Feminist power and its implications on Uganda’s malaria communication campaign

This paper examines power and its manifestation in Uganda’s “Stop Malaria Campaign.” It specifically questions the apparent radical feminism, which is conceptualized as a quest for power, and how such excesses drive implementation of the campaign. The paper explains data collected through focus group discussions and key informant interviews using feminist communication theory as informed by the critical ideas of feminism and power. These three ideas help to put into perspective: domination of the campaign by one gender, interpretation of the campaign’s objectives to suit that one gender, and communication methods used in the campaign. Analysis of the above three processes shows that men are the weaker gender in the malaria prevention drive, an idea that has clashed with the existing male chauvinism on which several families still thrive in Africa. A view that radical feminism should be seen as an organized form of power that needs to be checked if Uganda’s malaria communication campaign is to be implemented successfully is herein proposed, along with some solutions to the challenges.     

联合国世界粮食计划署“Fill the Cup”运动的认知语义解读

作为餐具范畴的原型之一，杯子通过转喻与联合国世界粮食计划署为饥饿人群提供粮食援助的“装满杯子”运动的使命相吻合。该运动的口号、标识、新闻报道和宣传活动中存在容器、赛事、旅程等概念隐喻，杯子的多义性为相关宣传活动的成功运作提供可能。     

Judging public relations: An analysis of an Israeli court judgement on a defamatory and negative campaign

This article analyzes a recent court ruling in Israel and argues that it has major implications for the public relations community internationally. To date, the public relations literature on legal judgments has focused on cases where media channels were sued for defamation. The article uses a 2012 Israeli court decision that may be unique in ruling out defamatory intentions in a public relations plan that was part of a lawsuit. The defendant in this case was not the media but rather a company that hired a public relations firm to, according to the judgement, conduct a defamatory campaign against a competitor. Although this is just one case in one country, the article also considers some of the wider implications for the profession and for democracy.     

Impression Management,Super PACs and the 2012 Republican Primary

Super Political Action Committees (PACs) are new organizations within American politics allowing for unlimited donations to candidate campaigns. Super PACs helped make the 2012 Republican primary the most well‐funded primary in American history. Both candidates and Super PACs spend much of their money on televised campaign ads. My study of the 2012 Republican primary expands existing literature concerning political impression management by examining advertising imagery in the era of Super PACs. I developed a typology of performance types from a qualitative content analysis of television advertisements for both candidates and Super PACs. The significance of Super PACs as they interact and overlap with the images of candidate ads calls for analysis of the changing front stage in the political realm.     

“Consent is sexy”: A poster campaign using sex-positive images and messages to increase dyadic sexual communication

Abstract

Objective: “Consent is Sexy” (CIS) is a poster campaign incorporating sex-positive messages to promote consent and increase sexual communication among college students. We assess reactions to the campaign and associations between campaign recall and communication attitudes and behaviors. Participants: Male and female undergraduates at a Midwestern university were recruited (N?=?284). Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted. t-Tests, logistic and multiple linear regressions were used to analyze the data. Results: Over half (56%) of participants recalled the campaign and reactions were positive. Students who recalled CIS had more positive attitudes towards sexual communication (p?=?.04) and greater perceived behavioral control (PBC; p?<?.01). Conclusions: Results show many students paid attention and reacted positively to CIS posters and results offer dissemination insights. Consent campaigns should continue to cultivate positive attitudes and PBC in regards to sexual communication.     

Changes in Risk Perceptions Prospectively Predict Changes in Self‐Reported Speeding

Risk perception theories posit that changes in risk perception prompt subsequent changes in risk behavior. Prospective studies using observations made at three time‐points offer the capacity to test this hypothesis by observing sequential changes in both risk perceptions and behavior. A telephone survey was administered by random‐digit dialing to 255 adult Australian drivers at baseline (T1), 6 weeks (T2), and 14 weeks (T3). During weeks 2–5, a risk‐perception‐based anti‐speeding mass media campaign was conducted. The survey assessed risk perception, operationalized as the proportion of time that driving at 70 km/h (43 mph) was perceived to be dangerous, and self‐reported speeding behavior, defined as the frequency of respondents driving 5 km (3 mph) faster than the legal speed limit in built up areas. Higher T2 risk perception predicted lower T3 self‐reports of speeding after controlling T1 risk perception and T1 and T2 self‐reported speeding. This can be interpreted as changes in risk perceptions between T1 and T2 predicting changes in speeding between T2 and T3. Further analyses showed that increases in risk perception predicted lower subsequent self‐reported speeding changes, but decreases in risk perception were unrelated to those changes. Risk perception changes were unrelated to recall of exposure to the media campaign. These findings support a dynamic view of the relationship between risk perception and self‐reported behavior, and that risk perception theories can be applied to speeding.     

毛泽东《经济问题与财政问题》述评

毛泽东的《经济问题与财政问题》深刻总结了陕甘宁边区大生产运动和经济工作的经验，提出了“发展经济，保障供给”和把农业放在首位的方针；强调共产党员不懂得经济就不算革命；在发展合作组织，提倡股份经济，以及生产必须实施统一领导、分散经营等方面都有精辟的论述。它是中国共产党领导边区和各根据地经济工作的基本纲领，具有十分重要的历史意义和现实意义。     

车向忱与东北竞存学校的抗日救亡活动

东北老教育家车向忱身负国仇家恨,于抗日战争期间在陕西创办私立东北竞存学校,安辑东北流亡难童,立志要为抗战培养革命力量,为将来的建设培养人才.竞存学校的创办和发展离不开中国共产党的关怀和支持.在车向忱的带领下,东北竞存学校的学生积极投身到抗日救亡活动中.     

查田运动与中央苏区民众动员

江西苏雏埃时期兴起的查田运动，是苏区传统农村阶级基础的重建和再造的过程。它开创了一种社会革命的动员模式——这种模式通过一种“阶级”的话语表达，结合大多数农民具体权益的满足，凭借有着极强渗透力和保障功能的基层组织，将传统社会的地方、血缘、宗法关系等内核，创造性转化为土地革命中的积极因素：通过查田运动，苏维埃政府与民众的联系空前紧密，不时经受着洗刷的基层组织也具备了一种动态式的活力，成功地实现了苏区的阶级基础再造，最终达到苏区民众的革命性动员的目的。     

新式社团与清末直隶社会风俗变迁

清末直隶新式社团十分活跃,各种天足会的成立推动了直隶的不缠足运动。而禁烟会的成立不仅将直隶的禁烟运动推向深入,而且将禁烟与立宪联系起来,将禁烟与收回主权相联系。直隶科教卫生等类新式社团的诞生,在开化社会风气,提高民众素质,促进地方自治建设等方面取得了一定的成绩。新式社团的兴起为民主政治的产生提供了必要的结构性支撑,对于民众现代意识的产生、社会风俗的变化,乃至直隶的基层社会结构均产生了一定的影响。