scholarly journals An Analysis of China’s Tactics of International Public Opinion Warfare Against the Epidemic in the Context of “Post-truth”

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 68-71
Author(s):  
Aimin Yan ◽  
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Yunqian Wu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Response Strategies ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Global Spread ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Western Media

Since the emergence of the COVID-19 and its global spread, some Western media have produced a large number of news reports that detracted from the image of China in accordance with the narrative logic of “post-truth”, which has brought a negative impact on China’s anti-epidemic actions. In the context of “post-truth”, to win this international anti-epidemic public opinion war, it is necessary to reveal the truth of partiality, incitement, value supremacy and subjective prediction, formulate response strategies, and report China comprehensively, rationally and truthfully. The truth about the fight against the epidemic, the spread of the facts about China’s fight against the epidemic, and the creation of an image of a big country that is honest and responsible.

scholarly journals Adchocratic approach to management in the higher education system: Case of the Astrakhan State University

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-202
Author(s):  
Inna N. Akhunzhanova ◽  
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Aleksander P. Lunev ◽  
Yulia N. Tomashevskaya ◽  
Aleksander V. Koshkarov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Learning System ◽  
State University ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Institutional Efficiency

Currently, state institutions of higher education are under pressure from business, the population and the state, which leads to the creation of conditions for dynamic changes in the internal environment of universities. This contradiction between the internal and external environment of universities in the conditions of dynamically changing markets at the post-industrial stage has a negative impact on institutional efficiency, and in these conditions, with the acceleration of instability, a third managerial structure begins to appear that can satisfy the demand for innovations organizations to hybrid universities, which combine a professional, administrative bureaucracy and adhocracy, with no severe restrictions in its structure. In this regard, the authors adapted the features of adhocratic organizations to the conditions of higher education, considered the possibility of applying an adhocratic approach to building the structure and design of an organization on the example of the Astrakhan State University, and identified a number of factors that limit the spread of adhocracy in Russian universities. The main results of the study and the following conclusions were obtained: the organization of training should be carried out on the principles of teamwork for the implementation of complex innovative projects, for which it is necessary to create and develop an appropriate facilities and resources; socialization is one of the key practical models for preparing students in the context of project-based learning and an adhocratic approach; any adhocratic system is a self-learning system, the formation of which requires the creation of appropriate conditions for training and development of university staff; the transition from a professional university to an adhocratic one must be carried out gradually, combining both forms of bureaucracy and adhocracy.

The contribution of Herrero Ruiz’s Understanding Tropes to the interplay between Cognitive Linguistics and Pragmatics

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-221
Author(s):  
Pedro A. Fuertes Olivera
Keyword(s):  
Critical Review ◽  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Cognitive Models ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
The Creation

This article attempts to give a critical review of Javier Herrero Ruiz’s Understanding Tropes. At a Crossroads between Pragmatics and Cognition. It evaluates the book in view of the available literature dealing with the trend towards empiricism adopted by Cognitive Linguistics. It also focuses on the main hypothesis put forward, i.e., tropes such as irony, paradox, oxymoron, overstatement, understatement, euphemism, and dysphemism can be considered idealised cognitive models, and discusses the main contributions and arguments of the book, especially his idea that these idealised cognitive models are all constructed around the creation of contrast. A few concerns are also raised, mainly regarding corpus methodology. While these may have a negative impact on the reader, they are not severe enough to discredit the rigour with which the book was conceived.

TRANSFORMATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: THEORETICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS

2021 ◽  
pp. 149-158
Author(s):  
Natalya G. Zhavoronkova ◽  
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Vyacheslav B. Agafonov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Nature Management ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
State Management ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Environmental Technologies

The article is devoted to identifying current trends in the transformation of environmental law due to the global, supranational nature of existing challenges and threats. The conse-quences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the largest oil and oil products spill in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation and other negative events that occurred in 2020 showed the awareness of the globalization and vulnerability of the world, as well as the reality and inevitability of the coming environmental crises, risks and transformations. Despite the progressiveness and technological sophistication of Russian environmental law, the tightening of legal norms in the field of nature management, the reform of control and oversight activities, and the creation of special state management bodies in the field of environmental protection have failed to fully stop the deterioration of the natural environment and prevent environmental catastrophe. Climatic, land, water, biosphere, genomic and other parameters of human survival require a change in the very paradigm of environmental law, implementation of a new modern envi-ronmental policy, development of environmental regulations taking into account the best existing technologies, transition from the concept of "regulating the negative impact" of eco-nomic activity on the environment to a new concept of receiving "technological benefits from the use of environmental technologies". According to the authors, the transformation of environmental law is part of the natural process of its globalisation, "technologisation", and the creation of prerequisites for the transition to a full-fledged ecological economy of sustainable development.

Features of the Western and Chinese Media Reports about Hong Kong Protests in Terms of Tolerance

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-144
Author(s):  
Niu Mengdi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Frame Analysis ◽  
Media Content Analysis ◽  
Chinese Media ◽  
News Reports ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Western Media

The article is devoted to a comparative analysis of publications by Western media and Chinese media during the period of the unrest and protests caused by an amendment to the “Fugitive Offenders Ordinance” in Hong Kong in the summer of 2019. The relevance is explained by the fact that in the summer of 2019, Hong Kong immediately became the center of attention of the world community and the press. The innovation lies in comparative analysis of Chinese and Western media texts in the aspect of tolerance. The purpose of the study is to identify the reporting frames on Hong Kong protests in different countries (China, the USA, the UK) and analyze their characteristics. The author’s attention is focused on the problem of tolerance / intolerance in the discussing of events in Hong Kong by Western and Chinese media. Content analysis, frame analysis and the method of comparative studies are used in this article. Content analysis of the news reports from The Washington Post, People’s Daily and the BBC website from July to August 2019 was conducted to clarify their tones and directions, as well as the meaning of the metaphors used by journalists. The frame analysis is to identify differences in event assessments, information sources, theme settings, report objects, main subjects and event definitions in the analyzed media. The language features in texts were also compared.By results of the study, we see clear ideological bias and tendentiousness in reports from the Western media, and also the inability to have a tolerant vision. The Chinese media also strongly show peculiarities of ideology and obvious propagandistic tendency. The dogmatism of propagandistic thoughts interferes with objective perception of the situation. Conclusions: mass medias holding different positions, “choosing” and “constructing” social realities in their news reports, painting different pictures and choosing their own perspectives to reflect attitude of the authority towards participants in the movements. In this way, they take completely irreconcilable positions. Keywords: Hong Kong, protest, assessment, reportage, tolerance/intolerance

СИСТЕМНОЕ РЕШЕНИЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ ВОДООБЕСПЕЧЕННОСТИ ОБЪЕКТОВ МЕЛИОРАТИВНОГО КОМПЛЕКСА

2020 ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
V.B. Zhezmer
Keyword(s):  
Water Use ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Arid Regions ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Drainage Systems ◽  
Amount Of Information ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Arid Regions

Водообеспеченность объектов мелиоративного комплекса имеет решающее значение при обеспечении высоких и устойчивых урожаев сельскохозяйственных культур в аридных регионах страны. В статье рассмотрены способы устранения негативного влияния основных факторов, способствующих созданию дефицита воды для орошения. Проведен анализ схемы, в которой целью мероприятий является эффективное вложение средств при восстановлении элементов гидромелиоративных систем и обеспечение рационализации водопользования. Установлено, что алгоритмы и конечные выводы, подученные в ходе анализа, могут различаться в зависимости от поставленных задач и объема информации.Water availability of the reclamation complex facilities is crucial in ensuring high and sustainable crop yields in the arid regions of the country. The article discusses ways to eliminate the negative impact of the main factors contributing to the creation of a shortage of water for irrigation. The analysis of the scheme in which the purpose of the measures is an effective investment in the restoration of elements of irrigation and drainage systems and ensuring the rationalization of water use is carried out. It is established that the algorithms and final conclusions obtained during the analysis may vary depending on the tasks and the amount of information.

Correlates of Public Attitudes toward the Umbrella Movement

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stan Hok-Wui Wong
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Civil Disobedience ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Political Order ◽  
Public Opinion Survey ◽  
The Rule Of Law

From the start, the Umbrella Movement failed to win overwhelming public support. Why would many Hong Kong people not endorse a civil disobedience movement aimed at dismantling the exclusionary political order and bringing forth democracy? Based on an original public opinion survey collected during the movement, this article provides preliminary answers to these questions. I find that those who disapproved of the movement are no less politically informed. Instead, three factors were strong predictors of disapproval of the movement: (1) satisfaction with the performance of the chief executive; (2) distrust of democracy as a solution to Hong Kong’s problems; and (3) concern about the negative impact of the protest on the rule of law.

Technical Note

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörg Schimmelpfennig
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Technical Note ◽  
Statistical Evidence ◽  
Opportunity Costs ◽  
Economic Costs ◽  
The South ◽  
Economic Surplus ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Additional Support

In 1898, two railways serving the south-east of England agreed to be managed by a joint committee. This paper finds clear statistical evidence of the negative impact this had on total economic costs, including opportunity costs of capital, as well as working expenditure. Thus, additional support was provided for the then British railway policy already strongly suspicious of railway mergers on competition grounds. At the same time the findings could reopen the discussion on the wisdom of today’s British rail privatisation philosophy. In particular, one could argue that, instead of separating infrastructure and train operations, the creation of vertically-integrated regional duopolies along the pre-1899 networks might lead to genuine competition, require less regulation, reduce costs, and thus increase economic surplus.

scholarly journals Discursive construction of Syrian refugees in shaping international public opinion: Turkey’s public diplomacy efforts

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 294-313
Author(s):  
Emel Özdora Akşak
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Public Diplomacy ◽  
International Community ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Leverage Point ◽  
Turkish Government ◽  
National Boundaries ◽  
Discourse Historical Approach

This research focuses on the Turkish government’s communications with the international community with regard to Syrian refugees. I use the Discourse Historical Approach to reveal and compare the discursive strategies that the official Turkish news agency has used as part of its public diplomacy efforts in their mass communication efforts regarding Syrian refugees during the last 8 years. The results reveal how a humanitarian issue such as the plight of refugees might be employed to establish a government’s political position, affirm its involvement and influence public opinion about a conflict that exceeds national boundaries and has turned into a challenge for international dominance involving world superpowers. The topics highlighted in the Turkish news reports and the argumentations that these reports put forward reveal that the Turkish government is highly critical of the international community, especially Western powers, for not fulfilling their humanitarian responsibilities. This specific criticism from Turkey regarding its outsized role in hosting refugees has become a leverage point to claim a place in the decision table about the future of Syria.

American Friends of the Middle East: The CIA, US Citizens, and the Secret Battle for American Public Opinion in the Arab–Israeli Conflict, 1947–1967

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
HUGH WILFORD
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Private Group ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
History Of ◽  
Characteristic Values ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Arab Israeli Conflict

In 1951, the CIA secretly funded the creation of an ostensibly private group of US citizens called the American Friends of the Middle East (AFME). Pro-Arab and anti-Zionist in orientation, AFME was repeatedly attacked by pro-Israel groups before seeing its links to the CIA exposed by investigative journalists in 1967. Drawing on recent scholarship about “state–private networks” and the cultural history of US–Middle East relations, this article examines the origins of AFME, its characteristic values and relations with the CIA, and the reasons for the decline of its influence vis-à-vis the emergent “Israel lobby.”

From Sixpenny Entry to Five Shilling Subscription: Charting Cathedral Outreach and Friends’ Associations in the 1920s and 1930s

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith A. Muskett
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Letters To The Editor ◽  
News Reports ◽  
The North ◽  
Gradual Development ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Times

AbstractAll Anglican cathedrals in England have formal associations of Friends (like other institutions in the heritage sector). The majority arose in the 1920s/30s, a period that coincided with the gradual development of a focused outreach strategy by cathedrals, and the abandonment of sixpenny entrance fees. By analysing Letters to the Editor and news reports in The Times, this article explores the origins of cathedral Friends’ associations. The sources illustrate the benefits of Friendship for both sides of the dyad: for the cathedrals, primarily the five shilling subscriptions and the creation of an informed supporter base; and for the members, mainly esoteric benefits. It is also demonstrated that, in the north, Friends’ gifts directly replaced cathedral/diocesan resources being deployed for social welfare. A particular value in focusing on the history of the cathedral Friends’ movement is that it highlights the history of the cathedrals themselves in this difficult inter-war period.

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