Abstract: Media becomes not only a medium but also provider of religious customs, values, and mores. Representation of religious practices and festivals in the mass media provide materials for constructing attitude and views of the audiences. In that vein, this paper presents a theoretical concept of the understanding of how the media represent the religious customs in a different way than the traditional religious values are, specifically taking the role of agenda setting or customizing a frame view. Inspired by Michael Billigs banal nationalism concept Harvard Stigz has also developed a banal religion concept to understand how media provide a religious imagination in our society which bears several differences with the traditional religious views. After this customized function of media, then comes the purpose of this function. Why media do that? That is another aim of this paper. Data were gathered from a qualitative content analysis of three Bangladeshi dailies and online newspapers. This st

• Publication Date: 15-Sep-2019
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-179-5-02
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Abstract: Background: Flexibility is an important physical fitness marker playing a vital role in maintaining normal biomechanical function in sports and activities of daily life. Inadequate flexibility is a causative factor that may lead to muscle injury, particularly if the hamstring group of muscles is involved. Objective: To compare the effectiveness of Post-isometric relaxation (PIR) and Static Stretching (SS) on hamstring flexibility among young children. Materials and Methods: One hundred and twenty 9 to 11 years old children identified as having hamstrings tightness assessed by passive straight leg raise test were recruited and allocated into three groups: post-isometric relaxation, static stretching and control group. Both intervention groups performed stretching and the control group was not involved in any stretching programme. The exercises were performed for 5 days in a week for six weeks. Passive straight leg raise test was used to assess hamstring flexibility and the measurement w

• Publication Date: 15-Sep-2019
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-179-5-03
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