Weaving Webs of Faith: Examining Internet Use and Religious Communication Among Chinese Protestant Transmigrants     

《Journal of International and Intercultural Communication》2013,6(3):189-207

Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between new media use and international communication that addresses religiosity and affirms users’ standpoints occupied by transmigrants that are marginalized in dominant societal structures. Drawing from focus group interviews among recent Chinese Protestant immigrants in Toronto, we argue that new media “use” is broadened by users’ cultural appropriation in situational contexts to include proxy internet access as accommodative communication given the political and legal constraints in their home country. Chinese transmigrants not only reinterpret and alter semantic associations that spiritualize the internet, they also engage in innovative strategies that involve the intertwining of offline and online communicative modes. These include deploying complementary media forms or communicating in codes that are mutually understood among participating members to facilitate intragroup networking among Chinese religious communities. Implications are discussed with regard to the importance of cultural norms and situational context in shaping mediated international communication.  相似文献   

“Shoppers' Republic of China”: Orientalism in Neoliberal U.S. News Discourse     

《Journal of International and Intercultural Communication》2013,6(4):280-297

In light of China's recent ascent as the world's second largest economy, this article critically engages with current U.S. public discourses around China. In particular, we explore how Orientalist knowledge about China is appropriated within neoliberal contexts. Our ideological analysis of news regarding China in the New York Times revealed three themes: (a) The Shoppers' Republic of China; (b) China's responsibility to consume; and (c) China as the space outside international law. Our analysis underpins the relevance of theorizing the interplay between Orientalism and neoliberalism in contemporary U.S. mainstream discourses of China.  相似文献   

The Regional Dimension: How Regional Media Systems Condition Global Climate-Change Communication     

《Journal of International and Intercultural Communication》2013,6(1):61-81

Abstract

Global perspectives and national approaches have dominated studies of climate-change communication, reflecting the global nature of climate change as well as the traditional research focus on national media systems. In the absence of a global public sphere, however, transnational issue attention is largely dependent on regional media systems, yet the role this regional dimension plays has been largely overlooked. This article presents a comparative study of climate-change coverage in three geo-cultural regions, The Middle East, Scandinavia, and North America, and explores the link between global climate-change communication and regional media systems. It finds that regional variations in climate-change communication carry important communicative implications concerning perceptions of climate change's relevance and urgency.  相似文献   

(Re)conceptualizing Intercultural Communication in a Networked Society     

《Journal of International and Intercultural Communication》2013,6(4):246-251

We offer four theses about how intercultural communication is altered in a digitally networked era. Digital media shape intercultural communication by (1) producing new public fora capable of (2) hosting rich, multimodal “spaces” of contact on (3) a scale of many-to-many communication that (4) challenges traditional modes of representation.  相似文献   

我国数字媒体专业本科教育现状与分析   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

李望秀  李华新  谭敏生 《现代教育技术》2012,22(9):84-88

数字媒体产业的迅猛发展及其巨大的人才缺口,催生与促进了数字媒体专业教育。本文从专业数量及学位类型、专业地域布局与产业发展、专业方向与人才培养规格三个方面对我国数字媒体本科专业教育现状进行了统计分析,藉此总结出存在的问题并给出了相应的策略,提出了数字媒体专业应走生态可持续发展之路。  相似文献   

论媒体竞争力评价的研究范式     

田丽 《出版科学》2012,(4):47-51

随着媒介市场竞争的日趋激烈,正确分析竞争环境和评估竞争能力成为媒体战略管理的重要议题.现有的评价体系不足以反映媒体内在和潜在的竞争优势,因此媒体竞争力评价的问题逐渐受到关注.但是,作为一个年轻的领域,更加需要建立一套科学严谨的规范来把目前散落在管理学、传播学领域的学者团结起来,围绕核心问题协同探索.本文着眼研究对象的特殊性,致力于构建一个包括学科定位、基本概念、理论基础、方法体系和分析框架的研究范式,供学者参考.  相似文献   

社会性媒介使用与隐私意识法律化原则探讨   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

陈堂发 《国际新闻界》2012,(3):18-22

技术赋权的社会性媒介作为社会结构的功能性元素,其"社会性"媒介使用特质的彰显应以隐私保护的理性认知与适度、合理限制为条件。隐私意识法律化需考虑:个人信息与事项是否关涉人格尊严,私情信息属违背道德或是违法犯罪行为,私人信息与事项是否属于共同隐私,私人行为是发生在公开场合以及公开私人信息是否属于善意且不得已。网络运营商作为"善良管理人",法律应遵循公正原则赋予其合理责任与监管义务。  相似文献   

Cads,Dads, and Magazines: Women's Sexual Preferences and Articles about Sex and Relationships     

《Communication monographs》2012,79(3):270-289

The framing of sexual content in women's magazines reflect two different approaches to the selection of a romantic partner: the selection of (a) a stable partner for a long-term relationship vs. (b) an attractive rogue for a fling. The effects of such framing on women's partner preferences were explored in this laboratory experiment. Women with different relationship goals were randomly assigned to read an article from a women's lifestyle magazine (Cosmopolitan) that framed sex in either relational or recreational terms before completing explicit and implicit measures of partner trait preferences. Article frame did affect the importance of appearance-related traits in a potential romantic partner as well as implicit preferences for frame-consistent partner traits. Results are discussed in terms of media framing effects.  相似文献   

The Connection Between the Physiological and Psychological Reactions to Sexually Explicit Materials: A Literature Summary Using Meta-Analysis     

《Communication monographs》2012,79(4):541-560

The results of the investigations providing data on the connection between measures of sexual arousal and positive psychological affect indicate a positive relationship whether measured directly (r=.212) or by a comparison of manipulation check data (r=.223). Female research participants demonstrate more negative emotional responses than men exposed to the same content (r=?.248), but the level of physiological arousal favors men by a much smaller magnitude (r=.134). The response to pornography on the basis of gender reflects not only a physiological difference in reaction but a psychological interpretation of that reaction as well.  相似文献   

Predictors and Consequences of Conversations About Health Promoting Media Messages     

《Communication monographs》2012,79(4):518-539

Female college students (N=104) in friendship dyads were exposed to radio advertisements promoting the HPV vaccine—narrative or advocacy in format—after which they completed a questionnaire. Half the dyads were instructed to engage in a conversation about the advertisement prior to completing the questionnaire. Analyses showed that interpersonal discussion was related to normative perceptions, attitudes and intentions regarding the vaccine, but only under certain conditions. Conversation partner, conversation valence and positive opinion sharing were related to those outcomes. In a follow-up questionnaire, participants who discussed the ad in the days after exposure reported more positive intention change. Participants with stronger emotional reactions to the ads were more likely to discuss them during this period.  相似文献