Introduction: South Africa's multiple languages in a shifting media environment

Abstract

The global South, as the collective for the peripheries of mainstream development is known, is often regarded as merely a beneficiary of Northern-borne notions in the field of organisational communication. The problem is that the Southern context and circumstance do not always mirror those of the North, meaning that these dominant, revered theories are not necessarily applicable. One Southern context is that of the South African mining and construction industries, which is seen as notoriously dangerous, plagued by various obstacles to internal organisational communication (such as illiteracy and diversity), and what Le Roux and Naudé (2009, 29) refer to as ‘historical baggage’. The research question of this article is whether congenital Northern communication theories can be adequately incorporated into the unique global South, in order to fulfil the important task of communicating safety information to employees. The article explores the appropriate implementation of the principles of the excellence theory, the stakeholder theory as well as the relationship management theory, and the research methodology includes interviews, focus groups and quantitative questionnaires at two organisations. The result of the empirical research is the amalgamation and reworking of these theories’ principles into a model for internal safety communication applicable to the South.     

When Private Talk Becomes Public Political Expression: Examining a Practice-Field Hypothesis of Youth Political Development

Previous research indicates the importance of interpersonal communication in the political socialization process. Investigations of political talk have mostly been restricted to frequency, and the theorizing of its effects centered on cognitive outcomes such as knowledge and ideological identification. This study examined the part played by private political talk in promoting expressive forms of political participation among adolescents. Recent survey panel data from Swedish 13–18-year-olds were analyzed. Results showed that frequency of private political talk predicted the extent of public political expression even when self-selection and previous levels of political expression were accounted for. Data offered some support for an expected interaction of private political talk and political interest in predicting public expression. The overall findings are consistent with the theoretical idea that political talk offers adolescents opportunities to enact participation in safe settings, and that this is a mechanism that can explain why talking about politics is favorable for political development during adolescence.     

边境地区警民沟通存在的问题及对策

做好我国边境地区的警民沟通工作,有利于构建和谐的警民关系、强化民警自身能力建设、激发群众参与边境治安工作的积极性。可当前边防民警与群众的沟通工作还存在不少问题,应该树立宗旨意识和典型示范,掌握警民沟通技巧,提高执法能力,消除警民沟通障碍,共同做好新时期边境地区的安全稳定工作。     

基于传播学理论模式的高校思想政治教育渠道研究

通过探讨传播学理论中"游戏论"、"议程设置"理论、麦克卢汉的媒介三论、"两级传播理论"与"意见领袖"对于高校思想政治教育渠道改进与创新的启示,着重提出对于高校思想政治教育渠道改进与创新的建议。     

Issue yield,campaign communication,and electoral performance: a six-country comparative analysis

Abstract

This article develops and tests a model that explains election outcomes on the basis of party strategy. It employs a new comparative dataset linking representative mass surveys from six European countries with Twitter analysis of campaign activity. The expectation is that parties whose issue agendas exploit electoral opportunities while avoiding risks will be rewarded at the polls. These risks and opportunities are modelled using issue yield, a general framework summarising public support, electoral alignments, and party credibility. Empirically, the article traces a three-step process: (1) the configuration of electoral risks and opportunities (which is captured through public opinion surveys) guides party communication (measured with Twitter data), and to the degree that (2) parties design their campaigns strategically (identified through issue yield), this in turn (3) improves their electoral performance (measured using official statistics). The analysis explains some of the most salient election outcomes of recent years.     

颜色的中西文化含义差异比较

由于世界上各民族在文化风俗、地理位置、历史传统、宗教信仰、民族心理、思维习惯、意识形态等方面所存在的差异,同一颜色词语有时表现出明显的语义差异,刻上深深的民族文化烙印,甚至构成了人们对经过引申、转义之后颜色的崇尚或禁忌。本文旨在通过探讨不同文化之间颜色象征意义的差异,指出这种差异是在各民族文化历史背景的审美心理差异基础上发展衍生的,是在社会发展和历史沉淀中约定俗成的,是一种文化现象。对这种文化现象的解析有助于不同文化间的相互交流的发展,顺利地进行跨文化交际。     

公共价值的本质、创立及其实现

价值即生活的尺度.人类生活区分为私人生活与公共生活,公共价值即公共生活的尺度.公共价值是人们在交往中创立的,人们因为交往而整合、建构成交往共同体,交往共同体在面对共同的客体世界即公共物品的过程中创立起共同生活的尺度--公共价值.实现公共价值离不开公共权力,公共权力必须以民主和法治的方式加以运用,才能确保公共价值真正实现.     

近年来我国新闻传播学研究概述

自1992年进入市场经济以来,我国新闻传播学研究逐渐从强调新闻传播与政治的关系,转向多样化的学术视角。中国的新闻传播业面对陌生的市场经济的新环境,以及新旧体制的转换,遇到颇多的问题。新闻学界迅速从传媒经营、新闻侵权与诉讼、舆论监督与司法公正、社会学和社会心理学等方面展开研究,传播学的研究也得到深化。     

论15世纪前中华文明在世界的领先地位及其传播

中华文明 1 5世纪以前在全世界是领先的。中国的丝织、制瓷、筑石窟、造桥以及造船、航海术等多项科技工艺 ,特别是“四大发明” ,首先传播于朝鲜、日本及东南亚 ,再及南亚、非、欧。中华文明促进了亚非欧经济、文化的发展和欧洲文艺复兴的产生 ,先进的精神文明推动了物质文明和制度文明的发展