It’s More Than Self-Presentation: MUM Effects Can Reflect Private Discomfort and Concern for the Recipient

Is the reluctance to share bad news (i.e., the MUM effect) motivated more by a public display or private concern, and does it benefit mainly the messenger or the recipient? An experiment (N = 309) that crossed good/bad news with three communication channels (face-to-face, text messaging, e-mail) revealed that messenger reluctance was greatest under conditions of bad news and did not vary based on the channel through which the recipient contacted the messenger. In contrast with earlier work, this MUM effect was more consistent with a private fear of distressing the recipient. Theoretical implications and limitations are discussed.     

“I thought I’d have more trouble with white people!”: Exploring racial microaggressions between West African immigrants and African Americans

Racial tensions continue in 21st-century United States through the communication of racial microaggressions. We are interested in the communication of racial microaggressions directed towards West African immigrants by people with whom they expected to be allied, African Americans. Sixteen people who identified as West African immigrants were interviewed about communication struggles with African Americans in this qualitative, interpretive analysis. Owen’s thematic analysis was employed to analyze interview data. Results suggest the communicative impact of racial microaggressions on recipients is far-reaching and consequential. Narratives illustrate microaggressive communication occurs daily through invalidating, dismissive lines of questioning as well as targeted name calling and pejorative dialogue.     

全球化语境下中印媒体对社会冲突的再现之比较——一个传播政治经济学角度的分析

本研究在全球政经大变革的背景下,选择以中国和印度两个第三世界国家对社会冲突的媒体再现为例,结合内容分析和话语分析的方法,考察在不同的媒介体制下,政治制度和市场驱动如何错综复杂地影响媒介产制和媒介内容。     

大众媒体与共同知识的建构

大众传播不仅具有传播、传承知识的功能,以大众媒体为载体的内容传播本身还是建构知识的过程。本文以此为基本视角,以《北京晚报》和《新京报》关于《北京媒体公信力调查报告》的抽样样本是否具有代表性的争论为案例,解析媒体传播知识的同时也是建构知识的过程,认为知识传播本身可能导致建构某种偏见为知识本身。同时,本文还对描述性研究的抽样原理进行了必要的解释。     

法兰克福书展中国主宾国活动报道效果分析

本文分析了20家西方主流媒体关于2009法兰克福书展中国主宾国活动的报道,认为这些媒体对中国文化的报道基本保持了客观和平衡;但在将文化议题政治化或者涉及政治议题时,这些媒体的二次编码以及国内网络意见的不对称传播,形成对中国不利的传播效果。有鉴于此,我方传播者应从共同经验出发,提升对外文化传播能力。     

基于nRF401/nRF403的公交车电子候车牌设计

论述了公交车电子候车牌的工作原理，设计出一种可行的设计方案，它是由一台PC机、多个无线收发模块及以单片机为核心的显示电路构成的一个局部无线网络。论述了单片机与无线收发模块的硬件接口设计，点对多点无线通信协议的编写，点对多点无线通信系统的软件设计，并对该系统的实现原理和主机端模拟行车路径进行初步论述。     

护理专业女生人际沟通技巧及不良品质的调查与评价

为提高学生人际沟通技巧,笔于2000年2月至2001年6月对我院98级英语护理专业女生进行了《人际沟通》授课前后调查,以了解护理专业女生人际沟通技巧的现状以及人际沟通不良品质影响因素。结果表明：人际沟通技巧的13项调查内容除“交谈语言技巧”一项p＞0．05,其余各项技巧P＜0．01或P＜0．05,效果有显性差异;影响人际关系的不良品质出现率,课后与课前比较下降明显,其中前五项P＜0．01或P＜0．05有显性差异,教学效果较为满意。     

时尚、轻松的沟通艺术——浅析涂鸦广告

涂鸦是目前流行于世界时尚设计圈的一种艺术形式,并且以其特有的内涵在一定程度上引领着时尚潮流。在广告领域,涂鸦这种艺术形式也越来越多的被采用。本文就涂鸦广告出现的社会意义和涂鸦广告在与消费者沟通方面的独特魅力作了一些分析。     

探究[百百]宋楼主人陆心源对藏书的开放理念

陆心源将“守先阁”藏书归公向公众开放,将“[百百]宋楼,十万卷楱”珍贵珍藏采用刊刘的方式流布社会,供学人研读,这充分体现陆心源豁达开放的藏书理念。     

Pedagogical shift in the twenty-first century: Preparing teachers to teach with new technologies

ABSTRACT

The expectation in education today is that pre-service teachers should graduate from teacher education adequately prepared to teach with Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) that have potential to enhance curriculum delivery, hence improving quality of education. However, research shows that pre-service teachers are graduating from teacher education underequipped to teach with ICTs. The aim of this study is to understand why, given the deployment of ICTs for teaching and learning in teacher education, the new teachers remain underprepared to teach with ICTs. Qualitative research approach was employed in this study, whereby randomly selected pre-service teachers were interview respondents. Written reflections on their preparation to teach with ICTs also formed part of the data collected. Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) theory was embraced to guide the study. Analysis of the data shows that the main contributing factor of the new teachers’ under-preparedness to teach using ICTs is the quality of instruction they receive during their training.