The Net as a Foraging Society: Flexible Communities   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Lee Komito 《The Information Society》1998,14(2):97-106

In discussions about electronic and virtual communities, community can variously refer to a moral community, a normative community, a community of practice, an intentional community, or a proximate community. The concept of 'community' is, itself, deemed unproblematic, and often is used in either a reductivist or ethnocentric manner. An exploration of nonindustrial foraging societies is used to illustrate the wide variation in types and definitions of communities that exists. Social groups in foraging societies exhibit characteristics similar to those observed in technologically mediated social groups, and these similarities illustrate the deficiencies of typological or ideal-type definitions of 'community,' as well as the artificial nature of a division between 'real' and 'electronic' communities. Groups that depend on computer-mediated communication among members can, and should, be examined using the same social science concepts and methods used to examine any other social groups.  相似文献   

Paths to the Practices of Citizenship: Political Discussion and Socialization among Mexican-heritage Immigrants in the US     

《Journal of Intercultural Communication Research》2013,42(3):201-223

Building on research on immigrant political socialization and social connections in politics, I advance a theoretical model for how immigrants develop their sense of political discussion in a new nation. This model, the Social Contact Model of Immigrant Political Socialization, focuses on the influences coming from close-knit social groups and wider-ranging social networks. I apply the model through a qualitative study of Mexican-heritage immigrants in the US and the likely sources of socialization that influence their political discussion behavior. The findings provide some support for the theoretical model and suggest there are important differences between Latino immigrants and native-born Whites in how they learn to engage in political discussion.  相似文献   

The Impact of External Pressures on an Ethnic Community: The Case of Montréal's Quartier Chinois and Muslim-French Immigrants     

《Journal of Intercultural Communication Research》2013,42(3):235-252

This article examines how a community responds to external pressures to adapt culturally to a dominant cultural/political paradigm. Interviews were conducted in Montreal, Canada in 2003 and in France in 2005. In Montreal interviews were conducted among Chinese shopkeepers residing in Montreal's Chinatown, or Quartier Chinois. In France interviews were conducted with Muslims in various ummahs, or Muslim communities in France. The results of the interviews demonstrate that when a minority group is pressured to linguistically, politically, culturally, religiously, and economically adapt to a dominant paradigm that the minority community will respond by closing itself from the dominant culture.  相似文献   

Humility and Bridging Differences: A Systematic Literature Review of Humility in Relation to Diversity     

《Int J Intercult Relat》2020

Psychologists’ interest in humility has increased in recent years. This paper provides the first review on the role of humility in the context of diversity. The results of the nine studies reviewed here, which were identified through a systematic literature search, show a lack of agreement among researchers on the conceptualisation of humility and how it can be measured. Additionally, humility has been found to be associated with less prejudice towards Syrian refuges, sexual minorities and religious groups. It also seems to play a positive role in the context of religious conflicts, disagreements and conflicting views. These promising findings on humility in relation to various domains of diversity are discussed, and the limitations of this review and recommendations for future research are provided.  相似文献   

浅议企业集团财务战略     

陈婧 《科技广场》2012,(6):175-177

企业集团财务战略对于企业整体战略的实现有着重要的意义。本文讨论了在不同情况下财务战略的选择问题,并且讨论了当前我国企业集团财务战略运用中出现的问题,并据此给出对策。  相似文献   

Reframing Westernized culture: insights from a Critical Friends Group on EcoJustice education     

Scott A. Morrison 《Environmental Education Research》2018,24(1):111-128

In this article I report the findings of an intrinsic case study involving seven ecologically minded teachers who participated in a Critical Friends Group (CFG) for five months. The topic of our discussions was EcoJustice education, which involves analyzing and reframing Westernized culture. Findings are focused on how the participants grappled with what EcoJustice education means and their affective responses to both the content and the professional development experience. Analysis of the data revealed that reframing Westernized culture takes time, that it is not merely an intellectual exercise but also an emotional and psychological one, and that personal internalization comes before practical application. The participants also indicated that they valued being in a CFG where they could be honest and vulnerable as well as supported, connected, inspired, and challenged. I conclude by recommending CFGs as a model for transformative professional development in environmental education.  相似文献   

Leaving It Up to the Industry: People With Disabilities and the Telecommunications Act of 1996     

Tomoko Kanayama 《The Information Society》2013,29(2):185-194

This article examines whether Section 255 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act achieves accessibility for people with disabilities. Taking the interest group approach, it shows that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) implemented Section 255 in a way that is favorable to the telecommunications industry and not to people with disabilities. The FCC's regulations only encourage the telecommunication industry to consider accessibility issues for people with disabilities. This proindustry regulatory bias is in keeping with the established pattern of policymaking in other areas concerning people with disabilities. The paper argues that if the FCC continues to rely on the voluntary efforts of the industry, people with disabilities will not enjoy benefits of access to telecommunications systems.  相似文献   

Rob Kling and the Irvine School     

John Leslie King 《The Information Society》2013,29(2):97-99

Abstract

During the Industrial Revolution, manufacturing and related commercial activities led to the evolution of “dense cores” of heavily populated areas. Fundamental to the operation of these industrial‐commercial cores was the development of service activities—banking, risk‐bearing, legal services—which depended on rapid exchange of information or quick “cycle times of information” for effective decision making and allocation of resources. As these cores radiate resources away from the central body toward less populated areas, the need for short cycle times of information in rural areas has become apparent. For example, modem agriculture is an enterprise that requires short time cycles of information exchange. The technology for building computer‐based information networks to facilitate the desired rapid transfer of information exists. However, the installation of hardware linked by reliable, cost‐effective communications networks is only in the beginning stages. One computer‐based information network that has successfully met the challenges of rapid transfer of agricultural management information to farmers is the University of Nebraska's AGNET system.  相似文献   

论易学与古代乐律学的文化解释功能群叠加     

黄黎星  孙晓辉 《福建师范大学学报(哲学社会科学版)》2007,(6):203-210

中国古代乐律学的理论体系与架构,是在整个思想文化大背景的笼罩、影响下发展的.其中,通过阴阳五行、天文历数、地域方位等自然哲学的观念及其相应的值配模式,使《易》学象数模式的象征体系与乐律学的理论体系与架构形成了通融互摄的阐释发挥的关系网络,这一形态,对古代乐律学有着极大的影响.本文对《易》学与古代乐律学的文化解释功能群叠加的问题展开论述,以探明古代乐律学的重要文化特征.  相似文献   

东南亚华人企业集团对香港直接投资研究     

唐礼智 《泉州师范学院学报》2003,21(2):69-74

香港一直在东南亚华人企业集团的对外投资格局中占据特殊的战略地位．东南亚华人企业集团在港投资呈现3大特征，即投资额和投资规模快速增长，投资行业以金融、酒店和房地产为主，拓展海外投资的据点．近年来，东南亚华人企业集团在港投资处于战略重组期，主要表现在：大幅收缩非核心业务；积极向高科技产业进军，继续加强香港作为海外投资据点的地位。  相似文献