huge challenge to the performance of the media. The norms and routines of news making with which journalists comply can become problematic in the context of intensive public sentiment and empathy. News values, including the sacred belief in objective reporting, are questioned in the light of controversies over editorial judgment within and outside the newsroom. I examine the contested news values that manifested in the Umbrella Movement of Hong Kong in 2014. In particular, I focus on the arguments and deliberations regarding news objectivity, which involved several parameters of the performance of the media during this social crisis.     

Preparing social workers as reporters of suspected child maltreatment

Social workers are an important source of reports to child protective services in the United States (US). However, it is unclear what role social work education plays in preparing social workers for this responsibility. The current study explores how undergraduate and graduate social work programs in the US prepare students as reporters. This study found that while almost all programs that participated in this study provide students with some content related to their role as reporters of child maltreatment, there are varying ways such content is provided, and many avenues for improvement. International implications are highlighted.     

精确新闻:新闻实务对量化研究方法的借鉴与拓展

精确新闻积极借鉴并尝试运用量化研究等社会科学研究方法,对数据加以全方位的综合应用,从而不断增强人们认识事物的科学性与准确度。精确新闻报道应特别重视社会科学的规范与方法,最大限度减小新闻报道的可能偏差,并尽量做到价值中立。精确新闻要理清新闻报道数据的来龙去脉,精心筛选具有新闻价值的数据,善于挖掘数据背后深藏的含义,运用多种技巧使数据更具可读性,从而彰显精确新闻报道更大的传播价值。