Raul Reis
Biographic Data
| ID | 3771305 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raul Reis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raul |
| FAMILY NAME | Reis |
| SIGNATURE | REIS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Long Beach |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7354-5261 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Journalism and Latinos
An academic discussion about Latinos and the media could hardly fail to acknowledge how scholars have dealt with three main issues: stereotyping and its effects on popular perception; underrepresentation and its pitfalls; and ignorance about the group and the potentially negative consequences of that ignorance. From “greasy” Latin lovers to quick-tempered “banditos”; from sensual dancers and temptresses to spitfire home wreckers; Latinos and Lati…
The Impact of Media on Traditional Communities
This editorial provides a brief historical overview of research on the impact of media on traditional communities, and introduces the articles featured in this issue
Uses of Mass Media for Adaptation Purposes
This research project used a survey to assess the impact of English- and Portuguese-language mass media on how Brazilian immigrants in the Los Angeles area adapt to their new environment. In addition to mass media use, the survey also took into account cultural preferences, language fluency, and demographics as possible predictors of cultural adaptation for Brazilian immigrants in a large and multicultural metropolitan area of the United States. …
Brazilian NGO Creates Innovative Social Carbon Methodology
This essay includes an introduction of the concept “Social Carbon” and the groundbreaking work of the Brazilian non-profit organization, Instituto Ecológica, on developing this idea as a response to global climate change
How Brazilian and North American Newspapers Frame the Stem Cell Research Debate
Stem cell research has become one of the hottest scientific topics in the past few years. By combining the ability to exactly self-duplicate and the potential to differentiate themselves to constitute any organic tissue, embryonic stem cells have presented geneticists and medical researchers with a new wealth of possibilities to treat and cure degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. By relying heavily on discarded embryonic lin…
Environmental News
This article examines how two important Brazilian newspapers covered the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit). Overall, 649 news items were content analyzed to determine the type of sources used, as well as the kind of issues covered. The analysis showed that government officials were the most frequently cited sources, while environmentalists and scientists were all but ignored as news sources. The analysis also…
The Impact of Television Viewing in the Brazilian Amazon
This article reports the results of an ethnographic study on the impact of television viewing in the Brazilian Amazon. In the fall of 1996, the researcher spent three months doing field work in the community of Sao Joao de Pirabas. The narrative account that follows tries to answer these questions: What has been the role of television in the way that rural Brazilian communities construct their own interpretation of reality? And what kinds of cult…
How Brazilian and North American Newspapers Frame the Stem Cell Research Debate
Stem cell research has become one of the hottest scientific topics in the past few years. By combining the ability to exactly self-duplicate and the potential to differentiate themselves to constitute any organic tissue, embryonic stem cells have presented geneticists and medical researchers with a new wealth of possibilities to treat and cure degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. By relying heavily on discarded embryonic lin…
Environmental News
This article examines how two important Brazilian newspapers covered the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit). Overall, 649 news items were content analyzed to determine the type of sources used, as well as the kind of issues covered. The analysis showed that government officials were the most frequently cited sources, while environmentalists and scientists were all but ignored as news sources. The analysis also…
The Impact of Media on Traditional Communities
This editorial provides a brief historical overview of research on the impact of media on traditional communities, and introduces the articles featured in this issue
Uses of Mass Media for Adaptation Purposes
This research project used a survey to assess the impact of English- and Portuguese-language mass media on how Brazilian immigrants in the Los Angeles area adapt to their new environment. In addition to mass media use, the survey also took into account cultural preferences, language fluency, and demographics as possible predictors of cultural adaptation for Brazilian immigrants in a large and multicultural metropolitan area of the United States. …
The Impact of Television Viewing in the Brazilian Amazon
This article reports the results of an ethnographic study on the impact of television viewing in the Brazilian Amazon. In the fall of 1996, the researcher spent three months doing field work in the community of Sao Joao de Pirabas. The narrative account that follows tries to answer these questions: What has been the role of television in the way that rural Brazilian communities construct their own interpretation of reality? And what kinds of cult…
Environmental News
This article examines how two important Brazilian newspapers covered the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit). Overall, 649 news items were content analyzed to determine the type of sources used, as well as the kind of issues covered. The analysis showed that government officials were the most frequently cited sources, while environmentalists and scientists were all but ignored as news sources. The analysis also…
How Brazilian and North American Newspapers Frame the Stem Cell Research Debate
Stem cell research has become one of the hottest scientific topics in the past few years. By combining the ability to exactly self-duplicate and the potential to differentiate themselves to constitute any organic tissue, embryonic stem cells have presented geneticists and medical researchers with a new wealth of possibilities to treat and cure degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. By relying heavily on discarded embryonic lin…
Brazilian NGO Creates Innovative Social Carbon Methodology
This essay includes an introduction of the concept “Social Carbon” and the groundbreaking work of the Brazilian non-profit organization, Instituto Ecológica, on developing this idea as a response to global climate change
Uses of Mass Media for Adaptation Purposes
This research project used a survey to assess the impact of English- and Portuguese-language mass media on how Brazilian immigrants in the Los Angeles area adapt to their new environment. In addition to mass media use, the survey also took into account cultural preferences, language fluency, and demographics as possible predictors of cultural adaptation for Brazilian immigrants in a large and multicultural metropolitan area of the United States. …
Journalism and Latinos
An academic discussion about Latinos and the media could hardly fail to acknowledge how scholars have dealt with three main issues: stereotyping and its effects on popular perception; underrepresentation and its pitfalls; and ignorance about the group and the potentially negative consequences of that ignorance. From “greasy” Latin lovers to quick-tempered “banditos”; from sensual dancers and temptresses to spitfire home wreckers; Latinos and Lati…
The Impact of Media on Traditional Communities
This editorial provides a brief historical overview of research on the impact of media on traditional communities, and introduces the articles featured in this issue
Sociology (7 works) · Business (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Advertising (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Law (2 works)