Binge-Watching and Psychological Well-Being: Media Use Between Lack of Control and Perceived Autonomy

Binge-watching—the intensive, consecutive viewing of televised series—has become a prevalent usage pattern of entertainment media, which may influence users’ psychological well-being both positively and negatively: On the one hand, binge-watching could increase viewers’ enjoyment, recovery experiences, and vitality through an increase in perceived autonomy. On the other hand, binge-watching can trigger goal conflicts and feelings of guilt, which may reduce well-being. Drawing on an online survey (N = 499), the present study examines the tension between these two mechanisms and their effects on users’ well-being. The data largely support the hypotheses: Binge-watching is perceived as recreational as long as goal conflicts and feelings of guilt can be avoided. Well-being, on the other hand, is positively affected by binge-watching-induced increases in perceived autonomy. These results corroborate the central role of self-determination as a link between media reception, media enjoyment, and psychological well-being.     

Social Comparisons and Need Fulfillment: Interpreting Video Game Enjoyment in the Context of Leaderboards

This study examines how social comparison information provided by video game leaderboards may influence players’ retrospective judgments of autonomy, competence, and relatedness need fulfillment. Participants played a video game and were randomly assigned to receive no postgame feedback or were shown a leaderboard that placed them in the top or bottom quartile of players. Results indicate downward social comparisons increase enjoyment by increasing competence and relatedness perceptions. However, upward comparisons did not have an opposite effect, nor did either type of social comparison influence players’ autonomy perceptions. Implications for applying Self-Determination Theory to video game enjoyment in the context of social comparison feedback is discussed.     

基于文件连续体理论模型的“第五维度理论”

从文件生命周期理论到文件连续体理论,档案界对文件运动形式的理解从线性向多维转变。在后现代主义档案观的影响和跨界合作的时代背景下,四维的文件连续体理论模型逐渐向五维演变。本文以加拿大档案学者勒梅教授及其团队提出的“第五维度理论”为基础,认为应该充分考虑利用者在档案工作流程中的作用,同时将对档案的“探索”性开发看成是对文件连续体理论模型的第五个维度。     

The Role of Consistency in Detecting Deception: The Superiority of Correspondence over Coherence

Inconsistency is often considered an indication of deceit. The conceptualization of consistency used in deception research, however, has not made a clear distinction between two concepts long differentiated by philosophers: coherence and correspondence. The existing literature suggests that coherence is not generally useful for deception detection. Correspondence, however, appears to be quite useful. The present research developed a model of how correspondence is utilized to make judgments, and this article reports on four studies designed to elaborate on the model. The results suggest that judges attend strongly to correspondence and that they do so in an additive fashion. As noncorrespondent information accumulates, an increasingly smaller proportion of judges make truthful assessments of guilty suspects. This work provides a basic framework for examining how information is utilized to make deception judgments and forms the correspondence and coherence module of truth-default theory.     

Susceptibility to Deception in a Political News Interview: Effects of Identification,Perceived Cooperativeness,and Ingroup Vulnerability

This article explores people’s susceptibility to political deception. Participants watched a news interview in which a politician either answered all the questions or deceptively evaded a question. In Study 1 (n = 202), deception is perceived through the dodge being irrelevant for voters who do not identify with the politician. In Study 2 (n = 618), partisan voters consider the politician more deceptive, and acting more deceptively, when the politician has their opposing party affiliation, independent of whether he dodges. When the politician shares their party identification, voters identify with the politician more and consider his responses more relevant. Findings are consistent with theoretical positions of identification, the cooperative principle, and social identity.     

英语插入语的交际语境顺应性研究

在对存在于各种语体中的插入语研究进行回顾和总结的基础上,尝试采用Verschueren的顺应理论(Theory of Adaptation)分析在言语交际插入语的使用和交际语境之间的关系.通过具体分析,指出插入语的使用是人们顺应交际语境的结果.     

从目的论角度看汉语文化负载词英译可译性

汉语文化负载词是指那些标志着中华民族文化中特有事物的词、词组或习语,它们反映了中华民族在漫长的历史进程中逐渐积累的、有别于其它民族的、独特的活动方式。由于其所负载的文化内涵,其可译性若用传统译论的标准来评价则非常之低。但若从目的论的角度来探讨则其可译性大大提高。目的论强调“翻译目的决定翻译手段”,其翻译标准是“充分”。根据该标准,只要汉语文化负载词的译文在译语语境中能充分达到翻译目的的要求,从而充分实现跨文化交际的目的,不管译者采取何种翻译手段,管它是直译,意译,还是二者之中和,都可以认为该译文很“充分”,该源语文化负载词具有“充分”的可译性。     

中国传统文艺鉴赏理论范畴研究论评

近年来学术界关于中国传统文艺鉴赏理论的研究,从总体上看,带有仓促应对的色彩,存在不少弊端。要深化这一研究,最好是选择范畴体系的梳理作为突破口。这既由范畴本身在学科中的地位所决定的,也是由中国传统文艺鉴赏理论的独特表现形式所决定的。但是,在当前情况下,对中国传统文艺鉴赏理论进行范畴体系的梳理确实还存在不少困难。为此,研究者必须树立整体观念、历史观念、核心观念与现代观念。     

理论社团与思想政治理论课教学

本文认为,学生理论社团是思想政治理论课课堂的有效延伸,是对思想政治理论课实践教学的有益补充,是倡导自主学习理念的有效组织形式。思想政治理论课教师应在理论社团建设中发挥作用,以促进思想政治教育“大课堂“的构建与德育“合力“的形成。     

英文手机短信翻译的格式塔意象再造及审美再现

英文手机短信分为文学体和非文学体两大类。依据接受美学理论,手机短信文本的意义是一种动态生产物,具有开放性和召唤结构。收信人在阅读的具体过程中,通过发挥想象力去填补“空白”,从整体上理解接受原文的信息,在大脑中形成一个格式塔意象。译者在翻译过程中,首先应充分理解、接受原文信息,并进行格式塔意象再造,然后,最大限度地再现短信原文的韵律美、形式美、形象美、修辞美、模糊美和幽默美。