Communicating Under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act Amendments

Regulations under Section 112(r) of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments require fixed facilities having threshold quantities of materials on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's list of regulated substances to disclose to the general public the expected offsite consequences of worst-case accidental chemical releases. This paper describes the communication practices of small firms in Delaware and New Jersey and the practical problems these facilities might encounter complying with the proposed rule. The paper reports an interesting difference between the apprehension voiced by small firms required to report worst-case release information and the public's apparent lack of interest in such information. Unlike the difficulty expected by small firms in calculating and communicating worst-case chemical release information, this paper includes some observations on the ability of large chemical firms to comply with the proposed requirements.     

Business adoption of information and communications technologies in the two-tier rural economy: some evidence from the South Midlands

This paper explores the reasons why rural firms choose to adopt and use information and communications technologies. Evidence for rural restructuring and its implications for conceptualising the rural economy, is reviewed. Information on firms is obtained by means of a questionnaire survey and intensive in-depth interviews. Pronounced variations in adoption are identified. They are explained by the pressures exerted by customers and suppliers and the ways these are responded to by managers. The concept of a two-tier rural economy, based upon levels of adoption, is introduced. The need to focus upon global–local rather than urban–rural differences is emphasised. Implications for those who advise and seek to help rural businesses are considered.     

边疆多民族地区网络政治传播的失序与治理

边疆民族地区网络政治参与制度的供给迟滞于制度的需求,使得网络政治传播游走于失位、越位的政治空间,造成网络政治传播的失效与失序。在边疆民族地区的社会治理中,多元网络社会思潮的涌现、网络政治谣言的频发、虚假新闻信息的泛滥,引发了政府和社会之间的信任赤字,成为边疆多民族地区社会治理失序的重要影响因素。在阻止极端思想传播,截获并分析网络政治谣言和虚假新闻信息的同时,边疆多民族地区社会治理还需要主动适应网络政治传播的新形势,积极拥抱新媒体,执行战略性传播,加大对官方门户网站和政务微博的建设,不断拓展微信政务平台,使其成为边疆多民族地区社会治理的新平台。     

论现代造型艺术亚审美化的成因

在现代的造型艺术中,以崇高为代表的经典审美正在退却,而以愉悦为代表的亚审美正在广泛流行,亚审美的流行是时代发展的必然结果。主要原因是艺术范围的扩大与创作方式的改变;艺术品的市场化和艺术创作的商业化;艺术的生活化和生活的审美化;艺术传播媒介的多样化和传播方式的便捷化。     

多媒体信息技术在第二语言教学中的应用

多年来,第二语言的教与学是在教室里由教师使用一块黑板、一支粉笔和一本固定的教材面对学生直接授课完成的。这种传统的教学方法显然已经落后于时代的步伐,难以满足人们学习语言和使用语言的需求。在多媒体信息技术发展日趋成熟的时代里,其特殊作用已日趋明显而不容忽视。与传统的教学模式相比,多媒体信息技术具有不可替代的优势,它有利于提高语言学习者的自主学习能力和交际能力,从而提高学习者的语言水平和整体素质。     

新疆维汉中学生的交流与互动——来自乌鲁木齐的实证研究

调查显示,新疆乌鲁木齐中小学民汉合校后,维汉中学生的交往具有广泛性、表面性、多层次性和不平衡性等特点。影响其深层交流与互动的因素主要有制度因素、文化因素、语言因素、心理因素等。针对此积极作为,不断完善制度和克服障碍,相信会有一个较好的发展趋势。     

构建中国乡村传播学的基本思路 ———传播学本土化的一种探索

文章从传播学这一学科在中国的发展趋势谈起,结合中国乡村社会的变迁以及对乡村社会研究的深入,提出构建中国乡村传播学的基本思路,就其主要研究范围、研究对象、研究方法及理论基础做了初步的界定。     

专用智能系统设计与应用(SISDA)

本文描述了专用智能系统的一般设计思想、生成方法以及在面向实际应用场合应该研究的一些基于实时性、可靠性、自适应性等问题,并给出了相应的应用成果实例.     

The National Family Caregiver Support Program: A Multivariate Examination of State-Level Implementation

Research on caregiver support policy implementation has offered valuable insights but has not incorporated theoretical frameworks or multivariate analysis. This article describes how the communications model for intergovernmental policy implementation was used as a framework to examine predictors of successful statewide implementation of the National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP). Using data from the National Center on Caregiving State of the States survey, U.S. Census, Administration on Aging, and historical records, implementation (extent of service delivery) was examined in 50 states and the District of Columbia. State-level characteristics (demographic, historical, political, and organizational) were tested for their ability to explain more or less successful implementation. Bivariate and multivariate findings suggest that historical characteristics predict the likelihood of delivering more counseling, support group, and training. States that recognize caregivers as both service recipients (through counseling and support groups) and service providers (through training) may demonstrate more effective implementation.     

The turning of the tide

Abstract

A conflict between the local and the global is built into the contradiction of being a linguistic animal, at once bound by one's bodiliness to the local and able to conceptualize (and therefore to act) far beyond it. The paper considers some of the effects of this conflict, before proceeding briefly to examine four interrelated but distinct terms: universal, international, cosmopolitan and global. This paper was originally delivered as a lecture given at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's conference ‘Navigating Globalization: Stability, Fluidity and Friction’, sponsored by the NTNU Globalization Programme held in Trondheim, Norway, August, 2005.