Narrators’ perspectives: communicating the EU in Ukraine,Israel and Palestine in times of conflict

ABSTRACT

The role of newsmakers as intermediaries in the shaping of external perceptions and reception of narratives advanced by different actors remains sparse in EU studies. This contribution fills this gap and addresses the personal images of the EU of newsmakers. We contribute to the understanding of those personal perceptions and their link to professional values of audience interest, newsworthiness and objectivity in reporting the EU. The article will demonstrate that all journalists perceive EU coverage in their respective locations are led by local priorities. Negative views of the EU as a weakening, biased, ineffective, elitist and arrogant actor are dominant. Arguably, they create conditions for the birth and dissemination of Euro-distant and even Euro-sceptic media narratives. The article will explain why this is the case while drawing on political/ideational and business/financial explanations.     

我国司法鉴定改革述评与展望

我国的司法鉴定改革自1998年正式展开。第一轮改革由司法部主导并以司法鉴定的社会化和体制统一为核心内容。第二轮改革的基本标志是全国人大常委会颁布的《关于司法鉴定管理问题的决定》,仍然致力于司法鉴定的体制统一。但改革至今,广受诟病的多头鉴定和重复鉴定等问题依然存在。应当从《司法鉴定法》的制定、司法鉴定行政管理体制的统一、加强当事人对司法鉴定的参与和健全司法鉴定行业管理制度等几个方面进一步深化改革。     

精神病鉴定程序的启动——以精神病事件的频发现象为背景

精神病事件的悲剧在我国频频发生已是不容忽视的问题。其根源之一是相当部分精神病患者或疑似精神病人未能进行精神病鉴定,因而未能确定其应当按照精神病进行医治以及落实其监护问题。人们之所以缺乏启动精神病鉴定程序的意识和行为,立法的缺失与缺陷是其主要原因。为此,我国应当在法律层面确立精神病鉴定制度,并将精神病鉴定程序的启动作为其重要内容,对精神病鉴定的适用范围、精神病鉴定程序的启动主体、委托或申请精神病的程序要求以及鉴定费用等问题作出合理的规定。     

Social Factors in Adolescent Deviant Behaviour in Hong Kong: An Integrated Theoretical Approach

This study examines various social correlates of adolescent deviant behaviour in Hong Kong. An integrated theoretical model is constructed which incorporates variables derived from major theories of juvenile delinquency: namely, differential association theory, control theory, strain theory, and labelling theory. Data were collected through a self-report questionnaire administered to a sample of 1,139 students from ten randomly selected secondary schools during early 1986. Path analysis is performed so that the direct, indirect, and total effects of each of the variables can be estimated and compared with those of other variables. Findings suggest that differential association theory can make the greatest contributions in explaining adolescent deviant behaviour in Hong Kong, followed by control theory and labelling theory. Strain theory did not receive any support from the data. Theoretical implications of the results are discussed.     

马来西亚华人婚宴菜名结构和寓意

中国人讲究"吃",海外华人也一样。在马来西亚,大多数华人的婚宴菜肴仍然以中式菜肴为主,菜名也延续中国菜名结构。在名称的结构和元素方面,婚宴菜名仍保留着传统方式,以1—5元素并排凑合,除了烹调动词外,其他多为名词。在寓意方面,婚宴菜名也顾及族群的文化和心理,极尽富贵吉利幸福之意。大部分菜名字数介于4—13字之间,以实指、虚指或实虚元素结合,非常多样化,体现了华人对菜肴婚宴语言的高度要求。