In Defense of Gaydar: Reality Television and the Politics of the Glance

The reality dating programs Boy Meets Boy and Playing It Straight purported to illustrate the elusiveness of performing sexual orientation in a culture that increasingly understands sexuality as fluid. By highlighting stereotypes typically associated with both gay and straight men, the shows exposed the difficulties of determining sexual orientation with “gaydar”. Both gay and straight participants were represented as equally incapacitated to identify sexual orientation. In doing so, the programs sought to advance liberal democratic conceptions of tolerance and equality. Employing Foucault's conception of the “glance,” I explore the problems inherent in relocating “gaydar” to the small screen.     

Capitalizing on the look: insights into the glance,attention economy,and Instagram

This article argues for the reconceptualization of the glance as more than a phenomenological orientation and a means of perceiving the world. I propose that the glance is a key feature of our attention economy, which positions attention as the most valuable commodity. By examining the technical infrastructure of the social media site Instagram, I argue that (1) the glance is implicated in the name itself and the interface design of the site; (2) the glance orients the user to a specific type of user behavior; and (3) the glance functions as a precursor to social and economic capital. I argue that this reconceptualization of the glance in relation to the attention economy demonstrates how the glance is becoming a dominant mode of seeing and thus affecting social and economic behavior.     

教育扩张和经济周期下教育经费投入的特征与趋势——基于2008-2018年《经合组织教育概览》的比较分析

随着《中国教育现代化2035》的发布,我国教育迎来新一轮发展,对教育经费的投入也提出了新的要求。在我国当前经济下行压力加大的情况下,考察近年来世界主要经济体在教育扩张和经济周期下教育经费投入的特征和趋势,将具有积极的借鉴意义。因此有必要基于2008-2018年《经合组织教育概览》教育经费投入数据,从规模和结构两大维度比较分析世界主要经济体经费投入的特征与趋势,并对投入—产出机制在其中发挥的重要支配作用进行评析。