Influence of Voter Demographics and Newspaper in Shaping Political Party Choice in India: An Empirical Investigation

Choice of political party is an important decision a citizen faces in a democracy. In recent times, as democracies in many countries have matured, a number of studies are focusing on party and candidate choice and their various determinants. India, being the largest democracy, provides a fertile ground for such research. Accordingly, in this paper we concentrate on demographic characteristics, newspaper-reading habits of voters, and their political choice. To study this we have considered a very unique data set collected just before the watershed elections in the state of West Bengal in India, where the ruling Communist coalition was defeated after thirty-four years of power in the state. The survey was conducted using a structured questionnaire to collect information on demographic characteristics of voters and their political choice. The respondents were asked to indicate their party choice from among the three major political parties. As the literature shows that gender, age, education, income levels, marital status, occupational status, and choice of newspaper have significant impact on political choice, we have considered these as predictor variables for our study. From our study it is seen that among the demographic determinants, gender, marital status, and income of the respondents do not influence the choice of political party in our sample. However, occupation and newspaper choice of voters have significant impact on political party choice in our sample. In addition, we have observed that certain categories of age of voters significantly influence decision making of voters along with occupation and newspaper choice categories.     

Is It Time to Reform the Dual-Track Pension System?

正Civil servants’pensions is an issue that has long been debated in China.In spite of the fact that pensions for enterprise employees have been rising continuously for the past seven years,their benefits are much lower than that of their civil servant peers.There exists an increasingly widening gap between civil servants’pensions and those of other workers.Recently,the microblog account of the newspaper People’s Daily published an article,which says that civil servants’pensions sur-     

马克思主义群众办报思想的形成逻辑

“新闻为谁服务，由谁来办”是世界新闻传播史上的永恒实践命题。从新闻价值归宿层面上讲，回应此命题的路径无外乎：“新闻由精英来办，为精英服务”，即所谓“精英办报”，或“新闻由群众来办，为群众服务”，即所谓“群众办报”。从逻辑缘起看，“群众办报”是对“精英办报”无法满足时代需求的一种新闻代偿，放在社会历史进步视景中看，它更是马克思历史唯物主义意识形态在无产阶级专政社会中的新闻必然表征。     

刍议公安院校图书馆对公安报刊情报信息的开发利用

公安报刊是一种极为丰富而未被充分开发利用的信息源。公安报刊记载有关于公安路线方针政策、公安业务、公安学术、公安科技、国外警察等情报信息内容 ,这些情报信息具有及时性、内容广泛性 ,可靠性和保密性的特点。充分开发利用报刊情报信息的方法和措施是建立健全情报信息源体系、提高情报资料利用率以及运用现代化技术手段 ,拓展情报信息服务的新领域     

论泰国华文报纸副刊的变迁与困境

泰国华文报副刊曾经有过一段辉煌的历史，但是随着形势的变化，华文报副刊呈现出衰败的迹象。本文通过论述副刊的历史、文学形态等，分析了副刊生存的困境，为读者认识世界华文热与中华文化传播的关系提供另一个视角。     

关于北京五家都市报的比较研究

当前,都市报业竞争激烈。从北京五家都市报的比较研究中可以看出它们存在着趋同化与差异化等共同特点。趋同化表现为:定位趋同,重视社会新闻报道,强化地域性、服务性等。差异化则表现在:时政新闻宣传方面各显神通,社会、市民新闻报道八仙过海,图片新闻报道各显风采等。这些特点,将在今后继续影响着它们各自的生存与发展。     

网络时代高校校报的整体新闻报道策划

网络时代高校校报面临着空前的生存和发展压力。增强策划意识,提升策划能力,重视整体新闻报道策划的制定、实施是高校校报应对挑战的重要出路之一。整体新闻报道策划的制定要把握坚持政策性、突出针对性、体现前瞻性、遵循规律性的原则,并通过一定的程序,依据传播策略,提炼出准确的报道主题和宣传重点,以此来指导整个学校新闻宣传工作的有序开展。     

从女性视角解读中国“第一夫人”新闻报道--基于《人民日报》女性读者的深度访谈

中国“第一夫人”的相关新闻报道不断增加,引起了越来越多女性的关注。她们对“第一夫人”新闻报道的解读不仅可以反映当代中国女性的社会地位,同时也透露了中国女性对自我身份的构建趋势。通过对以“滚雪球”的方式选取的12名《人民日报》的女性读者进行深度访谈和质性分析发现,女性对于“第一夫人”新闻报道的解读可以总结为“政治上的犹豫”“成功观念的转变”以及“矛盾的自信”3个方面。这种结果让我们发现,中国当代女性的新身份构建仍任重而道远。     

关于当前高校校报言论写作的若干思考——以省高校校报研究会一等奖言论《学会在压力下生存和发展》为例

高校校报言论是对高校校园内某种事件、现象、态势加以评述、评说的一种文体.以省高校校报研究会一等奖言论《学会在压力下生存和发展》为例,综合分析近几年校报研究会年会参评言论,概括出当前校报言论写作选题具有针对性、内容具有贴近性、结构具有完整性等特点,但也存在着一些不足.建议言论作者和校报编校人员增强责任意识、加强业务学习,校报主管部门注重稳定采编队伍、加强校报审读管理,真正做到以正确的舆论引导人.