Tweeting about emergency: A semantic network analysis of government organizations’ social media messaging during Hurricane Harvey

While social media like Twitter have been increasingly adopted by public-sector organizations, it remains less explored as to how government and emergency management (EM) organizations use these platforms to communicate with the public in response to emerging natural disasters. Extending the Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT) to the realm of social media, this study examines the emerging semantic networks from 67 government and EM organizations’ official tweets during Hurricane Harvey over a three-week period. It identifies how multiple crisis response strategies—including instructing information, adjusting information, and bolstering—are constituted of different issues, actions, and organizational actors before, during, and immediately after the disaster event. Results suggest that government agencies use the strategy of instructing information predominantly before and during the disaster, whereas adjusting information and bolstering strategies are utilized more during post-disaster recovery. The study offers theoretical and practical implications of using a semantic network approach to studying organizational crisis responses.     

Harm reduction for cannabis: Factor analysis of a protective behavioral strategies survey

Objective: To examine the psychometric properties of a measure of cannabis-specific Protective Behavioral Strategies (PBS), which assesses ways in which students may reduce cannabis-related risk. Participants: Respondents to the American College Health Association – National College Health Assessment II (N = 580) during Spring 2015. Methods: Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM) were used to identify and replicate the factor structure of the measure. Results: Results support a four-factor model (Respiratory Health, Frequency/Quantity, Socializing, and General Health) with close approximate fit (Χ² (310) = 565.96, p < .001, RMSEA = .038 (.033, .043; 90% CI), CFI = .961, TLI = .929, SRMR = .033). Support for the convergent validity and construct validity of the measure was also found. Conclusions: This is the initial step in the development of a standard, psychometrically validated measure of cannabis PBS that has the potential to inform future research and interventions.     

运用反思性策略培养大学生的创新能力

知识经济时代的到来对人才培养提出了崭新的要求。在高等教育教学中,如何加强创新教育,培养学生的创新能力,是当今高等教育发展问题中的重中之重。反思高等教育现状,检视其在培养学生创新能力方面的弊病并在此基础上,研究如何运用反思性策略来培养学生的创新能力。     

外贸函电的拒绝策略及语用分析

拒绝是威胁听者积极面子的言语行为,因而要采取各种策略进行补救。外贸函电的拒绝策略分为直接策略和规约策略。规约策略由于同时遵守了合作原则和礼貌原则,从而减少了对于对方面子的威胁,因而在外贸函电中被广为使用。     

非英语专业学生英语学习策略运用的特点

本文对新建本科院校非英语专业学生的英语学习策略及运用特点加以论述。     

电视频道专业化的困境与策略

频道专业化是世界电视发展的潮流。我国在电视频道专业化的进程中存在一些问题。在此,从盈利模式、受众细分、频道定位等方面深层次剖析限制我国频道专业化发展的瓶颈,并借鉴国际上成熟的专业化频道的运作经验,有针对性地提出了一系列频道专业化的建设思路和营销策略,以求能对电视业务界有借鉴、指导意义。     

国际贸易交际中语用策略的应用研究

人们在日常交际中,经常带有一定的目的性,为了达到自己的目的,讲话时需要使用一些语用策略。研究目的是从语言交际角度出发,对国际贸易交际语境下语用策略的运用进行研究。采用的具体研究方法是语料研究。口头交际语料分析方法的运用,为本文提供了强有力的论据。得出的主要研究结论是言语得体策略、委婉语策略、模糊语言策略、间接言语策略、不实施威胁面子行为的礼貌策略等的运用关系到国际贸易交际的成败。     

美国通用语言的发展策略及其特征

英语成为关利坚的通用语言,是英国殖民者和美国主流社会在其宗教使命感、文化优越感和强烈的母语情结的作用下,依靠军事、经济、文化实力对土著印第安人、非英裔白人和黑人等民族语言同化和融合的产物。它的实质是语言同化外衣下对少数族裔文化认同的瓦解和再造,是建立美国英语在全球语言霸权的初次演练。     

Gendered Strategies of Self: Navigating Hierarchy and Contesting Masculinities

This article is based on a case study of a catastrophic wildfire that occurred in western Canada in 2003. The organization of the firefighting efforts and unequal support and praise from the public and the media resulted in a hierarchy between firefighting groups. This created inter‐group tension and conflicts that firefighters resolved using discursive strategies that positioned some occupational groups as superior and others as subordinate. I argue that we cannot fully understand firefighters' strategies for negotiating this hierarchy without examining masculinity dynamics; something that previous research on boundary work and the comparative self have yet to examine.     

西方国家意识形态扩张的现代性路径及应对方略

生态、潮流、反恐、普世等问题已异化为西方意识形态扩张的现代性路径;从全球化趋势的形成和发展、主流意识形态建设的弱化、新媒体发展和普及等方面着力分析西方意识形态扩张现代性路径的诸多原因,加强马克思主义意识形态宣传教育、提升马克思主义意识形态交往的主动权和影响力、促进社会发展和惠民建设等进行应对。