Branding Television News in a Multichannel Environment: An Exploratory Study of Network News Brand Personality

Adopting the construct of “brand personality,” this article examines the perceived differences among various television news brands, investigates the distinction between cable and broadcast news brands, and explores the applicability of brand personality in this market. CNN was found to possess the most distinct, positive personality, whereas CBS news had the least differentiated brand personality. Fox News was seen as the most dynamic and conservative. Overall, broadcast network news was perceived to be more traditional and liberal than cable network news. Three modified dimensions—competence, timeliness, and dynamism—were found to represent the personality facets of the television news product.     

Traveling with MI education in a turbulent sea: stories of South Korea

The purpose of this paper is to explore ways in which multiple intelligences (MI) theory has been disseminated in search of its meaning, effectiveness and possibilities over the last decade in Korea. There have been a great number of Korean practitioners who have properly applied an ideal of MI theory in their local context. Western readers will be informed of how actively these educators participate in the grass‐roots reform process. A traditional or teacher‐based image of Oriental education culture may have to be redefined, at least in the current Korean educational context. In doing so, the authors reviewed related literature and research articles written by Korean scholars and practitioners as well as conducting in‐depth and focus‐group interviews nationwide to represent voices of Korean MI educators at school level. There has been substantive evidence that most students guided by MI instruction demonstrated better achievement in several subject areas; students typically labeled low achievers in traditional classrooms became better self‐regulated learners, showing higher self‐esteem. Finally, the Korean research community experienced the emergence of a new collaborative research culture in which MI educators are fully acknowledged as curriculum designers and researchers able to gain insight into culturally appropriate classroom practices. The authors end this paper reflecting on a future hope that the Korean research community will continue, both critically and collaboratively, to examine MI theory to make it more applicable in establishing culturally relevant pedagogical insights.     

中国信息产业发展的对策

信息产业是国民经济的重要组成部分,是中国经济增长的源泉之一,文章从中国信息产业发展的现状出发,分析了其存在的主要问题,即经济基础薄弱,信息资源开发利用程度低,政策和法规不完善,针对这些问题,作者进一步探讨了中国信息产业发展的战略对策。     

Improved approaches to stability criteria for neural networks with time-varying delays

In this paper, the problem of stability analysis for neural networks with time-varying delays is considered. By the use of a newly augmented Lyapunov functional and some novel techniques, sufficient conditions to guarantee the asymptotic stability of the concerned networks are established in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Three numerical examples are given to show the improved stability region of the proposed works.     

某些特殊类型差分方程(递推关系)的解法

本文以微分方程理论为背景探索一些特殊的差分方程的解法,从而得到了一些有规律性的结果,进一步解决一类递推关系差分方程的解法.     

从同行通讯评审意见看不予资助项目申请书中的共性问题

国家自然科学基金(以下简称"科学基金")是我国支持基础研究的主渠道之一.多年来,在促进我国基础研究工作开展,提高基础研究水平,增强原始创新能力等方面发挥了重要作用,日益受到科学界的重视[1].由于科学基金资助项目申请数量逐年增长,而资助率维持相对稳定的水平,因此竞争日趋激烈[2].作为科学基金资助项目的申请书,其质量高低成为项目能否获得资助的关键因素之一[3].目前,科学基金资助项目的评审主要采用同行评议的方法.     

也谈解放思想

早在改革开放初期,邓小平同志就深刻地指出：“一个党,一个国家,一个民族,如果一切从本本出发,思想僵化,迷信盛行,那就不能前进,他的生机就要停止,就要亡党亡国。”可以毫不夸张地说,没有当年的解放思想,也就没有今天我们广播电视大学办学的伟大成就。因此,解放思想是中国特色社会主义的一大法宝,是我们适应新形势,应对新挑战,认识新事物,完成新任务的思想武器。     

Synchronization of discrete-time complex dynamical networks with interval time-varying delays via non-fragile controller with randomly occurring perturbation

This paper addresses synchronization problem for discrete-time complex dynamical networks with interval time-varying delays. In order to achieve the synchronization, a feedback controller subjected to randomly occurring perturbations will be considered. The randomly occurring perturbations are assumed to belong to the Binomial sequence. By constructing a suitable Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional, and utilizing reciprocally convex approach and Finsler?s lemma, the synchronization criteria for the networks are established in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) which can be easily solved by various effective optimization algorithms. The networks are represented by the use of Kronecker product technique. The effectiveness of the proposed methods will be verified via numerical examples.     

度势感言

"能攻心则反侧自消从古知兵非好战不审势即宽严皆误后来治蜀要深思。"这是成都武侯祠的一幅名联,其下联站在治国理政的高度告诫后人,凡事需审时度势,宽严适度。今日读之,仍俱借鉴意义。葛道凯校长在电大十六字发展思路中,后四字是"度势发展"。"度     

踏上新征程

随着新年钟声的敲响,电大人的脚步和全国人民一样已经踏上了“十二五”的征程。在“十二五”的开局之年,认真学习贯彻吉林广播电视大学“十二五”规划,积极筹建吉林开放大学,抓住战略机遇,促进学校的可持续发展,对于创造学校明天的新辉煌,具有十分重要的意义。