Asia-Pacific news

This column provides a country by country analysis of the latest legal developments, cases and issues relevant to the IT, media and telecommunications' industries in key jurisdictions across the Asia-Pacific region. The articles appearing in this column are intended to serve as ‘alerts’ and are not submitted as detailed analyses of cases or legal developments.     

Creating resilience or private sector dependence? Shifting constructions of the farmer in Australian policy discourses

The Australian Government’s Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper aims to create a profitable and resilient Australian agriculture sector. In doing so, the White Paper emphasises farmers’ individual responses to the structural problems which have undermined farmers’ profitability, such as consolidated commodities markets. In particular, the White Paper recommends that farmers shape their farming practice to make their farms more attractive to private investors. This is presented as a normal response to farm profitability concerns. Farms are portrayed as investment targets and securing investment is framed as an essential skill of the modern farmer. To understand how this discursive construction has been made possible, this article develops a genealogical analysis of changing constructions of farmers, farming and of the role of the State. This research reveals the subtle discursive shifts which have helped shift responsibility for farming, from the State, to the self-reliant individual, and most recently, towards the private sector. Whereas the construct of the self-reliant, independent farmer has been used to facilitate deregulation of agricultural industries, this recent shift in power towards the private sector may potentially undermine farmers’ autonomy and increase dependence on private sector investment.     

Asia-Pacific news

This column provides a country by country analysis of the latest legal developments, cases and issues relevant to the IT, media and telecommunications' industries in key jurisdictions across the Asia Pacific region. The articles appearing in this column are intended to serve as ‘alerts’ and are not submitted as detailed analyses of cases or legal developments.     

中国公民社会的兴起与应对

公民社会是指围绕共同的利益、目的和价值上的非强制性的集体行为。我国的公民社会随着改革开放的进程逐步孕育、发展、壮大。特别是进入新时期新阶段以来,我国公民社会迅速崛起,对经济、政治、文化、社会生活等方方面面产生了日益重大的影响。一方面,公民社会的发展,有助于确认个人的价值和公民的社会地位,推动中国的社会转型以及实现社会自治;但另一方面,公民社会的兴起,也给中国社会发展、党的执政建设等多个方面带来了前所未有的挑战。如何正确认识和积极应对公民社会在中国的兴起和发展,已成为当代中国现代化建设中的一个重大现实课题。     

大众传媒对大学生群体形象的建构

通过对系统抽样获得的近12年来关于"大学生"的3651条新闻报道样本进行内容分析,发现新闻媒体对大学生形象建构过程中,显露出较为明显的传媒歧视,即形象建构上的妖魔化,符号重组上的娱乐化以及话语规制上的边缘化。媒体在对大学生形象建过程中应重视自身的社会责任,还原大学生本真面目,并彰显传媒文明,坚守文本的真实性、真实的完整性以及价值的倾向性。     

新媒体时代政务微信在警察公共关系中的探索和运用

新媒体技术作为生产力中最活跃的因素,改变着社会生活的方方面面,并以其独特的方式介入到社会的各个领域,目益成为我国政治、文化、社会生活的不可或缺的重要组成部分。继微博之后,微信已逐步走进网民视野当中,给社会经济、政治、文化带来了更大的影响,同时也给微博带来了巨大冲击。如何继续有效占据政务新媒体阵地,开拓微信前沿阵地已经成为我们亟需研究的崭新课题。我们将立足政务微信,对比政务微博,分析两者联系、区别和特点,并对其在警察公共关系中的运用进行思考和探索。     

论行政传播视阈下的领导者媒体形象

领导者媒体形象是领导形象的重要组成部分。在行政传播视阈下，领导者媒体形象不仅具有表象性，还具有公共性、代表性、广延性、透明性。在组织识别系统理论（CIS）透视下，领导者媒体形象有其独特的内容、形式与要义。领导者媒体形象塑造应该在嵌入形象意识、实施公关传播、把握塑造时机、借用外脑设计方面下功夫，以提高领导者媒体形象的合拍性、合“情”性、合时性与合理性。     

自媒体对公安机关形象的消极影响及应对措施

随着自媒体行业的快速发展,网络信息的传播呈现新的传播态势。自媒体自身的特点及其独特的传播方式使大量有关公安工作的负面信息得以滋生和流转,对公安机关的形象产生了消极影响,进而削弱了警察权威,降低了执法公信力,不利于公安工作的顺利开展。对此,公安机关应从抓好自身建设做起,加强网络监管,做好舆论引导,及时有效地处理好公安形象危机问题,重树公安机关良好形象,更好地为人民服务。     

论公安机关在突发事件处理中与媒体的沟通

当前,我国正处于经济转轨和社会转型的关键时期,种种因素引发的社会矛盾和社会问题日益凸显,由此引发了一些突发事件.公安机关因其自身所具有的国家强制性等特点,在应对、管理、处置突发事件过程中占有重要地位.本文从突发事件处理过程中公安机关与媒体关系的现状、良好合作的重要性和公安机关应采取的沟通方法三个方面展开论述,以期充分发挥媒体的正面导向功能,更好地维护社会稳定.     

民国南洋学的几种话语(1912—1949)

民国时期,南洋学兴起,出现并形成了几种较为典型的学术话语,这些看似多样松散的南洋话语,其实都拘束于"中国与南洋"的视野之中,具有为我所用的临时性与策略性。二战后,这种南洋学及其背后的某些观念遭遇了挑战,其得失对我们今天从事东南亚研究仍有借鉴意义。