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Table of Contents Vol:14 Issue 3/2024

BIOROBOTS – THE FREEDOM OF LIFE BETWEEN SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS, ETHICAL RIGOR AND SOCIAL DANGER
Mihai LUCHIAN1, Maria FLOREA2

ARE WE MOVING AWAY FROM OURSELVES!?
Georgel RUSU1

COMPLIANCE OF MOLDOVAN LEGISLATION IN THE FIELD OF NATIONAL MINORITY MEDIA TO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS
Elena PAHOMOVA1

THE FEATURES OF THE "AUTOMATED" DISINFORMATION ACTION
OF THE MODERN ERA

Victor MORARU 1, Theofilos MAROUSIS 2

MASS MEDIA IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA AND BUILDING RESILIENCE AGAINST DISINFORMATION IN COVERING THE EUROPEAN PATH
Mariana TACU1

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN JOURNALISM: ABOUT CREDIBILITY AND INNOVATION
Victoria BULICANU1

JOURNALISTIC HIGHER EDUCATION: THE METAMORPHOSIS OF PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Georgeta STEPANOV1

BIOROBOTS – THE FREEDOM OF LIFE BETWEEN SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS, ETHICAL RIGOR AND SOCIAL DANGER

Mihai LUCHIAN1, Maria FLOREA2    << Back to contents

Abstract
Xenobots are biological robots that come from
segmenting stem cells according to certain computer
criteria. The resulting structures have the ability to
reproduce, reconfigure, regroup autonomously and
develop elements capable of movement. Sheltered in the
human body, these entities can acquire extensive capacities,
they become responsible, perform certain missions, carry
a load and repair themselves. These capacities are
maintained and amplified in the succession of reproductive
generations, they can generate multiple dangers to the
ecosystem and in a certain context, to humanity itself. For
these reasons, it is necessary to define the principles and
protective norms, as following: drafting a code of ethics for
the conditions of generation and use of xenobots;the
dimensioning of the conceptual parameters and the use of
the computer programs generating biological robots; the
implementation of multiplane security rigors to maintain
real control of the laboratory product, as an entity, in a
group and context of use, etc. The specific memory of stem
cells, their ability to fulfil certain commands allowed by
the existence and function of the morphic, energy-dominant
field, including to make decisions independently of
possible human options, objectively raises major ethical
issues in terms of research and use of xenobots, regardless
of the nobility of the declaimed objectives.
Keywords: xenobots, biorobots, morphic field, bioethics,
stem cells.

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ARE WE MOVING AWAY FROM OURSELVES!?

Georgel RUSU1    << Back to contents

Abstract
The way of being that once defined human nature
seems to be dynamited today for the sake of relative
conveniences in the presence of pressures anchored in the
sociological and the existence of manifestations that, in
administrative treatment, have forced us to replace those
specific to the fundamental distinction of human beings,
by sex (male-female), with gender (for now). Questions
have rightly arisen about a possible “obligation” to get out
of what humanity has considered for millennia to be
normality and to direct the social in the opposite direction.
We shall try to inductively analyse a number of slippages
(differences) that manifest themselves differently today
than in the past, in an attempt to understand the
transformations and especially some variations of
behavioural response that occur over time in some
organisms.
Keywords: corn, consumer, human nature.

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COMPLIANCE OF MOLDOVAN LEGISLATION IN THE FIELD OF NATIONAL MINORITY MEDIA TO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS

Elena PAHOMOVA1    << Back to contents

Abstract
The availability of national minorities’ mass media in
any state is a factual confirmation of respect for human
rights and international law in this area. The legislation of
the Republic of Moldova allows the representatives of
minority ethnic groups to create their own media. In
general, legal acts and regulations in Moldova comply with
the international human rights standards. The missions of
international organizations monitoring the situation in the
republic note certain shortcomings that are being gradually
eliminated.There is a consistently high demand for national
minority media in the Republic of Moldova. Every fourth
resident of the country belongs to minority ethnic groups.
Despite the high demand, the number of such media is
small. The exception is the south of the republic, where the
autonomous territorial formation of Gagauzia is located,
where Gagauz and Bulgarians live compactly. On its
territory, all local media broadcast mainly in the languages
of national minorities. The experts interviewed in the
course of this study explain the small number of national
minorities’ media through the lack of funds and a shortage
of professional staff. The distinctive characteristics of these
media - language, subject matter, region of distribution or
broadcasting - represent an advantage for the target
audience and a disadvantage for advertisers. For the
vitality of such media, international organizations, in
particular, the UN and the OSCE, recommend providing
them with support at the state level. These can be both
direct and indirect subsidies.The assessment of national
minorities’ media should be carried out from two positions:
the functioning of the media and the protection of human
rights in the context of national minorities. The availability
of this media group ensures freedom of access to
information for national minorities, political stability in the
country and prevents separatist sentiments.
Keywords: media, national minorities, ethnicity, human
rights, Moldova, Gagauzia.

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THE FEATURES OF THE "AUTOMATED" DISINFORMATION ACTION
OF THE MODERN ERA

Victor MORARU 1, Theofilos MAROUSIS 2    << Back to contents

Abstract


Informational warfare has become an important part of any conflict on many levels, especially if these are military, political or economic. Propaganda has adapted to the new technological environment and has evolved into what we meet as computational propaganda (as one of its forms). In this paper, we focus on the role of digitized influence operations in the disinformation spreading process. We discuss how digital space can be influenced by bots, i.e. automation-human mimicking robots in social media, and how it contributes to the function of companies through advertising. We also discuss how platforms possibly without their intention, could potentially use cookies (as well as the algorithms) and through disinformation, increase the users attention and engagement in order to harvest advertising profits. Finally, a very important issue is how these data from users could be used for behavioural targeting in political campaigns and voting events. Automation used for manipulative tactics urges the need to strengthen the measures against information falseness, in order to protect free decision-making and democratic values.
Keywords: disinformation, computational propaganda, opinion influence, bots.

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MASS MEDIA IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA AND BUILDING RESILIENCE AGAINST DISINFORMATION IN COVERING THE EUROPEAN PATH

Mariana TACU1    << Back to contents

Abstract
European integration has been one of the priority
objectives of the government of the Republic of Moldova
in recent years. This topic holds a prominent place on
political, media, and public agendas. In this context, the
media in Moldova plays an important role in reflecting
the country’s European path by accurately informing the
public, promoting transparency and accountability,
creating a space for public debate, and building resilience
against disinformation. Media education and digital
literacy, improving the regulatory and self-regulatory
system, diversifying funding sources, partnerships and
collaborations with media from EU countries, advanced
technologies and innovations, transparency and
accountability, represent strategic dimensions for
building resilience.
Keywords: disinformation, Euro

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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN JOURNALISM: ABOUT CREDIBILITY AND INNOVATION

Victoria BULICANU1    << Back to contents

Abstract
The field of journalism and information has always
been distinguished from other fields by the speed with
which any innovative technology that appeared on the
market could be quickly implemented in the daily activity
of media institutions. Years from now, these technologies
could already be considered implemented in other fields,
such as educational, medical, arts, etc. We consider
ourselves, however, as being pioneers in the process of
implementing technologies in the field we represent. This
status did not always come with praise of rigor, but often
with critical reactions on the need for their implementation.
The article below talks precisely about the transformations
imposed by information technologies in our field and the
digital skills that we must obtain during the years of study
in order to practice in media institutions today. It also
focuses on the challenges that educational institutions with
a journalistic profile face nowadays.
Keywords: digital technologies, technologization of the
didactic process, software, native digital media institution,
traditional media, global network.

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JOURNALISTIC HIGHER EDUCATION: THE METAMORPHOSIS OF PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Georgeta STEPANOV1    << Back to contents

Abstract
There is an impressive number of journalistic university
training models in the world, but all of them, regardless of
their specifics, focus on the formation of two types of
professional skills: general and specific. The general
professional competences are in correlation with the
contemporary trends of the development of the society and
are meant to respond to the rising demands of the journalist
to have a vast general knowledge. The specific competencies
depend on the contemporary development trends of the
media field and aim to satisfy the imperatives related to
the application of journalistic pre-production, production
and post-production tools, as well as the examination,
through the means of science, of the media field. The
structured sets of knowledge and skills assimilated by
future journalists around the world vary from one culture
to another, from one country to another, from one historical
period to another. These variations are designed according
to the socio-political and economic realities in which the
teaching process takes place, as well as the traditions
existing in higher education in the respective environments.
At the same time, they also appear due to the different
understanding, on the one hand, due to the social mission
of the media and the journalist’s role within the society, on
the other hand, the professional culture of journalists in
general and the minimum professionalism. Therefore, the
conceptual transfiguration of professional skills is due to
a series of intra- and extra-media factors that define the
framework for the development of higher education in
journalism and highlight the differences between university
training processes organized in different education
systems.
Keywords: higher education of journalistic profile, didactic
process, competences, objectives, finalities.

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