[Commlist] World of Media 2-2019 published

New issue of /'World of Media. Journal of Russian Media and Journalism 
Studies'/ has just been released.

You can also access the full-text articles here: 
http://worldofmedia.ru/volumes/2019/2019_Issue_2/

'World of Media. Journal of Russian Media and Journalism Studies
Issue 2-2019
Table of contents:

/Moretti, A. (2019) The 2017 Saudi-Qatari crisis: The White House and 
The New York Times see two different events // World of Media. Journal 
of Russian Media and Journalism Studies, 2: 7-26.
/The 2017 dispute between Saudi Arabia and Qatar provided the Trump 
administration an opportunity to demonstrate how it would conduct 
foreign policy and potentially alter the diplomatic relationships 
established with each country by its immediate predecessors. The dispute 
also allowed for an examination of how The New York Times would frame 
the conflict. This manuscript reviews the census of stories appearing in 
the main news section distributed by the newspaper from the beginning of 
the conflict through to the end of the 2017 calendar year. The results 
indicate the Trump administration’s view of the conflict appeared to be 
simplified as a good actor and a bad actor, influenced by the 
president’s affinity for one of the nations. The New York Times 
regularly highlighted the mistakes it believed the White House was 
making in addressing what it saw as a more complex dynamic between the 
two Middle Eastern nations.
Key words: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Middle East, framing, newspaper 
coverage, New York Times.

/Pachina, A., & Popova, A. (2019) The review of ‘mining’ in Russian 
media // World of Media. Journal of Russian Media and Journalism 
Studies, 2: 29-44./
In 2017, there was a sharp increase in the number of publications on the 
subject of ‘mining’ in Russian non-core media, which indicates the 
increased interest among non-professional audiences. This study relates 
the practice of mining crypto-currencies to the category of 
‘unobtrusive’ issues. It gives the media the role of translator, which 
shapes public opinion. The purpose of this work is to identify the 
context in which the discussion about the ‘mining’ in noncore Russian 
media is immersed. Based on different sources, we conducted a 
quantitative content analysis and used joint mentions of categories on 
the topic of ‘mining’ to build the network analysis. Moreover, 
interviews with ‘miners’ were used for more correct interpretation. The 
results showed that the non-core Russian media pay close attention to 
the category of ‘regulation’ of ‘mining’, which is most often mentioned 
with the Central Bank and the President. Besides, the geographical 
specifics of ‘mining’ are focused mostly on Moscow, Moscow region, the 
cities of Siberia and some foreign countries (the USA, China). The 
analysis also showed that the presence and tightness of category links 
in the subject of ‘mining’ have common features with the concentration 
of Bitcoin nodes.
Key words: Mining, cryptocurrency, bitcoin, discussions in the media, 
economics in the media, network analysis, network of mutual mentions.

/Antonopoulos, N., Karyotakis, M., Kiourexidou, M., & Veglis, A. (2019) 
Media web-sites environmental communication: Operational practices and 
news coverage // World of Media. Journal of Russian Media and Journalism 
Studies, 2: 44-63./
In contemporary world, it is estimated that there are 1,838,596,056 
sites across 214,036,874 unique domain names and 7,290,968 web-facing 
computers. The huge power consumption of these online services has 
serious consequences regarding the environment. The web-sites, along 
with the web tools, need electrical power to operate. Thus, 
environmental problems such as global warming, air pollution, natural 
resource depletion, and acid rain are worsening. Consequently, this 
study researched five hundred news web-sites including well-known 
international news organizations in order to understand if they choose 
to cover environmental news, if they take action to protect the Earth’s 
habitat by operating through renewable sources, by using the black 
colour in their graphic design or energy saving mode, and by organizing 
actions in favour of the environment. The findings of this original 
research revealed that almost none of the prominent news web-sites of 
the world seem to care about changing their web-sites in order to become 
environmentally friendly.
Key words: Environmental news, web-sites, global warming, online journalism.

/Rahman, M. (2019) Impact of social networking sites on sleeping habits: 
A case of university students in Bangladesh // World of Media. Journal 
of Russian Media and Journalism Studies, 2: 63-80./
This study discusses the influences of social networking sites (SNSs) on 
the sleeping habits of students from two public universities in 
Bangladesh; until now, there hasn’t been any study, which has looked 
into this issue in the context of students in Bangladesh. Primarily, the 
study is qualitative in nature, skillfully supplemented by quantitative 
data, collected through interviews (about 200) and focus group 
discussion (FGDs) (with about 48 participants). The findings of the 
study suggest that most of the students addicted to using social 
networking sites, sleep late into the night, indicating thereby that 
SNSs do have an impact on the traditional ‘sleeping time’, which in turn 
could be detrimental to the health and study of university students in 
Bangladesh.
Key words: Social networking sites (SNSs), public university, sleeping 
habit, students, Bangladesh.

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