Mapping silent citizenship: how democratic theory hears citizens' silence and why it matters

Democratic theory hears silent citizenship as disengagement or disempowerment. Normatively, silent citizenship evokes the specter of civic passivity – of democratic citizens variably characterized by apathy, disaffection, selfishness, or a lack of political knowledge. Empirically, silent citizenship is linked to deficits of democracy – including voter turnout rates, the quality of political representation, and overall government responsiveness. One problem with these conclusions, however, is that we lack any systematic conceptualization of the range of different attitudes democratic citizens might hold in silence. This article seeks to fill in this conceptual gap by mapping the range of possible motivations for citizens to remain silent in developed liberal democratic systems. The key to doing so, I argue, is to distinguish between two measures of democratic citizenship: empowerment and communication. Separating these two measures reveals an entire spectrum of motivations for silence, which I organize into five distinct degrees of silent citizenship.     

The Engage programme and the Government Communication Network in the UK, 2006–2010

The Engage programme was launched in April 2006 by the Government Communication Network (GCN) in the UK. As a civil service body supporting those in government working as press officers and in marketing roles, the GCN under the New Labour government in the period 2006–2010 was involved with the extension of the logic of marketisation to government communication. This article charts this process by examining key government policy documents from this period. The rationale for Engage rested on the assumption that government in the UK needed to adapt its communication approach to reach what were perceived as individualised consumers in society. The extension of the logic of marketisation to government communication that happened under Engage is shown to be consistent with the New Public Management approach to public services under New Labour. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

略论沟通在当前行政管理中的作用

针对当前行政管理存在及面临的某些现象 ,提出沟通对提高行政管理效率、行政管理人员素质的重要作用。     

浅谈大学英语教学中的文化差异

跨文化交际已成为每个民族生活中不可缺少的部分.然而,跨文化交际中不可避免的一个障碍就是文化差异,克服文化差异造成的交际障碍已经成为整个世界共同面临的问题.英语教学在当前时代已经不能单纯地采用原始教学手段,教学涉及的不仅仅是语言方面的知识,更需要的是文化方面的知识.因此,中外文化差异对英语教学的各个环节都有很大影响.     

从《边城》爱情悲剧的深层原因看沈从文创作背后的内心世界

通过对家长权威、亲情、金钱、舆论等因素的排除分析,认为《边城》中爱情悲剧发生的深层原因是:边城里的民风民情造成人与人沟通的障碍,从而导致悲剧的发生。并进一步探讨湘西世界民风民情的历史构成,以此分析沈从文创作背后内心世界的隐痛。     

对我国通信侦控的法律思考

通信侦控是目前行之有效的侦查工作方式之一,属于强制性侦查措施,我国相关法律对通信侦控的主体、目的、范围、对象、方式方法、法律程序等方面及其他事项作了一些规定,但存在着立法滞后等诸多问题,因此要加强立法,对上述问题进行规范和制约。     

翻译中的文化差异(英文)

没有文化因素的语言是不存在的。两个国家语言的交流实际上就是文化的交流。跨文化交流的目的就是翻译。汉语与英语的主要区别不仅在于表达方法,语法和修辞上的不同,而且在于文化背景的不同。东西方文化的差异已经深深的影响了翻译的过程与准确性。这篇论文认为宏观的文化因素将会扩大翻译的规模和丰富翻译研究的内容。文章首先在东西文化翻译方面作了对比,然后用举例子的方法说明了自己的观点。主要从地理位置,历史传统,物质生活或经历,文化和价值这五个方面来解释的。第一个方面说明了不同的地域产生了不同的文化。第二个方面阐释了不同的历史文化作为文化的一部分在翻译中的影响。第三个方面分析了随着不同的经济发展而改变的物质生活是人们社会生活和精神生活的基础,并且深深的影响了翻译。第四个方面讨论了作为行动的基础价值观指导我们的行为而且决定了不同的文化必然会有不同的交流行为。第五个方面说明了宗教在每一种文化中都占有重要的位置。最后提出了对翻译工作中发展方向的认识。     

新安全观与中国国际传播的战略选择

国际传播在捍卫与社会主义国家性质相一致的意识形态利益,乃至国家整体安全战略方面有着极其重要的作用。"国家利益至上",是我国国际传播最根本的战略原则;"做国际社会中负责任大国"这一新世纪战略思想,是当前我国国际传播战略中的基本指导思想;"坚持'一国两制',维护祖国统一"方针的宣传,是当前乃至今后我国国际传播中一项极为重要的战略任务。"软权力"正成为现代国际关系中的聚焦点,为应对复杂的安全战略环境,维护国家利益,我国国际传播必须做出正确的战略选择。     

Media Priming in a Multi-Party Context: A Controlled Naturalistic Study in Political Communication

This study investigates media priming effects in the context of a Summit meeting of European Union (EU) leaders. It differs in four ways from most previous non-experimental priming studies: (1) it provides survey data accompanied by a content analysis of the news, (2) it compares priming effects on evaluations of a number of political leaders, who differed in their visibility in the news, (3) it involves an issue with low salience, and (4) it studies priming effects in the context of a European Parliamentary democracy. The study involves a two-wave panel study (before and after the Summit) on a representative sample of 817 Dutch adults, and a content analysis of the newspaper and television news in the 8 weeks leading up to the Summit meeting. The study shows that media priming effects occur only for the politicians who appeared visible in the news in connection with the issue. The media priming effects were not significantly moderated by political attentiveness or by political knowledge. We also explore the aggregate level consequences of priming for the popularity of leaders, and demonstrate that, as a result of media priming, two politicians became more popular, despite having received a bad press.

网络社会的信息传播模式及不良信息监测技术

随着网络技术的飞速发展,互联网给人们的生活带来了极大的便利,同时也为不良信息的传播提供了载体,文章分析了网络社会中的信息传播模式,提出了一种不良信息监测系统的实现框架,归纳总结了目前不良信息监测中采用的一些技术。