LANGUAGE OF A BIG CITY: KEY ISSUES OF URBAN COMMUNICATION STUDIES

Abstract: This article summarizes a Canadian Communication Association round table session in June 2006 that brought together some of Canada’s leading instructors of communication policy: Paul Audley (Schulich School of Business, York University), Pierre Bélanger (Department of Communication, University of Ottawa), Vanda Rideout (Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick), Liora Salter (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University), and David Skinner (Communication Studies, York University). The participants in the session provided insight around six key issues in teaching policy: 1) Challenges, 2) Definitions, 3) Making It Contemporary, 4) Including History, 5) Including a Future, and 6) Reading, Writing, and Role-Play. Résumé : Cet article offre un résumé d’une table ronde de l’Association Canadienne de Communication qui a eu lieu en juin 2006 et qui a réuni quelques uns des professeurs de premier plan en matière de politiques de communication : Paul Audley (Schulich School of Business, Université York), Pierre Bélanger (Département de communication, Université d’Ottawa), Vanda Rideout (Département de sociologie, Université du Nouveau-Brunswick), Liora Salter (Osgoode Hall Law School, Université York), et David Skinner (Communications, Université York). Les participants à la séance ont exploré six problématiques clé en ce qui a trait à l’enseignement des politiques de communication : 1) Défis, 2) Définitions, 3) Actualiser l’enseignement, 4) Inclure l’Histoire, 5) Inclure le futur, et 6) Lire, écrire et jeu de jeu de rôle.

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Youth subcultures of a modern Chinese city in the context of urban communication studies

Гуманитарные исследования в Восточной Сибири и на Дальнем Востоке ◽

10.24866/1997-2857/2019-1/25-32 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 25-32

Author(s):

N.N. Kotelnikova

Keyword(s):

Communication Studies ◽

Chinese City ◽

Urban Communication ◽

Modern Chinese ◽

Youth Subcultures

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The Nature of Chinese and Russian Subcultures in Urban Discourse

Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Serija 2 Jazykoznanije ◽

10.15688/jvolsu2.2021.5.7 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 87-96

Author(s):

Olga Leontovich ◽

Nadezhda Kotelnikova

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Social Life ◽

Urban Landscape ◽

Social Groups ◽

Communication Studies ◽

Urban Communication ◽

Modern Chinese ◽

Western Influence ◽

Urban Discourse ◽

Communication Practices

The paper seeks to examine the communicative aspect of modern Chinese and Russian urban subcultures. The nominations of urban social groups representing young people in Russia and China and their connection to modern communication practices are viewed from the perspective of urban communication studies, which provides an opportunity for a new comprehension of issues connected with verbal and nonverbal constituents of urban discourse. The indicates that the subcultures in the Russian urban landscape are reflected in such nominations as фрики (freaki), мажоры (majory), хипстеры (hipstery), брейк-дансеры (break-dancery), байкеры (bikery), etc. The Chinese subcultures are known under such names as shamate, xiaoqingxin, tuyayawenhua, erciyuanyawenhua, egaoyawenhua and many others. We argue that in both countries the unity of social subgroups is based not so much on ideological preferences, but rather on lifestyles, hobbies and interests, many of them formed under the Western influence. The subcultures discussed in the research represent a broad panorama of Chinese and Russian social life. They reflect the sociocultural dynamics of attitudes, values and lifestyles influenced by globalization but acquiring nationally specific features, which transform them into unique sociocultural phenomena.

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Probing vacancies and structural distortions at individual defects in ceramics using EELS

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100165859 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 54 ◽

pp. 678-679

Author(s):

D. J. Wallis ◽

N. D. Browning

Keyword(s):

Structural Information ◽

Core Loss ◽

Nearest Neighbors ◽

Ceramic Materials ◽

Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope ◽

Real Space ◽

Atomic Scale ◽

Structure Property ◽

Scanning Transmission ◽

Key Issues

In electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), the near-edge region of a core-loss edge contains information on high-order atomic correlations. These correlations give details of the 3-D atomic structure which can be elucidated using multiple-scattering (MS) theory. MS calculations use real space clusters making them ideal for use in low-symmetry systems such as defects and interfaces. When coupled with the atomic spatial resolution capabilities of the scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM), there therefore exists the ability to obtain 3-D structural information from individual atomic scale structures. For ceramic materials where the structure-property relationships are dominated by defects and interfaces, this methodology can provide unique information on key issues such as like-ion repulsion and the presence of vacancies, impurities and structural distortion.An example of the use of MS-theory is shown in fig 1, where an experimental oxygen K-edge from SrTiO3 is compared to full MS-calculations for successive shells (a shell consists of neighboring atoms, so that 1 shell includes only nearest neighbors, 2 shells includes first and second-nearest neighbors, and so on).

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