Comparing Electronic News Media Reports of Potential Bioterrorism-Related Incidents Involving Unknown White Powder to Reports Received by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Federal Bureau of Investigation: U.S.A., 2009–2011

There have been periodic electronic news media reports of potential bioterrorism-related incidents involving unknown substances (often referred to as “white powder”) since the 2001 intentional dissemination of Bacillus anthracis through the U.S. Postal System. This study reviewed the number of unknown “white powder” incidents reported online by the electronic news media and compared them with unknown “white powder” incidents reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) during a 2-year period from June 1, 2009 and May 31, 2011. Results identified 297 electronic news media reports, 538 CDC reports, and 384 FBI reports of unknown “white powder.” This study showed different unknown “white powder” incidents captured by each of the three sources. However, the authors could not determine the public health implications of this discordance.     

First‐Hand Experience and Second‐Hand Information: Changing Trust across Three Levels of Government

Little is known about how different sources of information drive citizen trust in government. To address that gap this article compares disaster evacuees to observers, noting how trust differs as attention to media coverage increases. First‐hand experience supplies information to update trust through biological and personal processes and performance assessments, while secondary sources provide information about other people's experiences, filtered through lenses that take an active role in crafting information. These two types of information have varying effects depending on the level of government being trusted. Using surveys administered a year after Hurricane Katrina, I find that Katrina evacuees have the highest trust in federal government, until they start paying attention to media coverage, and that attention to coverage has the most dramatic effect on these evacuees compared to all other groups. I also find that increasing attention to second‐hand information corresponds with higher trust in local officials, and that this effect decreases as the level of government increases. It appears media coverage creates a comparison in the mind of hurricane evacuees, causing them to update their performance assessments based on comparing their own experience to that which they observe, thereby updating their political trust.     

公安民警媒介素养教育评价体系研究

公安民警媒介素养评价是检验并提升教育效果、改进教学方法和优化教育实施方案的重要依据。评价的功能表现在效果比较、计划辅助、监控支持三个方面;评价的内容具体包括知识目标、过程目标和价值观目标三个层次;评价体系的构建涉及到评价模式的选择、评价主体的确定以及评价指标体系的设计等多方面内容。     

新媒体时代民族高校大学生心理问题的表现及对策分析

自进入21世纪以来,新媒体对大学生生活的影响无处不在。学生健康已不能停留在身体健康就行,更多需要我们关注学生心理健康,对于民族高校而言,开展学生心理健康教育起步时间较普通高校晚,加之民族高校学生心理又有着自身特点,本文力求在新媒体时代探索民族高校大学生心理问题表现及对策。     

舆论监督司法的有效模式

舆论监督司法是保障司法公正的重要手段,公开监督、全程监督和多维监督等是其有效模式。最大限度地发挥舆论监督的积极作用,可以促使司法权力沿着正确的轨道运行,保证社会正义的实现,加速公共权力的制度建设。     

"大话"文化:"电子场景"下青年文化的"中区倾向"

"大话"文化是"电子场景"下成长起来的青年人在行为方式上的主动变革,从而形成的一种"中区倾向"的行为模式,"大话"文化只能以青年文化的面目出现.对于"大话"文化现象,不能轻易地以价值判断对其进行盖棺定论,它实际上是人们在"电子场景"下行为模式转变的一个信号而已.     

公安院校开设媒介素养教育相关课程的探讨

媒介素养是指人们面对媒介各种信息时的综合能力的展现。公安院校开设媒介素养教育相关课程,不仅要培养与提高预备警官理解与运用媒体发展自身,更好地为公安事业发展服务的能力,还要培养预备警官与媒体打交道（即媒体应对）的能力,对于公安院校深化教育教学改革、适应时代发展需要,促进预备警官健康成长、全面发展,提高公安队伍综合素质都有着重要意义。拟在论述公安院校开设媒介素养教育相关课程意义的同时,对教学内容以及教学实施中应注意的问题进行探讨,希望找出提升公安院校媒介素养教育教学质量的途径。     

社会环境的变化对警察执法公信力的影响

当前我国正处于社会转型的关键时期,公安工作所面临的政治、经济、法律、文化等各方面的环境发生了深刻的变化.近年来,我国警察执法公信力之所以受到各方的关注,其原因不仅在于公安机关本身,还在于公安工作所面临的外部环境发生了变化,如行政权力干预、民生问题、公众的认知、新闻媒体的报道等都会对警察执法公信力产生影响.     

Techno-cultural opportunities: the anti-immigration movement in the Finnish mediascape

ABSTRACT

Horsti's article analyses how transformations in the media environment shaped the political success of the anti-immigration movement in Finland from 2003 to 2013. The qualitative textual analysis of blogs and mainstream media debates that relate to racism and the national populist Finns Party demonstrates how changes in the mediascape in general and in new media technology in particular have provided opportunities for the emerging anti-immigration movement. These changes facilitated the earlier development of the Finns Party but the fragmentation of online space later hindered the internal coherence of the movement and its integration into the populist party political family. In order to regain unity, the Finns Party performed the public scapegoating of individuals for racist speech, thus distancing itself from racism. Horsti shows that, rather than being isolated and marginal, the anti-immigration movement and the ‘uncivil’ public sphere overlap with traditional politics and the mainstream media.     

How should the Past be Treated in Estonian Schools? Constructions of History Teaching in an Estonian Teachers’ Newspaper

In the context of pluralization, globalization, and developments in pedagogy and academic history, ideas about the functions and objectives of history teaching (HT) have significantly diversified. Though traditional conceptions still prevail among the broader public, in professional circles traditional ideas about HT are accompanied by deconstructionist and multi-perspective approaches, deriving from the notion that history should not be regarded as true and unambiguous. The objective of this study is to discern the variety of representations of HT in Estonia, as reflected in an Estonian teachers’ weekly newspaper, an “interface” between the broader public and narrower professional spheres and discussions.