#BlackLivesMatter: Innovative Black Resistance

Since 2013, extrajudicial police killings of black people have captured the attention of U.S. and international media, substantially because of the work of leaders in the Black Lives Matter (#BLM) movement. #BLM is simultaneously a group of localized organizations and a broad online social movement. In this article, we examine the #BLM movement in detail, with particular emphasis on the following aspects of the movement: (1) its innovative organizational practices and social media use; (2) its accent on black perspectives (counterframing) of systemic racial oppression, heteronormativity, and capitalism; and (3) its broad emphasis on oppressed Americans, including black women and LGBTQ people. We also situate the #BLM movement within the surrounding system of racial oppression, including the historical role of racialized policing in maintaining social control of blacks. We detail the long tradition of black social movements, especially black feminist organizing, against systemic racial oppression. In doing so, we intend to contribute social movement theorizing that more fully considers powerful counterframed perspectives of black activists in U.S. social movements. Although the #BLM movement reflects black feminism and past civil rights movement struggles, it is a uniquely twenty‐first‐century social movement that uses new technologies for innovative social protest.     

Loneliness and the use of social media to follow celebrities: A moderating role of social presence

Because social media provide users with the possibility of an easy way to communicate with celebrities in society, it has become a more common practice to follow celebrities through social media. However, there exists few studies that examine how people’s individual characteristics are related to their celebrity-following behavior. In this regard, the current study examines whether celebrity followers’ loneliness is associated with the following behavior of their favorite celebrity. Data were collected through an online survey (N = 210). Primary findings suggest that celebrity followers’ loneliness is positively related to frequent visits of their favorite celebrity’s social media, greater social-interpersonal motive for following the celebrity, and greater enjoyment of learning about personal life stories of the celebrity. Social presence is found to be a significant moderator that can intensify more favorable parasocial relationship perceptions with the celebrity.     

“We wouldn’t say it to their faces”: online harassment,women sports journalists,and feminism

In April 2016, a US-based independent sport media organization Just Not Sports launched #MoreThanMean, a digital media campaign to raise awareness about online harassment of women in sports journalism. The video quickly reached 3.7 million views and generated widespread coverage in mainstream news media, sports media, and online-only outlets. Using the #MoreThanMean campaign as a case study, this study assesses how discourses circulate in the sports media environment and, in particular, how feminist messages travel as the content moves from social media to mass media. This study engages with post-feminism in order to examine how various producers of media content position online harassment and sexism in sport and society. While the campaign positioned online harassment as gendered workplace discrimination, the mainstream and sports media coverage typically centralized men in the discussion. Feminist perspectives were constrained to platforms with a progressive, women-centered, and/or explicitly feminist take. Implications for digital feminist activism in the context of sport are discussed.     

Male dominance and sexism on YouTube: results of three content analyses

This study conceptually and empirically extends a study by Wotanis and McMillan in which the authors claimed that female video producers are underrepresented on YouTube and receive much more negative (including hostile and sexist) feedback than male YouTubers. Using quantitative content analysis, this study supported the claim of female underrepresentation. Among the top 100 most subscribed YouTube channels in nine different countries (N = 900 channels), with a statistically significant proportion of only 25%, female video producers were strongly underrepresented. Additionally, a second content analysis of N = 2,400 video comments directly replicated the original study’s main quantitative results. This analysis confirmed that the popular female US comedy YouTuber Jenna Mourey (“JennaMarbles”) received much more negative (including hostile and sexist) feedback than her male counterpart Ryan Higa (“nigahiga”). However, a third content analysis of N = 6,000 video comments from five other pairs of comparable comedy YouTubers did not reveal that women’s videos generally attract a larger number of negative video comments. Possibly, women attract more negative comments only if they display their sexuality (like Jenna Mourey) or address feminist topics, but not if they conform to gender role expectations. Future research directions and practical implications are discussed.     

Using Cultivation Theory to Understand American College Students’ Perceptions of Arabs in the Media

Research has shown that Arab portrayals on television have an effect on viewers’ beliefs about Arabs in general. Based on questionnaire responses from 429 undergraduate students, this study sought to examine perceptions of Arabs on television. Results revealed that college students have predominantly antagonistic views about Arabs in general and on television. These findings suggest that television can affect the way college students view reality regarding Arabs and how these perceptions can perpetuate negative stereotypes.     

全媒体时代基层民主协商的传播创新与经验启示——以浙江省温岭市为例

新媒体技术的发展给国家治理现代化带来新机遇的同时,也带来了新挑战。全媒体时代,温岭民主恳谈制度在地方政治家的推动下实现了传播创新,找到了全社会意愿和要求的最大公约数,更加广泛了解民意集聚民智,更加深入化解矛盾,最大限度凝聚共识,深化了民主恳谈这一颇具地方特色的协商民主模式。温岭的创新实践表明,互联网治理同国家治理现代化具有直接的同构性,新媒体提供了新资源和新契机,传播创新使民主恳谈的协商功能进一步深化,社会整合效果明显。在全媒体时代,正向传播效应需要协同推进,执政党要架构新机制,协同推进基层民主协商的正向传播,助推社会有效整合。     

社交媒体存在的治安问题探析

目前,社交媒体已经成为人们十分青睐的社交软件,但由于其独特的传播机制和特点,违法犯罪分子将其作为开展不法 活动的温床,使人们的安全感受到严重影响。这主要体现在四个方面：一是恐怖组织和个人将社交媒体作为开展恐怖活动宣 传、组织和行动的工具;二是违法犯罪分子利用社交媒体实施色情、赌博和诈骗等犯罪;三是社交媒体成为引发违法犯罪的桥 梁;四是社交媒体在引导网络舆情的方向中起到了重要作用。     

媒介经济解读:概念和运作的分析框架

20世纪90年代以来,西方媒介以扩大经营规模、分散经营风险为动因,以资本控制为纽带、收购兼并为特征,通过横向和纵向扩张增强实力.超级集团的出现使集团化成为媒介经济学研究的焦点.我国媒介组织的政策取向、运作路径和效能评价体系与西方有所不同.中国媒介组织在集团经营进程中面临着资源有效整合、业务成长战略、组织架构模式以及在WTO环境下国际间竞争与合作等诸多问题的挑战与抉择.     

大众传媒与社会主义核心价值体系传播问题探析

大众传媒具有思想政治教育、社会协调、价值规范的功能,是当前社会主义核心价值体系传播的重要途径。大众传媒的内在规定性及传播规律和传播形势的必然要求促使我们应充分发挥大众传媒在社会主义核心价值体系传播过程中的作用。但在大众文化和市场经济的影响下,大众传媒在信息传播过程中不可避免地走进入一些误区,给社会主义核心价值体系传播带来了消极影响。因此,我们要加强引导,对大众传媒进行科学定位与分类,搭建新的传播平台,使其成为弘扬社会主义主旋律的强大阵地,成为凝聚全民族力量的具有强大号召力的重要平台。     

社会舆论对教育改革和发展的支持现状

随着传媒技术的不断发展,公民社会的渐趋形成,公民参与教育改革的热情持续增加,社会舆论对教育发展的影响正在加大。社会舆论是一个复合的概念,媒体是社会舆论传播的重要渠道。因为传播特征和传播方式的不同,不同媒体对教育改革和发展的支持现状也有很大的差异。主流媒体坚持传统的宣传与鼓动模式,不遗余力地推动教育的改革和发展;都市媒体在市场和社会的压力下,寻找舆论宣传与新闻营销的平衡;社交媒体能够让公众直接监督教育管理和教学活动,社交媒体成为舆论监督和规范改革的重要力量。社会舆论可以成为教育改革和发展的“正能量”,为教育改革提供智力支持,指引教育发展的方向;同时,社会舆论也具有情绪化、非理性的特征,如果教育部门不能够对其进行有效的引导,社会舆论也会产生强大的负面效应。教育管理部门、教育教学单位应该在把握不同媒体传播规律的前提下,不断引导社会舆论向支持教育改革和发展的方向发展。