Did the “Road to the White House Run Through” Letterman? Chris Christie,Letterman, and Other-Disparaging Versus Self-Deprecating Humor

In this article we present the results of an experiment designed to disentangle the effects late-night talk show viewership have on presidential candidate evaluations. Respondents in one condition viewed a short video clip of David Letterman humorously disparaging New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, thought by many at the time to be considering a run for the presidency in 2016. Those in a second condition saw a short clip of Christie engaging in self-deprecating humor while appearing as a guest on Letterman's program. Compared with respondents in a control condition, those in the other-disparaging humor condition had lower evaluations of Christie and reported a lower likelihood of voting for him in 2016, while those in the self-deprecating humor condition had higher evaluations of him and expressed a greater likelihood of voting for him. The research has practical implications for modern campaigns and also serves to clarify some of the seemingly contradictory findings of earlier political humor effects research.     

Exposure to Political Disagreement in Social Media Versus Face-to-Face and Anonymous Online Settings

This article investigates political disagreement on social media in comparison to face-to-face and anonymous online settings. Because of the structure of social relationships and the social norms that influence expression, it is hypothesized that people perceive more political disagreement in social media settings versus face-to-face and anonymous online settings. Analyses of an online survey of adults in the United States show that (a) social media users perceive more political disagreement than non-users, (b) they perceive more of it on social media than in other communication settings, and (c) news use on social media is positively related to perceived disagreement on social media. Results are discussed in light of their implications for current debates about the contemporary public sphere and directions for future research.     

The women's project: A profile

This paper offers an analysis of the Oprah Winfrey talk show's success as emanating from an ideal typical form of branding that we term “dynamic branding”, in which the gap between production and consumption is almost entirely bridged. Oprah has managed to maintain a dynamic relationship with her viewers based on multiple feedback and feed-forward processes in which consumers' concerns are immediately translated into Oprah's performed identity in her talk show. Such an ongoing exchange of information with her viewers was the basis for Oprah's performance of her own self as a “failed self” embattled with the problems of everyday life, thus creating an equalitarian relationship with her audience. The success of Oprah's brand identity thus derives from its content as much as from the mode of its construction, a mode which involves an intimate and adaptive relationship with consumers that enables Oprah to immediately respond to and incorporate viewers' concerns, values and norms. This paper analyzes in detail Oprah's performed identity with analytical tools informed by linguistic anthropology and brings it into conversation with contemporary branding theories.     

价格约谈制度的法律思考

约谈制度是近几年才出现的一种新的制度类型,其运用在社会的诸多行业之中。价格约谈制度便是众多约谈制度的一个方面。从法律的视角观察,其实际上是市场规制法在调整一定社会关系过程中所采用的一种经济性规制手段。然而这种市场规制手段的使用并不是盲目主观随意的,而是有一定条件限制的,故需要相关部门具体问题具体分析、适时适当地运用好价格约谈制度。     

明清以来人口变迁对宁南山区生态环境的影响

宁南山区的生态环境退化,主要是近代以来人为破坏造成的。人口增长越快,环境退化越迅速。要充分认识人口增长对环境的影响。只有把退耕还林与控制人口相结合,才能使宁南山区的生态建设走上良性发展的轨道。     

劝导说服在司法心理测试中的应用

司法心理测试应用于刑事侦查时,其最终目的是了解案件的事实真相。心理测试员应根据被测人的心理各不相同的特点,采用同情理解法、激励法、推托罪责法、减轻精神负担法、连累亲人法、摆脱困境法等不同的劝导说服法,来影响被测人说出真情。     

邓小平南方谈话中的农业思想及其现实启示

邓小平在南方谈话中对我国农业的改革及未来中国农业的发展方向有过较为系统的论述,具体体现在我国农业发展的动力,农业发展的主体力量,农业发展过程中工农业之间的互动关系等几个方面。     

Re-enacting “Cossack roots:” embodiment of memory,history, and tradition among young people in southern Russia

This article draws upon ethnographic research which was conducted among young Cossacks (members of officially registered and informal Cossack clubs) in southern Russia. It presents young people’s participation in the Cossack “nativism” as a physical and material mode of socialization into the mnemonic community. The research puts forward an argument that such corporal and sensorial experiences is effective in recruiting some young members to the Cossack movement. At the same time, the performative character of neo-Cossack identity destabilizes contemporary Cossacks’ claims of authenticity related to the status of the legitimate heirs of historical Cossackdom. At the more general level of discussion this paper juxtaposes bodily activities, social memory, and revivalist discourses.     

论隋诗在诗歌发展史上的价值

南北诗风的融合是南北朝诗歌向唐代诗歌发展的总趋势 ,而隋诗则是该阶段的重要一环。隋前期北方诗人的崛起 ,使得南北朝以来北方诗歌首次在诗坛占据主导地位。更值得注意的是 ,这时的诗歌创作在刚健厚重中融入了南方诗歌的精巧流丽。隋后期由于大批南人北上 ,因而出现了南朝诗风的复归。但这并不是简单的重复 ,而是在保持浮靡清丽本色的同时也融入了北方诗歌的阔大沉厚。“北人学南”、“南人学北”,正是这种双向交流 ,推动着诗歌朝着南北诗风融合的方向发展     

明代南京官署志概说

中国的志书不仅源远流长 ,而且种类繁多。除了记载各级行政区的地方志外 ,还有大量记录某一特定区域内某项或某方面内容的专志。然而 ,几乎所有研究志书的学者都忽略了一种记载政府某部门典章故事的可称之为“官署志”的专志。这种官署志的编印在明代达到一个新的高峰 ,而且多集中在留都南京。本文在回顾官署志起源的基础上 ,集中讨论明代南都官署志的编撰特点、内容及其史料价值