American mass media’s relation with the US government in foreign policy decision-making has been the subject of numerous studies in the interdisciplinary field of political communication. This paper reexamines the interaction between the media and the government in the US foreign policy decision-making process, analyzing the possible congruity and/or incongruity between The Washington Post...

Background: To assess the types of tracheobronchial foreign bodies, the means by which they gain access and the measures by which accidental aspiration can be prevented. Methods: Bronchoscopy was performed in 39 patients who presented with a suspicion of foreign body aspiration during a three-year period (Jan 2002 – Dec 2004) in the Department of ENT, Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi. Results: ...

Existing research has considered the effect of domestic unrest on repression and the effect of repression on subsequent unrest. However, governments’ strategic incentives to use repression as a targeted measure in order to prevent – as opposed to respond to – unrest altogether are understood little. This thesis analyses armed ethnic conflict as well as government repression targeted at ethnic g...

new millennium began when half of world population is living in the cities. predictions represent that the proportion of citizenship will reach to 65 percent by 2050. one the phenomena affected by living in the cities is citizenship. citizenship phenomenon is one of the phenomena that in in the era of social political evolution in the world have received much attention. presentation of theories...

purity involves commitment and awareness of the principles of a religion so that these principles can affect a person’s individual and social life. since religion deals with fulfilling social needs and those public profits within which the group’s desires lie, today it is expected that a religion can attract and guarantee commitment in its followers. meanwhile, new cities, especially baharestan...

this study aims to have a sociological explanation of the different forms of participation among khalkhal citizens and the factors affecting it. in this study, the important issue is attention to dimensions of participation. the theoretical framework and model were presented by using the theory of talcott parsons, lipset, habermas, de tocqueville, lerner, and rostow. this research was a survey ...

background: timely notification is of great importance in health emergencies. so identifying the most important sources of information used by people in emergencies seems necessary. the objective of this study was to assess peoples’ level of awareness concerning the symptoms, routes of transmission, prevention, and treatment of h1n1 at the time of the pandemic and also to identify their most im...