Hate crime legislation and violence against sex workers in Ireland: Lessons in Policy and Practice

Drawing on data from UglyMugs.ie (a reporting mechanism for sex workers) this paper considers whether crimes against sex workers should be considered as hate crimes. In many ways, the debates around hate crime in the UK are more developed than in Ireland. As yet the Irish State has yet to criminalise the ‘hate’ element of crime and has been severely criticised for its relatively lacklustre approach to recording incidents of bias or hate crimes against certain social groups. The paper adopts the structural understanding of hate crime espoused by Barbara Perry (2001) who frames the dynamics of hate crime within a complex interplay of political, social and cultural factors. In our analysis we consider what is termed ‘whorephobia’ through the ambit of criminalisation and stigmatisation, gender and heteronormativity in Irish society, and the gendered nature of policing in both parts of Ireland.

Nazi Wireless Propaganda: Lord Haw-Haw and British Public Opinion in the Second World War

This is the first book devoted exclusively to the analysis of the Nazis' radio effort against the United Kingdom during the Second World War. It traces the development of the German propaganda service and looks to erode the myth surrounding Lord Haw-Haw -the 'superpropagandist'. Propaganda is presented in context: the purposes behind it, the changing patterns, themes, styles, and techniques employed, and the impact upon the target audience and its morale. An analysis of the Nazi wireless broadcasts to Britain for the whole of the Second World War reveals a sophisticated and intelligent propaganda assault on the social and economic fabric of British society. In the end the British failed to succumb to the stupefying effects of Nazi propaganda and they traditionally congratulate themselves upon the national unity which immunised them against it. The author argues that this traditional view disguises a more complex, less appealing reality. Free CD Includes a CD of 24 German wartime broadcasts to Britain Key Features: *Exposition of organisational structure of Nazi wireless for the UK *Detailed analysis of style and content of propaganda broadcasts *Careful and critical re-appraisal of British domestic morale and national unity *CD insert of 24 recordings of Nazi broadcasters including William Joyce, John Amery, Edward Dietze, Norman Baillie-Stewart, Edward Bowlby and 'Black' propaganda broadcasts

Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and the Controversy of the Russian Propaganda Laws: is the IOC Buckling Under the Pressure of its own Incoherence in Thought?

The Sochi Winter Olympics were a triumph in the eyes of Russia and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Yet, a controversy around the introduction of anti-propaganda laws in Russia that had been criticised for being discriminatory marred the efforts of the IOC to fulfil its self proclaimed aspiration of ‘encouraging the harmonious development of man’. This article discusses the controversy utilising a legally pluralist approach to sports governance, and providing a critical reading of the practices of neoliberal globalisation that marked the issue of sexuality at the Sochi games. The paper argues that the legal influence of the IOC on domestic and international legal norms is contradictory and inconsistent. This, when considered alongside the aspirations of the IOC is significantly problematic and demonstrates the importance of investigating the underlying power structures of this influential international governing body.

Holger Impekoven: Die Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung und das Ausländerstudium in Deutschland 1925-1945, Von der „geräuschlosen Propaganda“ zur Ausbildung der „geistigen Wehr“ des „Neuen Europa“, Göttingen: Bonn University Press bei V&R unipress 2013 [Rezension]

Rezension von: Holger Impekoven: Die Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung und das Ausländerstudium in Deutschland 1925-1945, Von der „geräuschlosen Propaganda“ zur Ausbildung der „geistigen Wehr“ des „Neuen Europa“, Göttingen: Bonn University Press bei V&R unipress 2013 (522 S.; ISBN 978-3-89971-869-0; 64,90 EUR)

Segunda conferencia histórica de propaganda patriótica

En esta conferencia se desarrollo el tema: José Simeón Cañas y la abolición de la de la esclavitud en Centro América.

When Love Becomes Hate(?): The Interplay Between Consumer-Brand Relationships and Crisis Situations

This study had three purposes. First, it aimed to re-conceptualize organization-public relationships (OPRs) in public relations and crisis communication. This OPR re-conceptualization helps find out when the OPR buffering effect or the OPR love-becomes-hate effect happens. Second, it aimed to examine how consumer emotions are influenced by OPRs and influence consumer behavioral intentions. Third, it aimed to address the current problematic operationalization of the concept of consumer. Three pilot studies and one main study were conducted. Apple and Whole Foods were the two brands examined. One crisis that undermined the self-defining attributes shared between the brand and its consumers and another crisis that did not were examined for each brand. Almost 500 Apple consumers and 400 Whole Foods consumers provided usable questionnaires. This study had several major findings. First, non-identifying relationship and identifying relationship were different constructs. Moreover, trust, satisfaction, and commitment were not conceptually separate dimensions of OPRs. Second, the non-identifying relationships offered buffering effects by increasing positive attitudes and tempering anger and disappointment. The identifying relationships primarily offered the love-becomes-hate effects by increasing anger and disappointment. Third, if the crisis was relevant to consumers’ daily lives, brand response strategies were less effective at mitigating consumer negative reactions. Moreover, apology-compensation-reminder strategy was more effective compared to no-comment strategy. However, the apology-compensation-reminder strategy was no more effective than other strategies as long as brands compensate to the victims. Identifying relationships increased the effectiveness of response strategies. If the crisis did not undermine the self-defining attributes shared between consumers and brands, the response strategies worked even better. This study contributes to crisis communication research in multiple ways. First, it advances the OPR conceptualization by demonstrating that non-identifying relationship and identifying relationship are different concepts. More importantly, it advances the theory building of OPRs’ influences on crises by finding out when the buffering effect and the love-becomes-hate effect happen. Second, it adds to emotion research by demonstrating that strong OPRs can lead to negative emotions and positive emotions can have negative behavioral consequences on organizations. Third, the precise operationalization of the concept of consumer gives more insights about consumer reactions to crises.

Análisis de contenido de las noticias políticas publicadadas por la prensa gráfica durante el periodo de propaganda electoral de alcaldes y diputados 2006

Como un aporte más, a la investigación mediológica, se realizó el estudio denominado: “Análisis de contenido de las noticias políticas, publicadas por La Prensa Gráfica durante el periodo de propaganda electoral para alcaldes y diputados 2006”. La importancia que tiene realizar este tipo de investigaciones, radica en que los medios de comunicación impresos y por qué no decirlo, los medios en general, hoy en día se apegan cada vez menos a las normas o principios fundamentales del periodismo, (que entre no muchos), uno de ellos es informar a la población acerca de un hecho lo más objetivo posible, tomando en cuenta que “en las noticias no se dan opiniones. Se informa del hecho y nada más. El periodista no califica lo que informa. No dice si le parece justo o injusto, conviene o no. Se concreta a relatar lo sucedido y permite así que cada receptor de su mensaje saque sus propias conclusiones”. (Leñero, 1986: 40). Sin embargo, a pesar que sobra la literatura que aborda este tipo de temas, los periódicos parecen restarle importancia a tales teorías, pues estos persiguen otros intereses intensamente deseados, sobre los cuales construyen sus objetivos permanentes y por ende su estrategia de comunicación global, la cual esta orientada a lucrar e influir. (Borrat, 1989: 150). En ese sentido, los periódicos se alejan de su misión de informar y se vuelven en vehículos propagandísticos del sistema, usando todas las formas posibles a su alcance para insertar la línea ideológica-política a lo largo de todas sus páginas; de forma explícita en sus editoriales e implícita en las noticias. Por esa razón se realizó la investigación ya mencionada, con la intensión de conocer cómo se desarrolló este fenómeno de propaganda en los medios impresos de comunicación y específicamente conocer si La Prensa Gráfica insertó propaganda política en sus noticias para favorecer al partido ARENA y dar así continuidad al sistema vigente. Para la realización del estudio, se usó la técnica del análisis de contenido semántico, bajo la perspectiva cualitativa, la cual permitió hacer inferencias a partir de elementos significativos implícitos en las noticias, pues no se pretendió buscar frecuencias, repeticiones o tamaños, factores propios de la perspectiva cuantitativa.

Investigation of un-American propaganda activities in the United States : Hearings before a Special Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Seventy-fifth Congress, third session-Seventy-eighth Congress, second session, on H. Res. 282, to investigate (1) the extent, character, and objects of un-American propaganda activities in the United States, (2) the diffusion within the United States of subversive and un-American propaganda that is instigated from foreign countries or of a domestic origin and attacks the principle of the form of government as guaranteed by our Constitution, and (3) all other questions in relation thereto that would aid Congress in any necessary remedial legislation.

Martin Dies, chairman.