THE ARMY BELONGS TO CAESAR
Abstract
The nation-state continues to represent the institutional
and organizational framework that ensures the
development of countries and the prosperity of citizens. It
is the one that ensures both cultural manifestation in the
domestic and international environment. Globalization
and the adherence to various alliance frameworks have not
removed the manifestations of specific durability. The
actions dedicated to the recent Covid pandemic have once
again proven the viability of states as a form of social
organization for the preservation of life and the further
development of humanity.
Keywords: army, state, military.
GEOPOLITICAL COMMUNICATION IN POST-COLD WAR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Abstract
Building a new international system after the end of the
cold war turned out to be a complex and multifaceted
process, which found its expression in several global
developments and scenarios proposed by various scientific
schools, opinion leaders and representatives of different
cultures and religions. Even if the opportunity to identify
certain more constructive and less violent forms of interaction
between the international actors is expressed, patterns may
bear the imprint of the conflicting logic between the poles,
the latter receiving, alongside the traditional realistic
treatment, yet another dimension, extracted either from the
reflection of new realities or from intellectual speculations.
The polarity certainly remains the basic problem of the world
geopolitical architecture of the international security, also
determining the configuration of the international system
structure. Under the conditions of the global anarchy of
international relations that define the power’s world
hierarchy, the existence of the geopolitical hegemony
between the major actors is a natural thing conditioned by
the need to contribute to the achievement or the impairment
of the process of guaranteeing international security, by
further maintaining the tendency of extending its sphere
of geopolitical influence, intensifying the role of the
political and military factor, which has not decisively lost
its relevance and topicality, being on the contrary
strengthened.
Keywords: geopolitics, international relations, international
system, post-cold war, world order.
MASS MEDIA AND MISINFORMATION OF CONFLICT REPORTAGE: A CALL FOR PEACE ORIENTED JOURNALISM FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
Abstract
Africa as a continent recorded a series of conflicts
which hindered meaningful developmental policies from
being implemented. It is no longer news that conflict
thwarts socio-economic development. It has been
documented that whenever there is conflict, developmental
processes are crippled either directly or indirectly. Mass
media whose roles is to educate, entertain and enlighten
the people on developmental issues plays a vital role in
information dissemination regarding issues, events and
happenings around the environment, even in conflict
situation, which triggers human interest and stimulates
curiosity especial among the people affected. Disseminating
such information, in this regards, requires a high sense of
professionalism in other not to misinform the public which
may lead to fuelling and escalating more conflict rather
than mitigating it. The present paper, therefore, calls for
professionalism in reporting conflict and conflict related
issues by media practitioner across Africa. The paper
qualitatively collected data mainly from secondary sources
such as textbooks, journals, newspapers, magazines,
internet and other relevant documents. Anchored on the
social responsibility theory to provide support for the
study in explaining the needs for the media to set agenda
on developmental issues and be objective, balanced,
unbiased and credible in reporting conflict and conflict
related issues. Conclusively, the paper calls for
professionalism among media practitioners in their conflict
related reportage. The paper, therefore, recommends that
there is need for trained and professional journalists in
reporting conflict related issues. This will, in turn, help in
achieving the goal nine (9) of the AU Agenda 2063 which
is targeted at “Silencing the gun by 2020” to end all wars,
conflict and gender-based violence, prevent genocide and
achieve desired sustainable development across Africa.
Keywords: Mass media, misinformation, conflict reportage,
peace journalism, sustainable development.
PARAMETERS OF SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATION: TYPOLOGY, HIERARCHY AND EFFECTS ON USERS
Abstract
Social networks have a major impact on people, both
individually and collectively.In order to be well informed
and to know how to efficiently use communication through
social networks, various parameters have been invented
with the help of which one can measure both the
performance of individual users and those of advertising
campaigns initiated by different companies. Also, the
communication parameters through social networks help
us evaluate the efficiency of their use and determine when
and how we need to improve the communication strategy
so as to achieve our goals.Through this article I intend to
synthesize the relevant data existing in the specialized
literature regarding the communication parameters
through social networks and to contribute to deepening
the knowledge on how to rank parameters and their effects
on the users of social networks.
Keywords: algorithms of online communication, online
communication, effects of online communication, hierarchy of
online communication parameters, social networks, social media
metrics.
THE ACCURACY OF THE MESSAGE – A QUALITY OF FINANCIAL REPORTING IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC-FINANCIAL REALITY
Abstract
Economic globalization, development and the
continuous transformations which take place in the
business sphere have induced the need for a single
reference framework in order to regulate the accounting
activity, regardless of the geographical location or social
and cultural realities in the states where economic entities
operate. There was a need for an international model that
would ensure transparency, relevance and comparability
of financial reporting and facilitate business financing
through capital markets in all corners of the world. Thus,
the International Financial Reporting Standards and
notions such as the true, clear and complete picture were
brought to the fore, in relation to which the accounting
principles and rules were aligned. In this context, the
present study performs an analysis on the qualitative
parameters of information in the financial reports
communicated by the economic entities.
Keywords: financial-accounting information, annual
financial statements, quality of financial reporting, accounting
principles, true image.
PARAMETERS OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION IN SOCIAL MEDIA
Abstract
This article represents a research based on the existing
literature and an analytical-descriptive study meant to
answer the question: which nonverbal manifestations
complement the message transmitted through social media? The
methodology that was used in this study is descriptive, a
qualitative analysis based on literature in the field and an
analysis of different social networks. The present study
examined the nonverbal behaviour of social media users,
for which social networks such as Facebook, Instagram,
TikTok and Twitter were observed. We used the primary
and secondary source to explore the objectives pursued,
with the primary source for data collection in this study
being the observation, and the secondary source being
taken from books, scientific articles, and research papers.
Keywords: communication, nonverbal communication,
virtual reality, body language.
CONSTITUENT AND FUNCTIONAL MILESTONES OF THE MEDIA LEGISLATION. REGULATION AND SELF-REGULATION OF MASS MEDIA IN ROMANIA AND MOLDOVA
Abstract
The media is a force that brings together, unifies and
gives coherence to social individuals and communities in
the modern world, because it produces at the same time
the same messages, which it distributes to very diverse
categories of audiences in equally different spaces. Thus,
the problems that influence or face certain individuals or
social groups, once publicized, become common for the
whole society.
Keywords: Mass-Media, social media, media activity
regulation and self-regulation, social journalism, social
paradigm, media researcher, media pragmatism, public interest,
free speech, information dissemination, positive communication
cycle.
THE RHETORIC OF THE VISUAL: ON THE SEDUCTORY POWER OF THE IMAGE
Abstract
In a world dominated by technology and the constant
flow of information, in an era where imagination and reality
meet, the image is the dominant form of expression and
interaction in society. Whether we use mobile phones,
tablets, laptops or smart TVs, whether we are aware of it or
not, these tools become windows to an immersive universe
where emotions are manipulated, thoughts are influenced
and opinions are shaped. In this ever-expanding visual
landscape it is essential to ask ourselves: how do televisual
images manage to attract, captivate and fascinate? What
exactly gives them this seductive power?The vision of the
chosen problem regarding the research topic on the
seductive power of the image is objective, balanced, based
on empirical and theoretical analysis, avoiding value
judgments on this complex phenomenon, approached over
time from multiple perspectives. To provide a detailed
insight into how televisual images influence and seduce, the
main aim of the assignment is to identify the specific
mechanisms, strategies and techniques used, explore and
understand how televisual images use various visual
rhetorical techniques. Television uses various seduction
strategies to maintain and gain the trust and loyalty of the
audience. Based on this premise, we shall analyse how the
techniques of visual and narrative seduction are used in
television content.“Visual rhetoric: on the seductive power
of the image” is a complex research topic that involves the
use of multiple tools and methods in order to explore how
television images are constructed to capture attention and
seduce the audience. The theoretical position we adopt in
the development of the subject consists in the theory of uses
and pleasures. This perspective emphasizes that the
audience is not passive, but actively interacts with television
content, satisfying individual needs and desires, representing
a form of escape, entertainment and pleasure. The audience
has the opportunity to select and interpret the images
according to its own interests and preferences. Therefore, it
is important to establish a clear understanding of key or
specific terms, starting from defining the concept of seduction
in the context of the televisual discourse to identifying the
methods and strategies used in television production. The
corpus of the present analysis is made up of televisual
productions broadcast by television stations, and the data
were obtained through monitoring and occasional recordings
(image captures) with the aim of obtaining a diverse range of
televisual images in order to highlight their seductive power.
Keywords: visual rhetoric, seduction, television image,
persuasion, visual message.
