Turning the Tables

2020 ◽  
pp. 50-59
Author(s):  
G. E. R. Lloyd
Keyword(s):  
Core Values ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Communicative Acts ◽  
Do So

This chapter considers what we can learn about mutual intelligibility from instances where it meets obstacles. That may happen not just where there is no desire to understand others, even no willingness to do so, where transparency is not the aim, but rather a deliberate cultivation of opacity. Difficulties may also arise because of perceived or imagined differences between human groups, including in their core values. It examines critically anthropological and philosophical theses to do with the radical differences in the ontologies presupposed or assumed by different human groups. The opacity of many communicative acts should not mislead us into taking the obstacles to mutual understanding to be always insurmountable.

scholarly journals Organizational propaganda on the Internet: A systematic review

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-127
Author(s):  
Irina Lock ◽  
Ramona Ludolph
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Communicative Acts ◽  
Digital Channels

The digital environment alters the way organizations use propaganda and facilitates its spread. This development calls for an outline of the features of propaganda by organizations on the Internet and to reconsider where public relations (PR) stops and propaganda begins. By means of a systematic review of primary research on organizational propaganda online, we propose a definition and describe the ‘five Ws’ of digital organizational propaganda: who employs propaganda, to whom, on which channels, which media are used (where), the objectives of the propaganda strategy (why), and in which contexts it occurs (when). Contrary to the offline setting, organizations engaging in propaganda online do not hide their identity and primarily address (potential) followers with the goal to change attitudes. Based on our findings, we propose a classification of digital organizational propaganda along three dimensions: ethical versus unethical, mutual understanding versus persuasion, and direct versus indirect communication. Digital organizational propaganda is defined as the direct persuasive communicative acts by organizations with an unethical (i.e. untruthful, inauthentic, disrespectful, or unequal) intent through digital channels. Thus, this study addresses the imbalance between the growing primary research on digital propaganda, the missing definition, and the lacking systematic empirical overview of propaganda’s digital characteristics.

scholarly journals John Muir

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 60-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glen M. MacDonald
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Core Values ◽  
First Century ◽  
John Muir ◽  
Transformative Power ◽  
City Parks ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Nature Preservation ◽  
Do So

A century after John Muir’s death, Glen MacDonald examines his legacy and argues that while Muir’s message of the value of wilderness to society might need to evolve for a twenty-first century audience, it is still relevant. For instance, Muir believed in the transformative power of visiting remote wildernesses such as Yosemite and urged everyone to do so, and his conception of nature preservation as preserving nature in a specific moment in time is now understood to be misguided. His specific prescriptions for relating to the natural world now seem old-fashioned, but his core values and his passion for getting Californians out in nature is just as important today, whether those natural places are national parks or city parks.

scholarly journals Family display, family type, or community? Limitations in the application of a concept

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-360
Author(s):  
Julie Walsh ◽  
Sally McNamee ◽  
Julie Seymour
Keyword(s):  
Collective Identity ◽  
Core Values ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Family Types ◽  
Migrant Family ◽  
Do So

In this paper we develop the concept of family display by responding to David Morgan’s suggestion that researchers should consider whether ‘family displays’ are used to convey a ‘type’ of Family. We do so by applying the concept to the accounts of migrant family children living in an English city, and those of adults that grew-up in Mennonite communities in Mexico and Canada. Analysis uniquely shows that migrant family children do display a type of ‘Family’, and that this is influenced by familial constructs privileged by intended audiences. We contribute further by arguing that whilst some families do display core values attached to Family ‘types’, this is not the case in the example of the Mennonite community and researchers should be cognisant of applying this concept to all contexts. This is because the priority for display may not be the presentation of legitimate Family, but other features of collective identity.

Conclusion

Just Words ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 184-190
Author(s):  
Mary Kate McGowan
Keyword(s):  
Communicative Acts ◽  
Local Norms ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Do So

The phenomenon of covert exercitives sheds light on various kinds of harmful speech. Sexist comments can oppress (Chapter 5). What may seem to be an offhand remark, and thus merely a minor irritant, may nevertheless enact local norms that oppress. Actions involving certain kinds of pornography can constitute harm even in cases where the agent has no intention to do so, even in cases where the agent does not have authority, and even in cases where the pornography-involving actions are not communicative acts (...

Assessing Baptist Reception of The Word of God in the Life of the Church

Ecclesiology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 322-341
Author(s):  
Derek C. Hatch
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Christian Unity ◽  
The Church ◽  
Do So

Five years have passed since the publication of the report from the second round of international ecumenical dialogues between the Baptist World Alliance and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. When this document—titled The Word of God in the Life of the Church—was released, readers recognised that it would demand ongoing reflection and engagement as part of its reception. This article describes how Baptists have received the report during this interval. To do so, the article will discuss printed journal articles, books, academic sessions, and ecclesial events where the report has appeared, been discussed, and critically engaged. The article also articulates several suggestions for cultivating further awareness and active engagement with the report by Baptists. It concludes with the hope that deeper Baptist reception of The Word of God in the Life of the Church will bolster mutual understanding between both communities.

scholarly journals The learner between cultures: interculturality and interpreting teaching in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 32961
Author(s):  
Júlio Reis Jatobá
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Linguistic Ideologies ◽  
Chinese Learners ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Do So

This article is a reflection on the teaching of Chinese-Portuguese Interpreting in China. The point of our discussion will be: if the foreign language teaching can serve as bridges or walls of intercultural communication (see Gao, 1995), what is the space of the target language culture and the intercultural discussion in the Interpreting classes for PFL students? In this article we will defend the need of the teaching of Interpreting for PFL Chinese learners to be rethought as a fertile space for the (re) creation, discussion, and production of meanings that amplify and produce positive and inclusive attitudes towards the improvement of mutual understanding and communication between the universes of Portuguese-speaking countries and the universes of Chinese languages and cultures. To do so, we will base on and compare our discussion with the results of the two studies. The first discusses the real practices of Interpreting and their implications in the teaching/learning process of PFL in China (Jatobá, 2015) and the second regards to linguistic ideologies and individual differences in PFL contexts in China (Jatobá, 2014).

scholarly journals Experiential Pedagogy for Study Abroad: Educating for Global Citizenship

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Lutterman-Aguilar ◽  
Orval Gingerich
Keyword(s):  
Study Abroad ◽  
Experiential Education ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Global Awareness ◽  
Studying Abroad ◽  
Experiential Pedagogy ◽  
Do So

Given current world events, it would be nice to be able to state unequivocally that international educational exchanges inevitably lead to the development of mutual understanding and global awareness but there are also countless students who spend a year studying abroad without ever becoming immersed in the local culture or developing an appreciation for lifestyles that differ from their own (Kauffmann et al., 1992). It is the firm belief of these authors that study abroad in and of itself does not lead to the development of global citizenship, but that it can do so when it is designed with that goal in mind, putting into practice the principles of experiential education.

scholarly journals Stop Blaming me for What Others Did to you: New Alternative Masculinity’s Communicative Acts Against Blaming Discourses

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tinka Schubert ◽  
Consol Aguilar ◽  
Kyung Hi Kim ◽  
Aitor Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Communicative Acts ◽  
Alternative Masculinities ◽  
Communicative Approach ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Do So

Some feminist discourses blame some men for gender inequality, gender domination, and gender-based violence. Some women use such discourse as a perfect scenario to criticize some men’s behavior. Indeed, they usually do so with Oppressed Traditional Masculinities (OTM) but not with Dominant Traditional Masculinities (DTM), who are the men who were violent with those women and with whom some of those women chose to have relationships. However, there have always been men who have been on the side of women and have never committed violence against them. Therefore, New Alternative Masculinities (NAM) reject being indicated as guilty of the violence committed against women by DTM. Through a communicative approach, applying six semi-structured interviews with a communicative orientation and a communicative data analysis of all information, this article explores both women’s communicative acts that blame OTM for what DTM have done to women and NAM’s reactions to these accusations to stop such blaming to make it possible to overcome hegemonic discourses.

scholarly journals Creating a Virtuous Leviathan: The Party, Law, and Socialist Core Values

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (01) ◽  
pp. 41-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delia LIN ◽  
Susan TREVASKES
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Communist Party ◽  
Thomas Hobbes ◽  
Core Values ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Xi Jinping ◽  
Law And Morality ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Law Making ◽  
Do So

AbstractIn recent years, the Chinese Communist Party has declared that its governance must dominate over all aspects of law-making and enforcement, declaring that its leadership must be implemented across the entire process of governing the country in accordance with the law. Contemporaneous to this new way of thinking about the law-Party nexus is a propaganda push to integrate moral values into the law. This paper is about moralizing governance in the Xi Jinping era. It explores the ideology behind the promotion of this morals–law integration, focusing on the Socialist Core Values in the legal realm under the current Xi Jinping administration. We do so from two interrelated perspectives. The first examines the relationship between law and morality. Here, we argue that the Party’s calls for a law–morality amalgam can be understood as a form of “pan-moralism.” The second looks at the supremacy of Party rule, extending the theory of the “Leviathan” proposed by Thomas Hobbes to take into account the Party’s morality push. This two-pronged argument enables us to assert that the Xi Jinping administration is creating a “virtuous Leviathan.”

Holding replication studies to mainstream standards of evidence

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duane T. Wegener ◽  
Leandre R. Fabrigar
Keyword(s):  
Replication Studies ◽  
Replication Research ◽  
Standards Of Evidence ◽  
Do So

AbstractReplications can make theoretical contributions, but are unlikely to do so if their findings are open to multiple interpretations (especially violations of psychometric invariance). Thus, just as studies demonstrating novel effects are often expected to empirically evaluate competing explanations, replications should be held to similar standards. Unfortunately, this is rarely done, thereby undermining the value of replication research.

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