#Engagement: use of Twitter chats to construct nominal participatory spaces during health crises

Although Twitter chats and other forms of social media engagement events are idealized in the literature as opportunities for dialogic communication between organizations and individuals, less is known about how engagement is operationalized within these spaces. Using textual and content analysis, we conducted two studies to explore how health organizations engage with the public via Twitter chats during the Ebola and Zika outbreaks. In official records of Ebola chats, the organization addressed both hostile and neutral public questions that pressed for specification of disease characteristics and protocol. However, in a content analysis of all public tweets sent during a later Zika chat, we found that questions were privileged, and other tweet forms and themes were excluded from the participatory space. Specifically, public comments demonstrating expertise or extending the topic of the chat were not addressed by the organization. Our analysis provides insight into the implicit rules governing how organizations engage with the public online during a rapidly evolving health crisis. We argue that the question–response dyad is a form of ideal communication that suggests engagement but maintains organizational expertise.     

Citizen engagement and the illusion of secrecy: exploring commenter characteristics in censored online news articles

We address the conflict between citizenship engagement through news commenting, and censorship needs. News articles often contain forms of censorship to maintain security, with non-identification of individuals a means of information protection. Commonly used is the replacement of a name with a supposedly non-identifying initial, protecting the identity of military personnel, witnesses, minors, victims or suspects who need to be granted anonymity in the public sphere. We seek to understand the characteristics of commenters including awareness of the potential for social media to circumvent censorship, and attitudes towards censorship in news articles. Our study of censored articles collected from online news pages on Facebook, presents insights into participant characteristics including a strong correlation between personal network size and censorship support.     

生命美学与超越必然的自由问题--四论生命美学与实践美学的论争

认识必然的自由即自由的客观性、必然性与超越必然的自由即自由的主观性、超越性之间存在着不可还原性.对于超越必然的自由即自由的主观性、超越性的考察,正是美学之为美学所必须面对的当代问题,也正是生命美学得以诞生的根本前提.审美活动并非意在对于美的寻找、反映,而是意在生命自身的提升.审美活动不是事实判断,而是价值判断,是对于生命活动自身的一种自由愉悦的揭示.审美活动完全应该成为人类生命活动中最根本的东西,成为人类在漫长的生命进化过程中为自己所创造的一种推动生命向前向上的动力之源.     

中国美学传统的新阐释--以生命美学作为阐释背景的《中西比较美学论稿》

美学界对于中国美学传统的研究,往往局限于主客二分的思维方式,往往潜在地以西方美学传统作为参照框架.生命美学的出现,从根本上改变了这一状况.生命美学能够以其全新的阐释框架与方法去深刻精辟地阐释中国美学传统,深刻地阐释以往的美学派别所已经阐释过的中国美学问题,独到地发现以往的美学派别所无法阐释、无法洞见的中国美学问题,从而在中国美学传统研究中真正地切入美的源泉和核心,为当代的中国美学传统研究别开洞天.     

美学双璧——也谈《红楼梦》中钗、黛悲剧形象

本文以钗黛悲剧形象为主要论述对象,并把其置入封建制社会这样的大文化背景中,悲剧的时代、悲剧的制度决定了人物悲剧的必然,并通过她们的独特的个性存在,论证钗、黛缺一不可,作者从两个层次上为我们展示了钗、黛悲剧的美学意义.     

小说叙述语言的节奏性及其审美价值

小说的叙述语言由于意义的不断变化 ,其音质音色 ,声音力度 ,语音的长度都不断变化 ,产生出差异。这种差异的语言相间交错、大致匀称的重复变化就使叙述语言形成了鲜明的节奏。节奏性一方面使小说的叙述语言抑扬顿挫、错落有致、和谐悦耳 ,形成了声音层面的外形式美 ;另一方面不同节奏的语言使小说的叙事话语带上了不同的审美意味和情绪色彩 ,有效地加大了小说叙述语言的表现力。     

审美意识与文学翻译中文化意象的传递

本文从美学角度探讨了文学翻译范畴内文化意象翻译策略受译者审美意识制约的必然性,并从理性的高度研究翻译策略的选择原则,认为翻译是一有机统一的整体,译者对待文化意象的传递应给予积极地辩证地审美评价.     

柏拉图美学之再阐释

理想国是柏拉图的社会学核心,要正确认识其美学思想,必须抓住这个关键问题。理想国是柏拉图主观润色了的真善美相统一的审美王国;其“审美阶梯说”则是理想国的美学核心和灵魂。它使美学超越了狭隘的艺术哲学,进入了人生和社会领域,体现了美学视野的开放性和纵深性。     

审美教育与大学生思想教育

审美教育与大学生思想教育相互渗透、密切相关,审美教育包括教师形象、课堂教育、环境育人、学生活动等多方面,审美教育是转变学生思想观念最有效的途径之一.     

Changes in small town social capital and civic engagement

Small towns are often depicted as places with many interpersonal relationships and generalized trust, or high social capital. Social capital is a resource which towns can use to solve problems and improve the local quality of life. In this paper, I determined if social capital and civic engagements have declined in small towns in the U.S. Midwest as has happened more generally and tested likely explanations for the change. Quantitative analyses of data from the U.S. Census, other secondary sources, and a longitudinal study of residents of 99 small towns were conducted. Findings revealed that social capital has declined, but one type of civic engagement improved. Towns in counties with more small farms in 1990 had more bonding social capital and civic engagement in 2004 than other towns when other factors were controlled. The proportion of local businesses had no impact on civic engagement and was negatively associated with one kind of social capital. Mixed findings about how income impacted social capital and civic engagement indicated a complex relationship. The retirement of the so called “civic generation” had minimal impact on social capital and civic engagement.