Young people,social media and connective action: from organisational maintenance to everyday political talk

Social media is pervasive in the lives of young people, and this paper critically analyses how politically engaged young people integrate social media use into their existing organisations and political communications. This qualitative research project studied how young people from a broad range of existing political and civic groups use social media for sharing information, mobilisation and, increasingly, as a means to redefine political action and political spaces. Twelve in-person focus groups were conducted in Australia, the USA and the UK with matched affinity groups based on university campuses. The groups were of four types: party political group, issue-based group, identity-based group and social group. Our focus group findings suggest that this in-depth approach to understanding young people's political engagement reveals important group-based differences emerging in young people's citizenship norms: between the dutiful allegiance to formal politics and a more personalised, self-actualising preference for online, discursive forms of political engagement and organising. The ways in which political information is broadcast, shared and talked about on social media by engaged young people demonstrate the importance of communicative forms of action for the future of political engagement and connective action.     

Humor and satire in politics: Introducing cultural sociology to the field

The landscape of political humor and satire is changing rapidly, and it is becoming an increasingly relevant aspect of our culture. Although scholars have been actively trying to capture this change, majority of the existing frameworks for understanding humor and satire in politics still reduce these phenomena to mere genres or rhetoric tools. In addition, they provide insufficient accounts concerning the reception of humor and satire, and neglect to interpret and explain what they communicate. In the article, a general understanding of humor and satire outside of a political context, followed by an overview of studies discussing humor and satire in politics through their applications in social movements, as leadership tools, and through their manifestations in mass media has been presented. Lastly, a cultural sociological perspective to the field has been introduced. It has been argued that approaching humor and satire in politics through a structural hermeneutic method of the Strong Program will enable us to recognize and treat political humor and satire as autonomous and complex cultural systems which carry an internal power to move people.     

浅析加强和改进高校的思想政治教育工作

高校的思想政治教育工作在我国的现代化建设和发展中占有着举足轻重的作用,但高校思想政治工作在实际的操作中依然存在着不容忽视的问题。文章试从高校思想政治教育工作的必要性、紧迫性两方面出发,对加强高校思想政治工作进行探索,进而提出一些改进措施,以期进一步强化高校思想政治教育工作。     

公民·公民教育·思想政治教育

公民概念在西方由来已久 ,它直接与国家相连并被认为是政治民主的一个关键因素。西方公民教育的核心 ,就是通过政治社会化形成公民意识。我国传统上只有臣民而无公民和公民教育 ,民国建立后所实施的公民教育也不成体系。真正将公民教育单独提出并加以强调 ,是在我国社会的转型时期。在社会主义市场经济条件下 ,立足于公民的塑造 ,培养公民的意识、观念与精神 ,是思想政治教育与时俱进、顺应时代发展的客观要求     

高校网络思想政治工作初探

新的形势给高校思想政治工作带来新的生机，网络的出现赋予高校思想政治工作新的内容，使高校网络思想政治工作成为必要和可行。     

论美国宪法政治形成发展的基础

美国宪法政治形成和发展的原因 ,在于有英国立宪政治的深厚文化与思想做基础 ,在于社会各群体有在法治状态下生活的习惯和传统。济济的法律人才在国家政治制度的设计上起了主导作用 ;社会经济制度为美国的宪法政治确立与发展奠定了坚固的基础 ;国家不豢养和保存大规模的常备军 ,人民的代议机关能牢牢控制国家武装力量 ,尤其能控制国家武装力量的经济命脉。另外 ,北美独立运动不是一场专制王权与民主力量之间的冲突与斗争 ,而是一场殖民地力量壮大以后争取分离的运动     

东汉末年的“求真”思潮

东汉末年社会上产生了一股强大的“求真”思潮,在理想与现实、真理与谬误、虚妄与真实等多方面的矛盾与对立中寻找出路,构成了东汉思想的主要趋向。“求真”思潮的产生有多方面的原因,同时其表现形式也是多方面的,其产生的后果也是多方面的,其中之一就是儒家思想自身的修正与道家思想的兴起。     

论江泽民青年观的理论品格

江泽民同志对中国青年问题提出了诸多精辟的观点 ,开拓了马克思主义青年观的新境界。对青年本质的认识 ,对青年思想政治工作、学习的内容、高校培养的目标和青年干部培养的要求 ,以及对青年成长规律的探索是本文研究江泽民青年观的重点     

对我国高校思想道德教育现状与发展的分析

我国高等学校思想道德教育的理论体系比较完备,但具体实践中还存在一些问题,面对这一现状,我们可以采取有效措施,提高高等学校思想道德教育的水平。     

加强学习把握思路--新形势下高校学生思想工作者必须关注的两个重要方面

着重论述了新形势下高校思想教育工作者应该关注的两个重要方面。其一为加强学习提高自身素质 ,适应时代要求 ,其二为在具体学生工作中应当把握的几个重要方面 ,包括工作思路、道德教育、价值取向 ,以及实践教育、心理素质教育、创新教育等。学习与育人 ,构成了思想工作者提高工作成效的两个基本方面