Good News Story: Nutrition for Brain Health

Using Microstructures and Composition to Decipher the Alterations of Rodent Teeth in Modern Regurgitation Pellets—A Good News-Bad News Story

Minerals ◽

10.3390/min10010063 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 63 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yannicke Dauphin

Keyword(s):

Electron Probe ◽

Bad News ◽

Good News ◽

News Story ◽

Electron Probe Micro Analysis ◽

Raman Spectrometry ◽

Bird Of Prey ◽

Digestion Process ◽

Palaeoenvironmental Reconstructions ◽

Micro Analysis

Rodent accumulations are widely used for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. But these accumulations are created through the activity of predators (carnivorous mammals, birds of prey), the predation and digestion of which modify the preservation of bones and teeth. The microstructures of dentine and enamel, as well as the mineralogy and composition of non-digested and digested Rodent teeth extracted from modern regurgitation pellets collected at Olduvai (Tanzania) from a bird of prey (Bubo sp.) are compared. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Electron Probe Micro Analysis (EPMA) and Raman spectrometry were used. The modifications induced by the digestion process are variable and depend on the tissue (enamel, dentine), tooth (incisor, molar) and the predator. For a given tissue of a tooth, the estimation of the intensity of the alteration varies according to the selected criteria. To classify the digested teeth in categories based on a single parameter to reconstruct environment is still subjective, even for modern accumulations. Moreover, to identify the interplay of diverse parameters to avoid biases in reconstructions is difficult.

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Rights, inclusion and citizenship: a good news story about learning in the early years

International Journal of Inclusive Education ◽

10.1080/13603116.2019.1629123 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 23 (10) ◽

pp. 1081-1094

Author(s):

Kate McAnelly ◽

Michael Gaffney

Keyword(s):

Early Years ◽

Good News ◽

News Story

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Ghana: A West African Good News Story?

The Round Table ◽

10.1080/00358533.2017.1326631 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 106 (3) ◽

pp. 343-344

Author(s):

Yasmin Jayesimi

Keyword(s):

West African ◽

Good News ◽

News Story

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News Media Organisations and Oil Spill Coverage

International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings ◽

10.7901/2169-3358-2003-1-353 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 2003 (1) ◽

pp. 353-356

Author(s):

Alison G. Anderson

Keyword(s):

News Media ◽

Media Coverage ◽

Online Survey ◽

Editorial Policy ◽

Good News ◽

News Story ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Scientific Training ◽

The Impact ◽

News Groups

ABSTRACT The news media play a key role in framing the media coverage of oil spills. It is imperative that scientists, industry and policymakers are fully tuned into the ways in which current news organisations operate. Over recent years, a growing environmental promotion industry has emerged, alongside an increasing emphasis on environmental advocacy within the commercial sector. A number of information crises (notably, the Exxon Valdez disaster in 1989) have forced sections of industry to take a more proactive approach to environmental communications as potent media imagery has directly contradicted assurances that environmental protection is not compromised by their activities. Particular issues or events that capture attention tend to be highly visually appealing and resonate with deeply held beliefs and values that operate at a symbolic level. This paper examines the preliminary findings of an international online survey of environmental reporting distributed to key environmental journalist news groups and generalist journalist news groups during June and July 2002. In particular, it focuses upon the following: journalists’ views about what makes a newsworthy story; their degree of scientific training; the constraints under which they work; their main sources of information; their relationships with news sources; and the impact of editorial policy. Interviews with environment correspondents reveal that relatively few possess scientific training and they tend to rely heavily upon official sources of information. The news agendas of broadcasters closely mirror that of print journalists and there is remarkable consensus concerning ‘news values’ – the taken for granted notions about what constitutes a ‘good’ news story. Having presented the main findings of the survey, the paper concludes by arguing that what is needed is greater communication between scientists, industry and journalists leading to an increased mutual recognition of the specific constraints under which they operate.

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Exploring the Unity in Australian Community Radio

Media International Australia ◽

10.1177/1329878x1214200114 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 142 (1) ◽

pp. 123-134 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Jacqui Ewart

Keyword(s):

Vital Role ◽

Radio Station ◽

Good News ◽

National Study ◽

Future Research ◽

News Story ◽

Community Radio ◽

Critical Approach ◽

Australian Community ◽

Radio Programs

It's no secret that the representation of migrant groups in the media has been particularly problematic, as has been their access to mainstream media, and both issues have attracted a great deal of research. Far less attention has been paid by researchers to how these groups respond when they experience such difficulties, and the various forms of media they use to engage with a variety of issues pertinent to them and their settlement experiences. This article uses data from two projects: Australia's first, and to date only, national study of community radio audiences; and a more recent case study of a community radio station undertaken in the course of research into talkback radio audiences. It reveals that community radio stations and programs provide migrant communities with a space in which they can discuss and negotiate their civic and social rights and responsibilities. Drawing on the reflections of audience members who listen to and call specific radio programs, this article explores the under-examined but vital role performed by these stations and programs in the social and civic lives of immigrants. It reveals that ethnic community radio programs are helping some audience members to formulate notions of good citizenship, and thus engage with democratic processes, which is vital to feeling socially included. The research reveals immigrants are using community radio proactively to reach out to and connect with the broader Australian community, while also reminding themselves of their homeland, culture and language. However, this article warns that researchers have largely focused on the ‘good news story’ of community broadcasting and suggests that a more critical approach to future research is warranted.

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