两岸命运共同体与两岸公共生活的建构——以两岸民众的沟通为中心

海峡两岸由于历史和现实的原因,在不少领域里存在差异,民意也有歧异与落差。两岸命运共同体的显现、维系和生长离不开两岸民众的交往、沟通。通过多年两岸的往来,当前两岸共同市场已见成效,其他领域的交流和交往也有相当的规模,在此基础上,建构两岸公共生活的努力会使两岸民众有更多真诚的沟通与意义的分享,有助于两岸民众形成沟通、理解与共识的相处之道,提高两岸命运共同体的亲和力、凝聚力。     

试论“丝绸之路经济带”建设在中亚地区面临的挑战及其路径

建设“丝绸之路经济带”的构想,是中国领导人在世界经济全球化进程不断加速的背景下提出的国家间经济合作的新模式。党的十八届三中全会将其上升为国家政策和国家战略。“丝绸之路经济带”的提出,对于中国推动西部开发、保障能源安全、缓解战略压力具有重要的战略意义,同时也有利于保障中国和中亚地区的稳定。“丝绸之路经济带”的建设,面临着安全形势恶劣、国家利益冲突、交通基础薄弱和机制建设水平较低等方面的挑战。建设“丝绸之路经济带”,应从加强政策沟通、道路联通、贸易畅通、货币流通和民心相通五个方面入手,逐步形成区域大合作的局面。     

警务英语中跨文化交际探究

培养警察跨文化交际能力是警务英语教学中必不可少的一环。语言和文化密切相关,警务英语交际广泛体现了语言的文化意蕴、语言使用的“得体性”以及因文化差异引起的理解障碍。在警务英语教学中,文化导入语言教学具有实际意义,需要在建构主义理论指导下培养学员的跨文化交际能力。     

The communicative aspects of civil disobedience and lawful punishment

A parallel may be drawn between the communicative aspect of civil disobedience and the communicative aspect of lawful punishment by the state. In punishing an offender, the state seeks to communicate both its condemnation of the crime committed and its desire for repentance and reformation on the part of the offender. Similarly, in civilly disobeying the law, a disobedient seeks to convey both her condemnation of a certain law or policy and her desire for recognition that a lasting change in policy is required. When disobedients and authorities target each other, their confrontation allows for a direct comparison of the respective justifiability of their conduct. Their confrontation is explored in this paper with an eye to analysing how civil disobedients and authorities should engage with each other.

‘An error is feedback’: the experience of communication error management in crisis negotiations

A range of studies have examined what should be said and done in crisis negotiations. Yet, no study to date has considered what happens when an error is made, how to respond to an error, and what the consequences of errors and responses might be on the negotiation process itself. To develop our understanding of errors, we conducted 11 semi-structured interviews with police crisis negotiators in the Netherlands. Negotiators reported making errors of three types: factual, judgment, or contextual. They also reported making use of four types of response strategy: accept, apologize, attribute, and contradict. Critically, the negotiators did not perceive errors as solely detrimental, but as an opportunity for feedback. They advocated for an error management approach, which focused on what could be learned from another person’s errors when looking back at them. Suggestions for improvement of the communication error management experience in crisis negotiations are discussed.     

Depressive Symptomatology and Program Efficacy: Examining a Program to Improve Communication in Community Families

Destructive conflict is linked with adjustment problems over time, putting families at risk even when conflict behaviors have not reached levels of clinical concern. The Family Communication Project (FCP) is a psychoeducational program designed to improve communication in families with adolescent children. The present study examines the role of depression in program efficacy over time. Data were collected across four time points, assessing aspects of marital and family conflict, adolescent emotional security, and depressive symptoms in mothers, fathers, and adolescents. Results indicated improvements in conflict strategies for families who received the psychoeducational program (relative to controls), and point to a role of depressive symptomatology in adolescents in relation to treatment outcomes.     

Factors Related to Sexual Assault Experience Among Early Adolescents in Japan

This study examined factors related to sexual assault among early adolescents in Japan. During a 6-month period, an anonymous questionnaire survey was distributed to 1,246 students ages 13– 15 years at eight junior high schools. Consent to participation in this study was obtained from a total of 1,125 (90.3%) students. It was found that the prevalence of sexual assault was higher among both female and male students who had sent a message/photo to or met a person they initially contacted via the Internet, while the prevalence was lower among students with a conservative attitude toward sexual activity. In addition, female students who recognized the signs of dating violence had less experience of sexual assault. These findings indicate the need for increased education about the Internet and dating violence for effective prevention of sexual assault.