Perceptions of communication in a family relationship and the reduction of intergroup prejudice

From a contact theory perspective, links between variation in young adults' perceptions of communication with their grandparents and attitudes towards older adults are examined. The analysis pays particular attention to variation in communication with multiple grandparents, and finds links between that and perceived variability in the older adult population as a whole. More variation in perceptions of communication with grandparents is associated with perceptions of older adults as more heterogeneous. However, variation in grandparent relationships is associated with more negative attitudes towards older adults on measures of attitudinal central tendency. The results are discussed in terms of intergroup communication processes, contact theory and possible interventions to reduce prejudice in this and other contexts.     

Perceptions of communication in a family relationship and the reduction of intergroup prejudice

From a contact theory perspective, links between variation in young adults' perceptions of communication with their grandparents and attitudes towards older adults are examined. The analysis pays particular attention to variation in communication with multiple grandparents, and finds links between that and perceived variability in the older adult population as a whole. More variation in perceptions of communication with grandparents is associated with perceptions of older adults as more heterogeneous. However, variation in grandparent relationships is associated with more negative attitudes towards older adults on measures of attitudinal central tendency. The results are discussed in terms of intergroup communication processes, contact theory and possible interventions to reduce prejudice in this and other contexts.     

Promoting collaboration: the role of relational multiplexity in an interorganizational health justice network

Organizations need to collaborate to achieve complex goals. Although interorganizational relations often take the form of multiplex ties, our understanding of how multiplexity itself may facilitate interorganizational collaboration is limited. We use dynamic network analysis (SIENA) to test the role of relational multiplexity – specifically, relationships involving communication outside of coalition meetings and expertise-seeking – in promoting collaboration in a health justice coalition over three years. The results offer strong support for the role of multiplexity in the formation of interorganizational collaboration, indicating that having multiple ties between organizations facilitates collaboration, and that certain types of ties (i.e. communication relationships outside of coalition meetings) are more influential than others. We conclude that coalitions hoping to support successful interorganizational collaboration will benefit from offering opportunities for member organizations to communicate outside of group meetings, because such small acts of dyadic interaction can build into deeper levels of engagement. Additionally, our study demonstrates how network analysis can help organizational coalitions to track and suggest potential partnerships between member organizations.     

A global questionnaire survey of the scholarly communication attitudes and behaviours of early career researchers

This article describes an international study informed by a 3‐year‐long qualitative longitudinal project, which sought to discover the scholarly communication attitudes and behaviour of early career researchers (ECRs). Using a combination of small‐scale interviews and a larger‐scale survey, ECRs were questioned on their searching and reading behaviour, publishing practices, open data, and their use of social media. Questionnaire invitations were sent out via publisher lists, social media networks, university research networks, and specialist ECR membership organizations. One‐thousand and six‐hundred responses were received, with many coming from China, Russia, and Poland. Results showed that ECRs are adopting millennial‐facing tools/platforms, with Google, Google Scholar, social media, and smartphones becoming embedded in their scholarly activities. Open data sharing obtains widespread support but somewhat less practice. There are some differences in attitudes and behaviour according to age and subject specialism.     

Autonomy and parent-child relationship satisfaction: the mediating role of communication competence

ABSTRACT

Research shows that autonomous individuals have greater psychological well-being and high-quality relationships. The present study, from a communication perspective, aimed to understand the dynamics between child autonomy, communication competence, and parent-child relationship satisfaction. Participants in this study were 169 parent-young adult child dyads. Results showed that autonomous children reported being more communicatively competent, and both themselves and their parents reported greater satisfaction. Further, mediation analyses showed that child autonomy was positively associated with children’s satisfaction with parents through their disclosure competence, and child autonomy was positively associated with parents’ satisfaction with children through child conflict management competence. Overall, the findings revealed that young adult child being autonomous was beneficial to both themselves and their parents.     

Expanding the conceptual and empirical boundaries of family communication patterns: The development and validation of an Expanded Conformity Orientation Scale

Family communication patterns theory (FCPT) explores how family members communicate to create a shared social reality via conversation and conformity orientations. Recently, scholars have noted that the current conceptualization and operationalization of conformity orientation is unnecessarily narrow in scope by representing conformity as controlling and repressive, rather than as cultivating homogenous attitudes, beliefs, and values among family members. To address these concerns, we tested the factor structure of the most common measure in FCPT research, the Revised Family Communication Patterns scale (Study One). Based on theoretical and methodological concerns that emerged from Study One, we then created and validated a new scale in Study Two – the Expanded Conformity Orientation Scale (ECOS). Findings from Study Two demonstrated concurrent and discriminant validity. Implications for the use of the ECOS in future studies are discussed.     

News media,movies, and anti-Muslim prejudice: investigating the role of social contact

This study examines the relationship between Indian non-Muslim adolescents’ Western and Indian news media use, exposure to Hollywood and Bollywood movies, and their prejudice against Muslim minorities. Based on contact hypothesis, the moderating roles of out-group contact were tested within this framework. Multivariate analyses revealed that Western news media use and exposure to Hollywood movies were significant predictors of anti-Muslim prejudice, while frequent, enriched contact with Muslims reduced out-group prejudice. The relationship between Indian news media use and prejudice was statistically insignificant. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.     

Examining the quality of social support messages produced face-to-face and in computer-mediated communication: The effects of hyperpersonal communication

ABSTRACT

The hyperpersonal communication model was used to investigate the implications of the reduced social cues in computer-mediated communication (CMC) for the production of social support messages. Participants were randomly assigned to interact with a confederate seeking help about a problem for which the confederate was or was not responsible. The interactions took place either face-to-face or in one of two CMC conditions. The results were partially consistent with the intensification effect proposed in the hyperpersonal model. Participants evaluated the confederate most negatively, but produced the highest quality support messages, in the CMC condition with visual anonymity followed by the CMC condition and face-to-face condition. Participants’ evaluations of the confederate were also influenced by the confederate’s responsibility for their problem.     

“非暴力沟通”在科技期刊编辑与作者沟通中的应用

沟通是科技期刊编辑的重要工作之一。将“非暴力沟通”应用在编辑与作者的沟通中,通过不带评论的观察、诚实表达自己的感受并体察对方的感受、提出需要并倾听对方的需要,以及提出请求,来完成和谐良好的沟通。“非暴力沟通”既要注重语言方式的运用,也要遵循尊重、倾听的原则。“非暴力沟通”可使编辑提高工作效率,减轻工作压力,也为科技期刊长期发展注入动力。     

刍议媒体融合视域下学术期刊的出版传播——共享·多元·开放·互动·交融

在分析我国现有学术期刊的媒体融合形态特征基础上,探讨当下期刊媒体融合的发展瓶颈,以“共享、多元、开放、互动、交融”的融媒体理念重构了期刊的平台、内容、媒体形式、评议体系、功能和编辑角色等,以充分提升学术期刊在媒体融合环境中的传播力和影响力.     

Candidates’ use of informal communication on social media reduces credibility and support: Examining the consequences of expectancy violations

ABSTRACT

This experiment (N= 476) investigates how individuals evaluate political candidates who use informal communication on social media. We use expectancy violations theory (EVT) to predict that informal communication will lead to negative evaluations. Our results suggest that politicians’ use of informal communication on social media leads to expectancy violation, which decreases perceived credibility and lessens intention to support a candidate. This effect was not moderated by sex (male versus female) or age (young versus old) of the candidate, nor of participants being the same sex as the candidate. These findings suggest that political figures should use informal communication on social media with caution.     

The use of information and communication technologies in public libraries in South Africa as tools for bridging the digital divide: the case of the Kempton Park public library

ABSTRACT

The information and knowledge society has resulted in the exponential growth of information and communication technologies (ICTs), thus creating a gap between those who use ICTs and those who do not; hence the emergence of the term “digital divide” in the 1990s. One of the milestones of South Africa’s National Development Plan, a policy that charts the country’s development up until 2030, is to ensure that high-speed broadband internet is universally available at competitive prices. Notwithstanding the importance of ICTs in public libraries, the provision of such is still taking place on a limited scale in South Africa. This article investigates the use of ICTs in public libraries in South Africa as a tool in bridging the digital divide. It also examines the inequalities in access and use and suggests ways in which ICTs may be used to reduce the digital divide. A qualitative research methodology was adopted. In order for public libraries to function as an important tool in bridging the digital divide, there is a need to standardize the provision of public library services with regard to the digital divide.     

Towards an integrated model of strategic environmental communication: advancing theories of reactance and planned behavior in a water conservation context

This study demonstrates how communication research can be strategically applied to address environmental problems in modern societies. To accomplish this goal, this research advances an integrated communication model based on psychological reactance theory and the theory of planned behavior to explain negative attitude change that can occur when people are exposed to water conservation campaigns [Liang, Y. J., Henderson, L.K., & Kee, K. F. (2017). Running out of water! Developing a message typology and evaluating message effects on attitude toward water conservation. Environmental Communication. doi:10.1080/17524032.2017.1288648]. The data fit the hypothesized model, synthesizing message-, social-, and individual-based processes to predict their effects on behavioral intention towards water conservation. Interestingly, data show that (1) combinations of message strategies affect reactance differently, and (2) subjective norm and perceived behavioral control negatively correlated with threat to freedom. These results point to the practical implication that environmental communication to promote voluntary water conservation are effective when campaign messages are designed to reduce threat to freedom, induce social norms, and increase self-efficacy. We call the documented research process strategic environmental communication, which focuses on the joint application of evidence and theory towards addressing environmentally motivated problems.     

从文献检索教育到面向知识创新的变革——近十年来高校文献检索课教学研究回顾与展望

文章回顾了20世纪的文献检索课教学研究概况,重点对新世纪10年来的高校信息检索课教学研究进行了较为详尽的总结,最后展望未来的教学研究,提出了建立面向知识创新的三个层次的信息素质教育体系的观点。     

编辑在科技期刊质量控制和学术不端行为防范中的主动作用 ——一篇国际论文投稿的体会

通过一篇国际论文的投稿实例,阐明国际高水平科技期刊的编辑在答复作者、办刊思路、引导沟通、维护权益等环节中的态度和方法,阐释编辑在期刊质量控制和预防学术不端行为过程中发挥的至关重要的主动作用。     

医药卫生类期刊举办线上学术会议存在的2个主要问题及改进措施——以《中国药业》的实践经验为例

新冠肺炎疫情背景下,医药卫生类期刊举办线上学术会议不仅能提升期刊品牌影响力和学术质量,还能为医药学科研究成果的传播赋能,将医药学信息和抗疫经验及时、准确、全面地传递至医药卫生人员。但在实践中也有其局限性:参会人员缺乏沉浸感和交流互动,会议规模与会议时长难以平衡。受疫情影响,《中国药业》举办的学术会议2020年初也从“线下”模式转型为“线上”模式,截至2021年12月共举办了42场线上学术会议,取得了一定成效和经验。本文以医药卫生类期刊举办线上学术会议亟待解决的2个主要问题为例,分享《中国药业》的实践经验:通过举办虚拟圆桌会议、提前开通/延后关闭会议通道、增设互动环节、为参会人员组建微信群等方式提升参会人员的沉浸感和互动交流;通过制订合理的会议议程、“拆零”大型会议等方式平衡会议时长和规模,旨在为其他医药卫生类期刊提供借鉴和参考。     

高校图书馆量化评估专业期刊需求程度和保障水平的研究——以吉林大学哲学专业为例

［目的/意义］建立一种能够量化评估专业期刊被需求程度、学术价值及其在图书馆馆藏中的保障率和保障质量的有效、可操作方法,从而了解专业教师对期刊种类的有序需求和图书馆保障水平,为图书馆期刊资源规划和建设提供全面、准确的量化依据。［方法/过程］以吉林大学哲学专业为研究样本,通过引入期刊使用率和保障质量的概念,将该专业教师发表论文所选期刊和论文中引用期刊排序,定量描述期刊在该专业中的被需求程度和学术价值;通过综合考虑馆藏缺失期刊是否是核心或SCI期刊及其在被引频次和使用率排序中的位置,评估图书馆对期刊的保障质量。［结果/结论］得出期刊引频和使用率随期刊排序号的变化遵从e指数衰减规律。与传统的被引频次排序和保障率排序相比,使用率排序能更准确地描述学科对期刊的需求程度,保障质量能更好地反映图书馆对期刊需求的保障水平。