New media–new voices: satirical representations of Nigeria’s socio-politics in Ogas at the top     

Philip Effiom Ephraim  Tutku Akter  Martin Gansinger 《Critical Studies in Media Communication》2017,34(1):44-57

New media are increasingly providing spaces and opportunities for media houses and activist groups engaged in socio-political reform in Africa. In Nigeria, social media are becoming platforms for communicating messages of resistance against oppressive political and exploitative economic power structures. This study analyzed Ogas at the top (OATT), an online puppetry series by Buni TV, as a way of examining new platforms and message content in Nigeria’s rapidly changing media sphere. Relying on semiotics and critical discourse analysis perspectives, the study analyzed select episodes of the series, to gauge how producers constructed powerful visual and linguistic messages to boldly satirize social injustices perpetrated by Nigeria’s political elites.  相似文献   

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on caregiver mental health and the child caregiving environment in a low-resource,rural context     

Helen O. Pitchik  Fahmida Tofail  Fahmida Akter  Jesmin Sultana  AKM Shoab  Tarique M. N. Huda  Jenna E. Forsyth  Natasha Kaushal  Tania Jahir  Farzana Yeasmin  Rizwana Khan  Jyoti B. Das  Md. Khobair Hossain  Md. Rezaul Hasan  Mahbubur Rahman  Peter J. Winch  Stephen P. Luby  Lia C. H. Fernald 《Child development》2021,92(5):e764-e780

Early child development has been influenced directly and indirectly by the COVID-19 pandemic, and these effects are exacerbated in contexts of poverty. This study estimates effects of the pandemic and subsequent population lockdowns on mental health, caregiving practices, and freedom of movement among female caregivers of children 6–27 months (50% female), in rural Bangladesh. A cohort (N = 517) was assessed before and during the pandemic (May–June, 2019 and July–September, 2020). Caregivers who experienced more food insecurity and financial loss during the pandemic reported larger increases in depressive symptoms (0.26 SD, 95% CI 0.08–0.44; 0.21 SD, 0.04–0.40) compared to less affected caregivers. Stimulating caregiving and freedom of movement results were inconsistent. Increases in depressive symptoms during the pandemic may have consequences for child development.  相似文献