Correlates of verbally aggressive communication in adolescents

This investigation identifies demographic, media, and social correlates of verbally aggressive communication in adolescence. Mail surveys were completed and returned by 2,300 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 15. These adolescents were asked about the prevalence of verbal and physical aggression, the context in which it occurred, demographics, and the interpersonal and media influences in their lives. The results indicate that verbal aggression is widespread, that committing and experiencing verbal aggression is largely reciprocal, that there is a strong relationship between committing verbal and physical aggression, and that peer social influence and listening to violently oriented music are mildly related to verbal aggression in adolescents. These findings suggest more resources should be allocated to teaching adolescents to understand and control verbal aggression. Further, they provide important answers to many prevention and intervention programmatic questions, including context, content, and targeting concerns. Since the negative consequences of verbal aggression are severe and long lasting, decreasing this destructive communication behavior should significantly improve the lives of many adolescents. These and other practical implications are expanded upon and discussed.     

The musical field

This article examines musical taste, as revealed by the Cultural Capital and Social Exclusion survey. It shows that musical taste is highly divided and contentious, with large numbers of people intensely disliking certain genres of music. It shows the existence of two distinctive musical taste communities, one linking taste for rock, electronic, urban, world and heavy metal music, and the other linking classical music and jazz. Tastes for specific musical works do not easily map onto musical genres, and are less closely correlated with each other. Using logistic regression, it is shown that age and ethnicity in particular, and gender, educational qualifications and occupational class, strongly condition taste for both musical genres and works.     

中国艺术范畴融通论

研究中国文艺美学应注意诗乐书画各门艺术范畴的融合相通。从这些艺术范畴的产生来看,有着共同的根源;从其表现来看,有着相通相长的艺法;从其实质来看,都有“如其人”的品位;从其审美理想来看,都有“与天合”的倾向。因而书与画同,画与诗通,诗与乐合,同源分流,相得益彰。形成中国特有的一系列艺术范畴。     

Success in Failure: The National Centre for Popular Music

Abstract

The development and deployment of technologies for delivering broadband services to homes in Australia are investigated using the ‘social shaping of technology’ (SST) approach. The focus is on the period from 1993 to 1998 when there were five main technological options for delivering residential broadband services: ‘hybrid’ fibre coaxial (HFC) cable; direct broadcast satellite (DBS); multipoint microwave distribution systems (MDS); ‘Integrated Services Digital Network’ (ISDN); and ‘Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line’ (ADSL). The main broadband services planned for delivery to homes over this period were pay television and fast Internet access. A sequence of snapshots of sociotechnical relationships at critical times during the study period, termed ‘sociotechnological configurations’, is used to track the evolutionary pathway of the broadband technologies. The mapping technique assists in identifying key features and explaining the driving factors of the pathway, including why HFC cable emerged as the predominant technology, and two competing HFC cable networks were rolled out in capital cities at an additional cost of over $2 billion when a single network would have had ample capacity.     

对新整合的《中国音乐史与名作赏析》课课堂教学的几点思考

《中国音乐史与名作赏析》课是伴随着高校课程改革在《中国音乐史》与《音乐名著欣赏》等课程的基础上整合而成的一门新课程。由于该课程的课程结构发生了较大的变化,促使任课教师在课堂教学中要合理安排教学内容,及时改进教学手段、教学方法并灵活调整教学评价制度和考核方式等,以保证课堂教学工作的顺利进行。     

高校声乐教学存在的问题及对策分析

声乐教学是培养学生用歌声来表达思想感情的艺术活动,它是一门技能性学科。目前声乐教学在授课形式、学生素质等方面存在一定的问题。针对这些问题,应该在科学性与实践性相结合的原则下,在授课中以学生为主体,培养学生的自主与创新能力,提高学生的综合素质。     

音乐与文学的完美结合——罗伯特·舒曼标题音乐的文学思维分析

本文通过对标题音乐和文学的艺术关系的阐述,分析了19世纪欧洲浪漫主义作曲家罗伯特.舒曼的标题音乐的文学性思维特点,同时对同一时期的作曲家肖邦、舒曼、李斯特的标题音乐中文学性的区别进行了比较。     

从全唐诗看唐代的乐舞经济

唐朝是一个流光溢彩的时代,乐舞尤为辉煌。雄厚的国力成为宫廷乐舞繁荣的强有力支撑;相较宫廷乐舞这股庞大的洪流而言,民间乐舞如潺潺细流也获得了广泛的发展。本文借助全唐诗指出,乐舞作为一种资本,能够带来经济效益,并成为部分人谋生的手段,而这正是唐代乐舞繁荣的重要原因之一。     

学术规范与学术创新的导航——《音乐学文论写作》评介

在学界注重学术规范与学术创新的大背景下,居其宏与冯效刚编著的《音乐学文论写作》一书的出版对音乐学文论写作具有重大的理论与现实意义。该书定位明确、凝练概括,层次分明、逻辑清晰,理性审视、有理有节,具有很高的学术价值和水平。     

The effect of music therapy services on classroom behaviours of newly arrived refugee students in Australia—a pilot study

This pilot study examined the effects of a short‐term music therapy program on the classroom behaviours of newly arrived refugee students who were attending an intensive ‘English as a Second Language’ secondary school. A cross‐over design with two five‐week intervention periods was employed with group music therapy sessions conducted one or two times per week. Data from the Behaviour Assessment Scale for Children were used to evaluate a range of positive and negative school behaviours. A significant decrease in externalising behaviours was found with particular reference to hyperactivity and aggression. No significant differences were found in other behaviours. Explanations and implications of these findings are discussed.