WARNING—The Existing Media System May Be Toxic to Your Health: Health Communication and the Politics of Media Reform

Our physical health depends, at least in part, upon the health of our media environment. Unfortunately, the commercial media system produces countless messages that not only misinform Americans about their health but also actively promote unhealthy behaviors. Rather than taking the existing media system as a given, this commentary argues that health communication scholars should work with media reformers to transform the media system in ways that advance public health goals. In particular, the ongoing regulatory struggle over low-power radio provides an important opportunity for health communication scholars and media reformers to join forces.     

论媒体竞争力评价的研究范式

随着媒介市场竞争的日趋激烈,正确分析竞争环境和评估竞争能力成为媒体战略管理的重要议题.现有的评价体系不足以反映媒体内在和潜在的竞争优势,因此媒体竞争力评价的问题逐渐受到关注.但是,作为一个年轻的领域,更加需要建立一套科学严谨的规范来把目前散落在管理学、传播学领域的学者团结起来,围绕核心问题协同探索.本文着眼研究对象的特殊性,致力于构建一个包括学科定位、基本概念、理论基础、方法体系和分析框架的研究范式,供学者参考.     

Media Marathoning and Health Coping

This study uses Grounded Theory to analyze interviews with a dozen individuals who media marathoned while going through a health struggle. The analysis addresses five major themes: engaging in escapism that enables emotional and avoidance coping, regulating cognitive expenditure by embracing challenging or comforting content, being still to heal the body, reducing emotional and cognitive strain by engaging a continuous narrative, and tapering from the marathon when feeling better. Findings suggest that media marathoning can offer beneficial cognitive, emotional, and physical regulatory opportunities for those dealing with health struggles. Furthermore, media marathoning when dealing with a health concern is a strategic and active coping strategy that has potential health benefits.     

手机媒体的传播学思考

本文认为手机传播将人际传播和大众传播融为一体,手机传播的实践活动使一些经典传播学理论失效,并对手机传播中的用户特征进行了研究。     

媒介考古学:渊源、谱系与价值——访加州大学洛杉矶分校埃尔基·胡塔莫教授

媒介考古学是媒介研究的新方向,本文与该领域的前沿学者埃尔基·胡塔莫教授展开对话。在对话中胡塔莫教授梳理了其进入媒介考古学的路径,分析了媒介考古学的谱系和价值,有助于学者深入理解媒介考古学,明晰其理论渊源、发展脉络、涉及领域,展开具有自身特色的媒介考古学研究。     

Race,Media, and the Cultivation of Concern

These reflections on critical communication and cultural studies of race draw on Bruno Latour's idea of ‘matters of concern’ to propose that scholars expand the focus of inquiry from empirical questions of veracity and accuracy in representations of race to concerns with how (and where) media gather and mobilize sentiments and affective investments that increasingly underwrite quotidian practices of racial inequality and racism in the post racial period.     

试论新旧媒介的划界

现在传播学界在提到“新媒介”时一般指的是互联网,但是由于新媒介越来越多并且在传播上相互依赖的程度越来越高,以网络指代新媒介已无法清晰地体现出现代传播与传统传播的真正区别。笔者主张突出“数字化,”并以其作为新旧传播形态的分界。     

Rebels of the underground: Media,orality, and the routes of black emancipation

Studies of race in communication studies often critique and/or celebrate representations of people of color, but recently scholars have called for studies to “go beyond” representation. Building off the work of Sarah Sharma, Harold Innis, Marshall McLuhan, and Walter Ong, this article considers how forms of media, rather than solely content, have racial implications that exceed their representational capabilities. Through an analysis of slave narratives, this article argues that the Underground Railroad was a “media environment” that assisted slave emancipation. This environment celebrated oral forms of mediation and the bodies of certain black runaway slaves to mediate the lines between freedom and bondage.     

Social Media and Active Shooter Events: A School Crisis Communication Challenge

In recent years, the need to study the communication challenges schools face during crises has become essential. The current study included semi-structured interviews with 56 crisis team members from 21 P–12 districts. Participants identified the social media challenges and strategies districts employ during crisis events. Implications for scholars and P–12 administrators are discussed.     

关于媒体融合的几点思索

“媒体融合”概念越来越频繁地进入人们视线,美国已有新闻传播院系设立“媒体融合”专业或方向,更在研究者在美国佛罗里达进行了一次大规模的尝试,将30多个媒体放在了同一个大平台坦帕(TAMPA)上运作;对这次自觉的试验,我们需要进行理性的思考,即“媒体融合”假设是否成立;是否已形成理论、或在理论上能表述清楚;通过试验能否提供一些数据、定律供研究者检验操作;它将为新闻采写和传播模式带来怎样的变革等等。     

链与网:媒介竞争和媒介生产的视角切换

本文从媒介竞争中经常使用的价值链一词出发,回顾了这一概念的演变脉络,及其对媒介生产行为的意义。在此基础上,作者认为价值链正在向空间尺度扩展,媒介生产网络更能概括目前社会情境下的媒介生产方式,体现传播资源的集散运动。     

美国“新闻式电视批评”在媒介体系中的权力角色

美国新闻式电视批评在媒介组织体系中,扮演着联袂聚焦的权力角色。电视媒体因而视其为一种营销途径,水门事件以后,新闻式批评有意识地反抗这种角色,张扬专业主义批评精神。国内的新闻式批评,还没有发挥其应有的产业作用和文化影响,但仍然值得关注,这对于媒介研究本身及理解当下的文化现实,都是极有意义的。     

传媒与政治信任之关系的研究现状及展望

国外对于传媒与政治信任的关系有不少重要的研究,其研究的焦点集中在传媒是否对公众的政治信任有负面影响上,不少学者持"媒体抑郁论"的观点。但这种观点不断被检验,研究者发现不同传媒变量对不同层次政治信任的影响各不相同。国内在传媒与政治信任方面的研究比较缺乏。该领域的研究可以考虑综合运用质化、量化的研究方法、关注新媒体与政治信任之关系,以及探讨中国传媒与政治信任的关系。     

认知媒介融合的既有理念和实践

近些年围绕媒介融合的主题,国内外新闻传播业界和学界分别进行了多方面的实践探索和理论研究。但到目前为止,媒介融合仍是一个认识不一、含混不清的概念,各种媒介融合实践仍处于不成熟的探索阶段,有关媒介融合的种种论断都未形成科学的理论。国内新闻传播学界和业界都应当理性地分析媒介融合的相关问题,予以准确的判断,在此基础上有效地推动媒介融合研究和实践的健康进展。     

论新媒体传播中的“蝴蝶效应”及其对策

本文借助混沌理论分析了新媒体传播中的蝴蝶效应,认为新媒体是一个混沌系统,新媒体传播是由有序到无序、再到新的有序的循环过程;其结局具有不可预测性;随后提出了下新媒体传播蝴蝶效应下的政府危机管理对策,即建立突发事件预警系统,在新媒体突发事件的初期,防微杜渐;在新媒体突发事件的中期,以疏通为主,新媒体突发事件的后期,亡羊补牢。     

2011年中国新媒体传播研究综述

本文对2011年中国新媒体传播相关各领域研究的总体进展进行了回顾和梳理,认为这年的中国新媒体传播研究进一步聚焦于移动互联网环境下新媒体传播领域的融合、应用和治理等研究主题上,对中国新媒体的传播规律和本质特征进行了有益探索。     

媒介的两个路径:鲍德里亚与恩岑斯贝格关于媒介理论的争论

自20世纪媒介技术迅猛发展以来,对于媒介的认识和争论一直没有停止,传播学和媒介研究也正是在此背景下不断发展前行。上世纪六十、七十年代媒介研究范式变革时期,鲍德里亚与恩岑斯贝格两位思想家就媒介理论的基本认识展开一场争论,秉持法兰克福学派传统的恩岑斯贝格在法国"五月风暴"的氤氲下推进本雅明的技术文化理论,发展出了意识工业概念,对于思考媒介理论的合法性问题具有重要意义;对于鲍德里亚来说,媒介技术的"进化",实为一种拟真替代本真的社会交往,以媒介技术为中介的传播活动中,最终将导致人的本真缺失,因而宣告传统媒介理论已失去解释力。本文认为,这两个看似不在一个水平线上的对话实则包含了媒介理论研究的两种路径,即作为生产工具的技术论与作为传播工具的文化论。当我们在回顾和梳理鲍德里亚和恩岑斯贝格的争论时,需要从媒介化社会的视角来重新审视媒介理论的技术论和文化论之间的平衡。     

Police Media: The Governance of Territory,Speed, and Communication

The work of the modern police apparatus is highly dependent upon media technologies. This article traces crucial developments in this history, analyzing the central role that media have played in policing practices since the advent of the modern patrol in the late eighteenth century. We trace how the governmentalized police force has used media to govern efficiently what Foucault calls the three great variables: territory, speed, and communication. In conclusion, we consider the possibilities for resistance in a time when digital police media have given rise to alarming strategies for surveilling populations, stifling dissent, and exerting control over public and private space.     

Powerless Language in Health Media: The Influence of Biological Sex and Magazine Type on Health Language

Powerless language influences how media consumers perceive the believability and trustworthiness of news sources. Past studies have suggested females use more powerless language, which can negatively influence credibility. However, previous research also suggests powerless language may be preferred in certain contexts. To investigate powerless language use in written health media, a content analysis investigated health-related articles in issues of 12 magazines between October 2008 and September 2009. Analysis compared differences in powerless language frequencies relative to three variables: biological sex of the author, biological sex of the audience, and the magazine's overall topic focus. Female authors and health-focused magazines used more powerless language than male authors and generic-focused magazines, and powerless language was more often directed towards a female audience than a male audience.     

媒介正义论:走向正义的传播理论与实践

传媒业界和传播学界始终不曾间断对正义的追求,集中体现在传播与社会正义运动、传播与社会正义研究、社会正义的新闻学、媒介伦理学及信息公平论等研究中。本文提出,应基于传媒实践与传播理论提炼并建构中国的媒介正义论研究。