Sudhir Naib
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198067474
- eISBN:
- 9780199081226
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198067474.003.0005
- Subject:
- Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law
This chapter expounds on the role of PIOs. It starts by reviewing the decisions and instructions of the CIC and the government, before moving on to a list of the various duties and responsibilities ...
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This chapter expounds on the role of PIOs. It starts by reviewing the decisions and instructions of the CIC and the government, before moving on to a list of the various duties and responsibilities of PIOs. Various procedures are then examined, including those for the transfer of application, the disposal of an information request, and the limits for the information supply. One section concentrates on the additional fee for seeking information, while another section is focused on the assistance that is available to a PIO. The chapter also talks about the penalties and disciplinary action a PIO can face in case of complaints. A list of the different documents that should be maintained by PIOs is included. These documents are used to help the public authority collect data and submit these to the Information Commission.Less
This chapter expounds on the role of PIOs. It starts by reviewing the decisions and instructions of the CIC and the government, before moving on to a list of the various duties and responsibilities of PIOs. Various procedures are then examined, including those for the transfer of application, the disposal of an information request, and the limits for the information supply. One section concentrates on the additional fee for seeking information, while another section is focused on the assistance that is available to a PIO. The chapter also talks about the penalties and disciplinary action a PIO can face in case of complaints. A list of the different documents that should be maintained by PIOs is included. These documents are used to help the public authority collect data and submit these to the Information Commission.
Sudhir Naib
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198067474
- eISBN:
- 9780199081226
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198067474.003.0003
- Subject:
- Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law
This chapter provides an overview of the RTI Act, 2005 and addresses several questions. These questions pertain to eligibility, the kind of information that is exempted from disclosure, the type of ...
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This chapter provides an overview of the RTI Act, 2005 and addresses several questions. These questions pertain to eligibility, the kind of information that is exempted from disclosure, the type of information that can be given, and the ways one can request for information. It also discusses the timeframe within which one should get information, as well as the various steps that should be taken in case information is denied. It shows the ways a citizen can use the Act effectively, and then studies the role of the Public Information Officer. Several success stories from urban and rural areas in India are included. The chapter also includes examples of the application forms that a citizen can use to request for information.Less
This chapter provides an overview of the RTI Act, 2005 and addresses several questions. These questions pertain to eligibility, the kind of information that is exempted from disclosure, the type of information that can be given, and the ways one can request for information. It also discusses the timeframe within which one should get information, as well as the various steps that should be taken in case information is denied. It shows the ways a citizen can use the Act effectively, and then studies the role of the Public Information Officer. Several success stories from urban and rural areas in India are included. The chapter also includes examples of the application forms that a citizen can use to request for information.
Sudhir Naib
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198067474
- eISBN:
- 9780199081226
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198067474.003.0004
- Subject:
- Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law
This chapter looks at the guidelines for public authorities and their respective obligations under the RTI Act, 2005. It presents important decisions of the Central Information Commission (CIC) and ...
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This chapter looks at the guidelines for public authorities and their respective obligations under the RTI Act, 2005. It presents important decisions of the Central Information Commission (CIC) and instructions of the Indian government. It states that Public Information Officers (PIOs) help in making the right of information a reality, especially for the Indian citizens who are requesting for information. The specific duties of these PIOs as stated in the Act are identified. It then discusses the actual arrangement of the public authorities under the law. The Act also states that in case of a default, the PIOs are held liable for a penalty. This chapter ends by stressing the need for all the officials of a public authority to have intensive knowledge of the provisions of the Act.Less
This chapter looks at the guidelines for public authorities and their respective obligations under the RTI Act, 2005. It presents important decisions of the Central Information Commission (CIC) and instructions of the Indian government. It states that Public Information Officers (PIOs) help in making the right of information a reality, especially for the Indian citizens who are requesting for information. The specific duties of these PIOs as stated in the Act are identified. It then discusses the actual arrangement of the public authorities under the law. The Act also states that in case of a default, the PIOs are held liable for a penalty. This chapter ends by stressing the need for all the officials of a public authority to have intensive knowledge of the provisions of the Act.
Alon Peled
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780262027878
- eISBN:
- 9780262319867
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262027878.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
Information sharing failures in the public sector present a critical challenge to the modern information state that costs lives and billions of dollars annually. The book presents a thorough ...
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Information sharing failures in the public sector present a critical challenge to the modern information state that costs lives and billions of dollars annually. The book presents a thorough investigation of current information sharing approaches and their weaknesses. The book analyses the popular US open data program, including a rigorous, empirical study of the program that reveals its poor performance. Peled examines current data exchange practices in the public sector and concludes that information is a valuable asset that public sector agencies are not often willing to release without compensation. Peled proposes to consider public data as a contested commodity and exchange it using restricted commoditization arrangements in a Public Sector Information Exchange (PSIE). The book includes a detailed review of two PSIE models including addressing legal, economic, and technical challenges. Peled engages with key ethical and political debate regarding the interaction of PSIE and democratic values, privacy, data ownership and intellectual property, and freedom of information. The book concludes with insights for politicians, public sector officials, technologists and citizens.Less
Information sharing failures in the public sector present a critical challenge to the modern information state that costs lives and billions of dollars annually. The book presents a thorough investigation of current information sharing approaches and their weaknesses. The book analyses the popular US open data program, including a rigorous, empirical study of the program that reveals its poor performance. Peled examines current data exchange practices in the public sector and concludes that information is a valuable asset that public sector agencies are not often willing to release without compensation. Peled proposes to consider public data as a contested commodity and exchange it using restricted commoditization arrangements in a Public Sector Information Exchange (PSIE). The book includes a detailed review of two PSIE models including addressing legal, economic, and technical challenges. Peled engages with key ethical and political debate regarding the interaction of PSIE and democratic values, privacy, data ownership and intellectual property, and freedom of information. The book concludes with insights for politicians, public sector officials, technologists and citizens.
Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691151250
- eISBN:
- 9781400838837
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691151250.003.0005
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, History of Economic Thought
This chapter examines whether recent advances in the theory of repeated games, as exemplified by the so-called folk theorem and related models, address the shortcomings of the self-interest based ...
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This chapter examines whether recent advances in the theory of repeated games, as exemplified by the so-called folk theorem and related models, address the shortcomings of the self-interest based models in explaining human cooperation. It first provides an overview of folk theorems and their account of evolutionary dynamics before discussing the folk theorem with either imperfect public information or private information. It then considers evolutionarily irrelevant equilibrium as well as the link between social norms and the notion of correlated equilibrium. While the insight that repeated interactions provide opportunities for cooperative individuals to discipline defectors is correct, the chapter argues that none of the game-theoretic models mentioned above is successful. Except under implausible conditions, the cooperative outcomes identified by these models are neither accessible nor persistent, and are thus labeled evolutionarily irrelevant Nash equilibria.Less
This chapter examines whether recent advances in the theory of repeated games, as exemplified by the so-called folk theorem and related models, address the shortcomings of the self-interest based models in explaining human cooperation. It first provides an overview of folk theorems and their account of evolutionary dynamics before discussing the folk theorem with either imperfect public information or private information. It then considers evolutionarily irrelevant equilibrium as well as the link between social norms and the notion of correlated equilibrium. While the insight that repeated interactions provide opportunities for cooperative individuals to discipline defectors is correct, the chapter argues that none of the game-theoretic models mentioned above is successful. Except under implausible conditions, the cooperative outcomes identified by these models are neither accessible nor persistent, and are thus labeled evolutionarily irrelevant Nash equilibria.
Alon Peled
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780262027878
- eISBN:
- 9780262319867
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262027878.003.0007
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
The chapter explains the concept of a Public Sector Information Exchange (PSIE). It then presents a detailed case study of a supply-chain PSIE model: the Australian CrimTrac program that was ...
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The chapter explains the concept of a Public Sector Information Exchange (PSIE). It then presents a detailed case study of a supply-chain PSIE model: the Australian CrimTrac program that was established to streamline information sharing among Australian police organizations. The chapter then explores the potential for an exchange PSIE model to be implemented in a US public sector agency in the environmental domain. Economic, legal and technical challenges to an exchange-model PSIE are outlined in detail. A case study of the deNovis project shows how semantic interoperability challenges could be overcome.Less
The chapter explains the concept of a Public Sector Information Exchange (PSIE). It then presents a detailed case study of a supply-chain PSIE model: the Australian CrimTrac program that was established to streamline information sharing among Australian police organizations. The chapter then explores the potential for an exchange PSIE model to be implemented in a US public sector agency in the environmental domain. Economic, legal and technical challenges to an exchange-model PSIE are outlined in detail. A case study of the deNovis project shows how semantic interoperability challenges could be overcome.
Lynn Frewer, Heleen van Dijk, and Arnout Fischer
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199562848
- eISBN:
- 9780191722523
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199562848.003.03
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health, Epidemiology
This chapter discusses both behavioural changes and consumer responses to public health information, and consumer perceptions of risk and benefit associated with specific food choices. These are ...
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This chapter discusses both behavioural changes and consumer responses to public health information, and consumer perceptions of risk and benefit associated with specific food choices. These are illustrated using case studies in the following sections.Less
This chapter discusses both behavioural changes and consumer responses to public health information, and consumer perceptions of risk and benefit associated with specific food choices. These are illustrated using case studies in the following sections.
Monica Schoch-Spana
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195325256
- eISBN:
- 9780199864409
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195325256.003.0007
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health, Epidemiology
This chapter focuses on the education, information, and mobilization of the public after the 9/11 attacks. It addresses the constructive public response, devising public-communication strategies, ...
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This chapter focuses on the education, information, and mobilization of the public after the 9/11 attacks. It addresses the constructive public response, devising public-communication strategies, providing practical information, educating the public to use health services wisely, activating civil-society organizations, and utilizing volunteers. The chapter concludes that the wide range of positive public responses to the consequences of terrorist attacks in 2001 indicates that health and safety professionals need to reassess their assumptions about the public's capacity to respond constructively after a terrorist attack.Less
This chapter focuses on the education, information, and mobilization of the public after the 9/11 attacks. It addresses the constructive public response, devising public-communication strategies, providing practical information, educating the public to use health services wisely, activating civil-society organizations, and utilizing volunteers. The chapter concludes that the wide range of positive public responses to the consequences of terrorist attacks in 2001 indicates that health and safety professionals need to reassess their assumptions about the public's capacity to respond constructively after a terrorist attack.
Sudhir Naib
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198067474
- eISBN:
- 9780199081226
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198067474.001.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law
This handbook provides a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the Right to Information Act 2005. The Act, one of the most remarkable piece of legislation in the world, for the first time ...
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This handbook provides a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the Right to Information Act 2005. The Act, one of the most remarkable piece of legislation in the world, for the first time empowers Indian citizens to access information in the possession of public officials and authorities. This handbook serves as a guide to the implementation of the Right to Information Act, and is separated into eight detailed chapters. The first chapter introduces the concept of freedom of information (FOI), and views it within a global perspective. The following chapter quickly places the right to information within the India, as it examines the primary source of the right to information (RTI) movement. The third chapter is focused on the ways one can effectively use the RTI Act, 2005. The next two chapters discuss the roles, obligations, and duties of public authorities and the Public Information Officers (PIOs). Chapters 6 and 7 are concerned with exempted information, and the last chapter takes a look at the appellate authorities and their roles.Less
This handbook provides a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the Right to Information Act 2005. The Act, one of the most remarkable piece of legislation in the world, for the first time empowers Indian citizens to access information in the possession of public officials and authorities. This handbook serves as a guide to the implementation of the Right to Information Act, and is separated into eight detailed chapters. The first chapter introduces the concept of freedom of information (FOI), and views it within a global perspective. The following chapter quickly places the right to information within the India, as it examines the primary source of the right to information (RTI) movement. The third chapter is focused on the ways one can effectively use the RTI Act, 2005. The next two chapters discuss the roles, obligations, and duties of public authorities and the Public Information Officers (PIOs). Chapters 6 and 7 are concerned with exempted information, and the last chapter takes a look at the appellate authorities and their roles.
Peter Knoepfel
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781447345053
- eISBN:
- 9781447345091
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447345053.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
This chapter contains an in-depth definition of the aforementioned resource-based approach to public policy resources, which is usually used for analysing the institutional conditions for sustainable ...
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This chapter contains an in-depth definition of the aforementioned resource-based approach to public policy resources, which is usually used for analysing the institutional conditions for sustainable resource use in connection with the postulate of sustainable development. It exploits the concept of institutional resource regimes (IRR) rooted in constitutional and civil law, which is illustrated by the analysis of the governance of the resource ‘public documentary information’ (big data) conducted by Olgiati Pelet.Less
This chapter contains an in-depth definition of the aforementioned resource-based approach to public policy resources, which is usually used for analysing the institutional conditions for sustainable resource use in connection with the postulate of sustainable development. It exploits the concept of institutional resource regimes (IRR) rooted in constitutional and civil law, which is illustrated by the analysis of the governance of the resource ‘public documentary information’ (big data) conducted by Olgiati Pelet.
Alon Peled
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780262027878
- eISBN:
- 9780262319867
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262027878.003.0009
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
Chapter eight offers practical advise for implementing a Public Sector Information Exchange (PSIE) in the US and elsewhere. It includes important insights for politicians, public sector officials, ...
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Chapter eight offers practical advise for implementing a Public Sector Information Exchange (PSIE) in the US and elsewhere. It includes important insights for politicians, public sector officials, technologists, and citizens to enable the implementation of PSIE. The chapter concludes with the observation that the success of information sharing initiatives ultimately depends on the motivation of the people who are tasked with their implementation.Less
Chapter eight offers practical advise for implementing a Public Sector Information Exchange (PSIE) in the US and elsewhere. It includes important insights for politicians, public sector officials, technologists, and citizens to enable the implementation of PSIE. The chapter concludes with the observation that the success of information sharing initiatives ultimately depends on the motivation of the people who are tasked with their implementation.
Rose Anne Rodriguez and Sarah M. Kissell
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199892761
- eISBN:
- 9780199301515
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199892761.003.0008
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
Effective public health communication requires comprehensive outreach and a well-defined department brand to penetrate through a cluttered mass media world. Becoming a trusted source during times of ...
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Effective public health communication requires comprehensive outreach and a well-defined department brand to penetrate through a cluttered mass media world. Becoming a trusted source during times of a public health crisis cannot be achieved on the day of an event. Relationship building with traditional and non-traditional social media sources is essential and this chapter provides insights on how one of the largest public health jurisdictions in the United States has accomplished this goal.Less
Effective public health communication requires comprehensive outreach and a well-defined department brand to penetrate through a cluttered mass media world. Becoming a trusted source during times of a public health crisis cannot be achieved on the day of an event. Relationship building with traditional and non-traditional social media sources is essential and this chapter provides insights on how one of the largest public health jurisdictions in the United States has accomplished this goal.
HOWARD M. HOLTZMANN and EDDA KRISTJÁNSDÓTTIR
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199207442
- eISBN:
- 9780191708695
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199207442.003.0008
- Subject:
- Law, Private International Law
This chapter discusses the means for informing the public about the claims process, for example by publishing statistics on the caseload and/or texts of the awards. An Editors' Commentary and ...
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This chapter discusses the means for informing the public about the claims process, for example by publishing statistics on the caseload and/or texts of the awards. An Editors' Commentary and separate Annotations show how each of these Mass Claims Processes has handled the matter.Less
This chapter discusses the means for informing the public about the claims process, for example by publishing statistics on the caseload and/or texts of the awards. An Editors' Commentary and separate Annotations show how each of these Mass Claims Processes has handled the matter.
Marion Elizabeth Rodgers
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780195072389
- eISBN:
- 9780199787982
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195072389.003.0018
- Subject:
- Literature, 19th-century and Victorian Literature
America's entry into war on April 2, 1917, turned Mencken's life upside down. As a German-American now writing for the New York Evening Mail, he became the target of super-patriots. George Creel ...
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America's entry into war on April 2, 1917, turned Mencken's life upside down. As a German-American now writing for the New York Evening Mail, he became the target of super-patriots. George Creel launched the Espionage Act, containing some of the broadest and most restrictive sanctions against civil liberties and free speech that the country ever witnessed. As a German-American who felt separated from American society, Mencken began to gain insight on another group he had derided years earlier: African-Americans. Together with James Weldon Johnson, they urged black Americans to start writing realistically about racial issues, including lynching. Mencken also met Philip Goodman, and wrote A Book of Prefaces and Damn a Book of Calumny, both of which attacked American literature and conformity head on.Less
America's entry into war on April 2, 1917, turned Mencken's life upside down. As a German-American now writing for the New York Evening Mail, he became the target of super-patriots. George Creel launched the Espionage Act, containing some of the broadest and most restrictive sanctions against civil liberties and free speech that the country ever witnessed. As a German-American who felt separated from American society, Mencken began to gain insight on another group he had derided years earlier: African-Americans. Together with James Weldon Johnson, they urged black Americans to start writing realistically about racial issues, including lynching. Mencken also met Philip Goodman, and wrote A Book of Prefaces and Damn a Book of Calumny, both of which attacked American literature and conformity head on.
Peter Allmark, Angela Tod, and Jo Abbott
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847421029
- eISBN:
- 9781447303114
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847421029.003.0005
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This chapter examines the ways in which public health information is communicated to the public and evaluates public health educational initiatives. It argues that the information concerning the ...
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This chapter examines the ways in which public health information is communicated to the public and evaluates public health educational initiatives. It argues that the information concerning the relationship between smoking and lung cancer can convey the wrong messages. It discusses health promotion in relation to smoking and highlights the difficulties and dilemmas of health messages even where epidemiological evidence is strong. It contends that health education should be judged by the success with which it leads to people holding accurate beliefs.Less
This chapter examines the ways in which public health information is communicated to the public and evaluates public health educational initiatives. It argues that the information concerning the relationship between smoking and lung cancer can convey the wrong messages. It discusses health promotion in relation to smoking and highlights the difficulties and dilemmas of health messages even where epidemiological evidence is strong. It contends that health education should be judged by the success with which it leads to people holding accurate beliefs.
Ofer Bergman and Steve Whittaker
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780262035170
- eISBN:
- 9780262336291
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262035170.003.0011
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Technology and Society
This chapter suggests a new design approach developed specifically for PIM systems. It argues that PIM is unique in that the person who curates the information is the same person who later retrieves ...
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This chapter suggests a new design approach developed specifically for PIM systems. It argues that PIM is unique in that the person who curates the information is the same person who later retrieves it. The user-subjective approach takes advantage of this unique feature and suggests that PIM systems should make systematic use of subjective (user-dependent) attributes. The approach identifies three specific subjective attributes – the importance of the information item to the user, the project to which it belongs, and the context in which the item is used, and suggests three design principles, one for each subjective attribute.Less
This chapter suggests a new design approach developed specifically for PIM systems. It argues that PIM is unique in that the person who curates the information is the same person who later retrieves it. The user-subjective approach takes advantage of this unique feature and suggests that PIM systems should make systematic use of subjective (user-dependent) attributes. The approach identifies three specific subjective attributes – the importance of the information item to the user, the project to which it belongs, and the context in which the item is used, and suggests three design principles, one for each subjective attribute.
Gary T. Marx
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780226285887
- eISBN:
- 9780226286075
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226286075.003.0005
- Subject:
- Sociology, Law, Crime and Deviance
This chapter deals with types of surveillance data. Such data are honeycombed with attributes and tacit expectations that can be systematically compared. What are the major kinds of data that ...
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This chapter deals with types of surveillance data. Such data are honeycombed with attributes and tacit expectations that can be systematically compared. What are the major kinds of data that surveillance may gather? How do the characteristics of these data affect explanation, evaluation, manners, policy and law? When we speak of surveillance, just what is “it” that is surveilled? What cultural expectations and attitudes accompany different kinds of data? A central argument of the book is that understanding and evaluating surveillance require attention to the setting but the kind of data (visual, auditory, text etc.) may be independent of this. The chapter identifies four basic types by combining dimensions of personal-impersonal and private-public. It also identifies ten types of information that can be connected to the person (e.g., temporal, behavioral, beliefs) and a series of analytic attributes that may cut through these such as intimate, personal, sensitive and unique and or core identification.Less
This chapter deals with types of surveillance data. Such data are honeycombed with attributes and tacit expectations that can be systematically compared. What are the major kinds of data that surveillance may gather? How do the characteristics of these data affect explanation, evaluation, manners, policy and law? When we speak of surveillance, just what is “it” that is surveilled? What cultural expectations and attitudes accompany different kinds of data? A central argument of the book is that understanding and evaluating surveillance require attention to the setting but the kind of data (visual, auditory, text etc.) may be independent of this. The chapter identifies four basic types by combining dimensions of personal-impersonal and private-public. It also identifies ten types of information that can be connected to the person (e.g., temporal, behavioral, beliefs) and a series of analytic attributes that may cut through these such as intimate, personal, sensitive and unique and or core identification.
Kathleen M. German
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781496812353
- eISBN:
- 9781496812391
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781496812353.003.0004
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter explores the long history of visual stereotypes of African Americans from the print era through the celluloid images rooted in the minstrel tradition. It also recognizes the tremendous ...
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This chapter explores the long history of visual stereotypes of African Americans from the print era through the celluloid images rooted in the minstrel tradition. It also recognizes the tremendous influence of mass media on American culture and public opinion, particularly during war. Beginning in World War I, governments on both sides of the conflict used the medium of film to recruit, train, and influence soldiers and citizens.Less
This chapter explores the long history of visual stereotypes of African Americans from the print era through the celluloid images rooted in the minstrel tradition. It also recognizes the tremendous influence of mass media on American culture and public opinion, particularly during war. Beginning in World War I, governments on both sides of the conflict used the medium of film to recruit, train, and influence soldiers and citizens.
Lee Grieveson
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780520291508
- eISBN:
- 9780520965263
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520291508.003.0015
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter, by Lee Grieveson, explores the U.S. state’s use of cinema and its regulation of media and communication during World War I and in its immediate aftermath. It examines, in particular, ...
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This chapter, by Lee Grieveson, explores the U.S. state’s use of cinema and its regulation of media and communication during World War I and in its immediate aftermath. It examines, in particular, the establishment and functioning of the Committee on Public Information (CPI) and state orchestration of new forms of war funding. It explores also the legal regulation of communication and media encoded in the Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1917 and 1918, overwhelmingly targeted at socialist and pacifist opposition to the war. The latter parts of the chapter consider the structural influence of this conjuncture on subsequent uses of cinema and media and the regulation of dissidence.Less
This chapter, by Lee Grieveson, explores the U.S. state’s use of cinema and its regulation of media and communication during World War I and in its immediate aftermath. It examines, in particular, the establishment and functioning of the Committee on Public Information (CPI) and state orchestration of new forms of war funding. It explores also the legal regulation of communication and media encoded in the Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1917 and 1918, overwhelmingly targeted at socialist and pacifist opposition to the war. The latter parts of the chapter consider the structural influence of this conjuncture on subsequent uses of cinema and media and the regulation of dissidence.
David Tewksbury and Jason Rittenberg
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780195391961
- eISBN:
- 9780190252397
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780195391961.003.0008
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics, American Politics
This chapter focuses on the normatively positive implications of how news appears and is consumed online. More specifically, it examines whether the Internet makes democratization of public ...
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This chapter focuses on the normatively positive implications of how news appears and is consumed online. More specifically, it examines whether the Internet makes democratization of public information possible, that is, Internet use results in citizen involvement with content creation. It first explains the concept of information democratization and its implications for society before turning to a discussion of the role of information in democracy. It then highlights the relationship between user control and social good, as well as the differences between the mass media system and the media of today. It also considers how the Internet strengthens the connections between citizens and political knowledge. The chapter concludes by looking at the barriers to democratization and the potential effects of online news on society.Less
This chapter focuses on the normatively positive implications of how news appears and is consumed online. More specifically, it examines whether the Internet makes democratization of public information possible, that is, Internet use results in citizen involvement with content creation. It first explains the concept of information democratization and its implications for society before turning to a discussion of the role of information in democracy. It then highlights the relationship between user control and social good, as well as the differences between the mass media system and the media of today. It also considers how the Internet strengthens the connections between citizens and political knowledge. The chapter concludes by looking at the barriers to democratization and the potential effects of online news on society.
