The Othering of Muslims: Discourses of Radicalization in the New York Times, 1969–2014

In this article, I engage with Edward Said's Orientalism and various perspectives within the othering paradigm to analyze the emergence and transformation of radicalization discourses in the news media. Employing discourse analysis of 607 New York Times articles from 1969 to 2014, this article demonstrates that radicalization discourses are not new but are the result of complex sociolinguistic and historical developments that cannot be reduced to dominant contemporary understandings of the concept or to singular events or crises. The news articles were then compared to 850 government documents, speeches, and other official communications. The analysis of the data indicates that media conceptualizations of radicalization, which once denoted political and economic differences, have now shifted to overwhelmingly focus on Islam. As such, radicalization discourse now evokes the construct radicalization as symbolic marker of conflict between the West and the East. I also advanced the established notion that the news media employ strategic discursive strategies that contribute to conceptual distinctions that are used to construct Muslims as an “alien other” to the West.     

他知与自知:多元无知理论视角下的老年人媒介形象

老龄化进程的持续加快将老年群体置于国家、社会和媒体重点关注中,老年人的媒介形象影响着社会公众对老年人的态度和行为。本研究基于多元无知理论视角探讨老年群体的自我认知与他人认知,通过问卷调查发现:中青年群体和老年群体都对老年人形象呈积极正面的认知;但老年人高估了中青年人对老年人的负面态度,低估了中青年人对老年人的正面态度,老年人感知的态度与中青年人的实际态度存在程度上的认知差异;媒介说服推论和敌意媒介效果解释了这种认知偏差。研究结果有助于提高老年群体对他人认知的准确判断,更好地认识自我,通过自知建立自信与自尊。     

我校测控专业CDIO项目设计探讨

针对CDIO教学模式和我校测控专业的特点,结合我校煤炭行业背景和我们所承担的工程项目的优势,提出了以工程项目为基础,以煤矿"四大件"虚拟仪器检测技术为主线的CDIO教学模式一级项目设计的设想,从文中的分析可以看出,这一设想实施具有可行性。     

基于多源数据的海洋特别保护区地理信息系统

数据是地理信息系统的重要组成部分,分析遥感影像数据、矢量数据、视频数据、图像数据和文字数据五种不同形式的数据的特点以及其在海洋特别保护区地理信息系统中的应用情况和添加方法,多源数据的引入使海洋特别保护区地理信息系统功能更加完善,为整个海洋特别保护区的维护、管理和展示提供了便利.     

高校德育工作进宿舍探索

高校学生宿舍是高校辅导员对大学生进行思想政治教育、素质教育的重要阵地。辅导员要加强对大学生宿舍管理,采取积极有效措施建设良好的宿舍环境、加强宿舍文化建设、创建学习型宿舍、构建和谐宿舍等,让学生宿舍管理发挥更高效的育人功能。     

“邯郸散文现象”研究

近些年,邯郸散文创作形成了一定的规模和水平,促成了“邯郸散文现象”。这一现象代表了邯郸散文的实力和成果,并且彰显了邯郸文化的深厚内蕴。对“邯郸散文现象”的成因、特点和价值做出整体性的梳理和关照,发掘这一文化现象的内涵和意义,并指出邯郸散文创作的局限,试图为邯郸散文的发展提出建设性的意见。     

贴近基础教育课程改革提升小学师资培养质量

当前及今后一个时期,教师教育的重点不是数量的扩张,而在于层次和质量的提升。在提高新师资学历层次的同时,如何切实提升其质量?笔者认为切入点在于:贴近基础教育课程改革的需要,处理好培养目标、课程设置、教育手段和教育评价等诸方面的问题,以切实培养能够适应小学素质教育的现代合格小学教师。     

民俗文化资源产业开发刍议

中华民族五千年的文明孕育了灿若繁星的民俗文化,形成了民俗文化资源产业开发的比较优势。深刻挖掘中国优秀的民俗文化资源,坚持可持续发展的原则,加强政府规制,以创意为核心,建立立体的民俗文化产业体系,有助于民俗文化的生态式健康发展,也会给经济建设和发展带来新的增长点。     

Childhood family structure and young adult behaviors

This paper examines a wide variety of forms, and full histories, of family structure to test existing theories of family influences and identify needs for new theories. The focus is on links between childhood family structure and both completed schooling and risk of a nonmarital birth. Using a 27-year span of panel (PSID) data for U.S. children, we find that: (a) change is stressful, (b) timing during childhood is relevant, (c) adults other than parents are important, and (d) two more recently studied family structures (mother-with-grandparent(s) and mother-with-stepfather) do not fit the molds of existing theories. The findings suggest that new theories should consider allocation of resources and reasons people group into family structures. Received: 11 September 1998/Accepted: 27 March 2000