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THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN NIHILISM OVER THE CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE SOCIETY
Full text linkoai:ojs2.socialisjournal.org:article/8The concept of nothingness was present in the Japanese philosophy long before European nihilism, in terms of emptiness, as a Buddhist theory, and it was later developed by the Kyoto School, as a key element of their philosophy. However, the Western sense of nothingness spread out, as a consequence of blind exposure to European influence. The present paper will discuss the channels through which European nihilism arrived in Japan, not only as a philosophic theory but moreover the way it was unconsciously absorbed during the Modern Era. The essay will analyze the dialogues between East and West, such as the critics of Karl Löwith and Keiji Nishitani’s responses, to find the linkage between nihilism and the changes the Contemporary Japanese society had suffered in the latest decades. The need for development after World War II caused them to blindly soak up the Western culture, creating many gaps between the traditional way of thinking and the new, Western-like mentality. After the ‘euphoric stage’ of the Economic boom, the society was left on ‘the ground of nihility’, leading to social issues, such as increasing suicidal rate, population’s general depression, or increase of nationalist movements. What remains as a solution is to first critically analyze the traditional way of thinking, and after that to find a pattern by which the foreign influence should be approached
MEDIATIZED POLITICS IN CHINA: A PERSPECTIVE OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION ON WEIBO AND WECHAT
Full text linkThe Chinese government has expanded the use of social media to communicate information about government affairs in the Web 2.0 era. This study aims to examine the sources who posted the Chinese government’s messages on Weibo and WeChat, the focus of their posts, and Chinese netizens’ responses to the posts. The issue of the Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang’s death during the Covid-19 pandemic was selected. A census sample of 431 Weibo posts and reposts, 145 WeChat articles, and 27,094 comments were analyzed by using qualitative content analysis. The results revealed that media organizations had more influence than the authorities in communicating the government’s messages. They were the dominant sources to forward government press releases, and posting positive commentaries about government actions. This study also found that there were almost equal positive and negative responses from netizens, whose comments reflect a diversity of opinions. Based on Schramm’s interactive model of communication and the theory of mediatized politics, this study filled the research gap by considering the Chinese government as an active communicator who receives the public’s messages and gives feedback
A SOCIOTECHNICAL MODEL FOR UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
Full text linkTraditional technology transfer strategies tend to focus on physical organizational assets. However, these strategies tend to ignore essential social aspects of technology transfer which are key for organizations to harness the full benefits of these valuable yet usually underperforming partnerships. This paper will introduce a sociotechnical model for understanding technology transfer as an emergent result of key interactions between social and technical elements of both organizations involved. Applying a sociotechnical framework to technology transfer will allow for the application of sociotechnical concepts and tools with the potential of improving the learning quality of technology transfer efforts in which both parties will be able to learn from the other within a sociotechnical context. The paper will begin with a discussion of sociotechnical concepts within the context of knowledge and technology transfer. Recommendations for using the information in this paper to improve organizational technology transfer and absorption will be offered towards the end of the paper. This paper is mainly aimed at managers and knowledge management professionals although academics interested in technology and knowledge transfer within a sociotechnical context would also benefit from this paper