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Social Sciences, Volume 13, Issue 8

August 2024 - 54 articles

Cover Story: This study explores civic literacy as an approach to countering disinformation in democracies. We analyze diverse perspectives on disinformation in Sweden, which has previously been upheld as a country with high civic literacy levels. Our findings suggest that shared basic knowledge on disinformation in Sweden is lacking and that there is a related weak understanding of what constitutes authentic information. Interviewees with low awareness operate on a logic of beliefs, implying that measures to improve factuality can not even be aspired to. Still, there are also constituents who indicate an advanced understanding of the topic. Most respondents call for new measures to strengthen citizen knowledge and skills. Our results indicate that citizen competence needs to increase to keep up with the rapidly evolving disinformation environment. View this paper
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Articles (54)

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,034 Views
18 Pages

How Do Older Adults Perceive Sexual Unwellness? A Cross-National Qualitative Study with Mexican and Portuguese Older Adults

  • Sofia von Humboldt,
  • Neyda Ma. Medoza-Ruvalcaba,
  • José Alberto Ribeiro-Gonçalves,
  • Alejandro Chávez-Rodríguez,
  • Elva Dolores Arias-Merino,
  • Gail Low and
  • Isabel Leal

22 August 2024

Objectives: Perspectives on sexual unwellness (SU), referring to difficulties in achieving sexual satisfaction and maintaining sexual relationships, may vary across different cultural contexts. Understanding how cultural factors such as social norms,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,022 Views
16 Pages

21 August 2024

China is a populous country and its growing elderly population is pushing the whole country into the maelstrom of an aging society. The media practices and media interactions of empty-nesters have gradually become a real issue that is affecting the d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,622 Views
17 Pages

21 August 2024

Since the onset of the Somali civil war in the late 1980s, more than 2 million Somalis have been internally displaced or crossed international borders to seek haven. Yet, research on diasporic Somali women’s intergenerational communication abou...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,039 Views
19 Pages

21 August 2024

In contemporary times, the conceptualisation of marriage has shifted; however, societal attitudes and cultural ideologies regarding its construction remain complex. As such, unique generational perspectives are needed to reflect on how marriage has e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,710 Views
22 Pages

Gender in Portuguese Firefighters: The Experiences and Strategies of Women

  • Beatriz Gomes Lopes,
  • António Manuel Marques and
  • Maria Helena Santos

21 August 2024

This study sets out to analyze the negative effects of tokenism among a group of Portuguese female firefighters alongside the strategies they adopt to integrate into a male majority professional context and inherently associated with masculinity. Ind...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,089 Views
13 Pages

Clickbait Contagion in International Quality Media: Tabloidisation and Information Gap to Attract Audiences

  • Alba Diez-Gracia,
  • Pilar Sánchez-García,
  • Dolors Palau-Sampio and
  • Iris Sánchez-Sobradillo

20 August 2024

The competition to attract audiences has led to an increase in sensational or misleading headlines and content, with the aim of garnering user clicks in the news media. This dynamic alters the journalistic manner in which news is presented, and it do...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,896 Views
25 Pages

18 August 2024

This study examines the progress and challenges in the democratic landscape of Africa within the framework of the Africa Agenda 2063 (hereafter AA2063). Initiated in 2013, the Agenda signifies Africa’s commitment to an integrated, prosperous, and pea...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,278 Views
22 Pages

17 August 2024

Empowering women requires a multidimensional and holistic approach that encompasses the social, political, and economic aspects of women’s development. Economic empowerment is particularly crucial for achieving sustainable development in societ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,489 Views
25 Pages

16 August 2024

There is an increasing number of children in the U.S. classified as English Learners (ELs). Accurately identifying and supporting ELs in their academic settings entails understanding their non-English language experiences. This study presents finding...

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Soc. Sci. - ISSN 2076-0760