Food (in)security communication: a Journal of Applied Communication Research forum addressing current challenges and future possibilities

ABSTRACT

This forum brings together food, (in)security, and communication. The authors participating in this forum center communication as both process and tool for understanding, mitigating, and making meaning of food (in)security. The nine authors together discuss the role of communication in food (in)security, the central challenges for scholars and practitioners working on food (in)security, and the creative possibilities and impacts influencing the future of food (in)security. The forum produces a call for applied scholars to re-imagine communication frameworks in order to make meaningful differences in their communities.     

全球化 华夏文明传播的新机遇

在经济全球化中 ,各国不同文化的传播与碰撞 ,凸现出中华优秀民族文化的内在活力和人文价值 ,成为解决文化冲突和医治各种社会疾患可资借鉴的良方之一。文章还分析了中华文化在新世纪多元化格局中的价值取向 ,指出在实现现代化过程中 ,弘扬中华文化自身的整合与重构强势 ,吸纳、借鉴、融合外来优秀文化 ,是创造中华民族新文化的有效途径     

反腐败的最根本途径：发扬民主,以民制权

反腐败的本质问题是民主建设问题,要根治腐败必须下大力气加强民主政治建设,健全反腐败的民主机制,即反腐败一要靠民主,以社会制约权力,增强反腐败的基础和力量;二要讲民主,以权利制约权力,保证反腐败的效率和质量.这既是历史发展的必然趋势,也是反腐败的现实需要.     

崇力：鲁迅以力为美的审美取向

鲁迅的审美取向可以提挈为四维:"尚新"、"主用","崇力"、"弘真"."崇力",即"以力为美",是鲁迅审美化"社会话语"的主旋律,是鲁迅关于"美本质"问题的深刻体认,也是鲁迅创作风格的显著征象.鲁迅"以力为美"的审美取向迎应了中国近现代救亡、启蒙的历史使命的吁求,有久远的感召力和型范意义.     

加强体力与提高部队战斗力--学习叶剑英《加强体力》一文

叶剑英元帅长期作为我军教育训练的领导者和组织者,历来对军队体育训练十分重视.他关于体力与战斗力,体力与脑力,体育与干部教育等关系的论述,都具有很强的现实意义.     

英语教学中的跨文化渗透教学探究

在英语教学中落实素质教育,让学生在掌握英语语言技能的同时,提高语用能力,实现跨文化交际,是英语教师肩负的重任。文章从文化素质教育对英语跨文化交际的要求、文化与语言的关系入手,讨论了文化背景知识在英语教学中的作用,文化素质教育的内容以及在教学中进行跨文化渗透的原则及方法。     

公权力与中国农村土地制度的演变

中国农村土地制度是稳定农村的最主要因素,在建国后的三十多年里,它变动了四次。这里有农民和政府对 土地效能追求的正当性,但也表现出政府公权力行使的不科学性。在“三农”问题凸显的今天,土地制度再次成了关注 的对象。在寻找突围之道时,农民应是主体,政府则应退居其后,仅提供智力支持与服务。     

网络不同媒体组合的传播效果检测分析

本文通过对多通道刺激反应心理学理论的回溯 ,援引美国传播学教授斯·斯亚姆·山德尔 (S .ShyamSundar)在 2 0 0 0年所做的网站多媒体组合信息传播实验结果———在目前网络软硬件技术还有待大幅度提高的情况下 ,越多的媒体参与网络传播 ,并不一定能取得好的传播效果。本文借此提出文本 图片是目前网站较为合适的信息传播形式的观点。     

E-mail in government: Not post-bureaucratic but late-bureaucratic organizations

Empirical research provides evidence that electronic communication does not change government agencies into post-bureaucratic organizations. Structuration Theory is used to explore the interaction between e-mail use, communication patterns of civil servants, and two bureaucratic characteristics: formalization and hierarchy. Previous research suggested that the use of e-mail leads to less formalization and less hierarchy, but empirical research in three bureaucratic organizations in the Netherlands leads to different conclusions. First, the use of e-mail leads to informal formalization: the style of communication is more informal but the content focuses less on personal issues and emphasizes efficient recordings of agreements. Second, the use of e-mail leads to hierarchical horizontalization: horizontal contacts take a more central position in bureaucratic organizations but these horizontal contacts are tightly linked to vertical structures. The result of the interaction between e-mail and government bureaucracy is horizontal communication directly linked to vertical structures. Electronic communication turns government agencies into late-bureaucratic organizations.     

The Concept of Inclusive Education: Teacher Training and Acquisition of English Language in the Hearing Impaired

Three languages are widely used in schools in Kenya – English, Kiswahili and Kenya Sign Language. Many pupils with hearing impairments are taught separately from the mainstream, in specialist settings. The fact that most of the formal teaching, assessment and examination processes in Kenyan schools rely upon spoken and written English compounds the separation of these pupils from the mainstream of education and, potentially, from the mainstream of society. In this article, Gertrude Wamae, graduate assistant in the Department of English and Linguistics at Kenyatta University, and Rachael Kang'ethe-Kamau, lecturer in the Department of Special Education at Kenyatta University, discuss the relationships between language, hearing impairment and inclusion in the Kenyan context. The article suggests that the use of signed exact English would enhance opportunities for inclusion for those with hearing impairments and that programmes of teacher training need to take account of persuasive research in this area. The article closes with a plea for further research, carried out collaboratively by educationalists, linguists, teacher trainers and practitioners, to develop policies and practices suited to more inclusive futures. The article is based on a paper presented to the International Conference on Inclusive Education run by Maseno University in September 2002.