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Instructional messaging most significant in food recalls
No full text When a food company faces recalls, their crisis communicators need to direct their message to those most likely to be affected—consumers—and provide them with information on how to deal with the recall. The study here by Monique Farmer and Ming Wang demonstrates that a focus on “instructional messaging” correlates with a positive tone in newspaper coverage. </jats:p
The Chien-Ming Wang Phenomenon:A Critical Metaphor Model Analysis of newspaper discourse in Taiwan
No full text王建民為史上第三位前往美國職業棒球大聯盟發展的台灣球員，自2006年以來擔任紐約洋基隊的投手，由於他傑出的表現和來自台灣的身分，使他被視為超級巨星和國家英雄，因而在台灣形成了特殊的「王建民現象｣。 本研究採用「批判隱喻模式分析｣ (CMM)，由概念隱喻理論和批判論述分析所結合的分析方法, 探討台灣的「王建民現象｣如何透過隱喻在台灣的報紙論述當中呈現。本文以王建民相關的隱喻及其引申的意涵為主，討論這些隱喻如何被使用，並且深入探討其背後所隱含的意識形態，進而分析「王建民現象｣在台灣的報紙論述中如此被呈現的原因。本文的資料收集來自台灣的主要三大報，包括自由時報，聯合報，以及蘋果日報。本研究假設「王建民現象｣在不同的報紙中，將會透過隱喻有不同的呈現，並且會有相似的呈現。資料分析的結果顯示，台灣的報紙論述當中和王建民相關聯的隱喻，總共可分為四個類型: (1) 相似隱喻相似意涵 (2)不同隱喻相似意涵 (3) 相似隱喻不同意涵 (4) 不同隱喻不同意涵 。 本文認為各報所持有「不同層次的意識形態｣是導致所採用的隱喻其相似或不同意涵的主要原因。當報導的角度從台灣內部出發，討論國家認同和政治相關的議題時，各報傾向採用和王建民相關的隱喻，以不同的引申意涵，強化各自主張的意識形態; 然而，當報紙的焦點超越台灣本身，從國際的角度出發，關注王建民在美國的狀況表現及王建民如何引起國際注意的議題時，各報相關隱喻的意涵就較傾向相似和一致。 本研究主張報紙的意識形態和屬性特色，棒球域的重要性，以及政治和棒球的「雙向關係｣，均是導致「王建民現象｣在台灣報紙論述中如此被呈現的主要原因。Chien-Ming Wang (Wang), being the third Major League Baseball player from Taiwan, has been the pitcher for the New York Yankees since 2006. Due to his identification with Taiwan and his outstanding performance, Wang has been viewed as the super star and national hero in Taiwan, creating the “Chien-Ming Wang phenomenon”. By using the Critical Metaphor Model (CMM), the approach incorporates Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Critical Discourse Analysis, this study examines how the “Chien-Ming Wang Phenomenon” in Taiwan is represented through metaphors in newspaper discourse. Our analysis focuses on the entailments and implications of the metaphors concerning Wang in different newspapers in Taiwan. Moreover, I explore the ideology reflected through the use of metaphors concerning Wang and analyze the factors account for the representations of the “Chien-Ming Wang Phenomenon” in different newspapers in Taiwan. The data is collected from three major Mandarin-language newspapers with distinct political stances in Taiwan, which are the Liberty Times (LT), the United Daily News (UDN), and the Apple Daily (AD). This study hypothesizes that “the Chien-Ming Wang phenomenon” will be represented through metaphors not only differently but also similarly in different newspapers depending on different aspects of ideologies. The results show that there are four kinds of representations of metaphors concerning Wang, which include (1) similar metaphors with similar implication, (2) different metaphors with similar implication, (3) similar metaphors with different implications, and (4) different metaphors with different implications. Based on the four categories, this study demonstrates that the “Chien-Ming Wang phenomenon” is represented through metaphors with both “similar” and “different” implications in newspaper discourse in Taiwan. his study suggests that different aspects of ideologies held by the newspapers are considered one of the most important factors contributed to the similar or different implications. When the focus is on the national identity or political agendas from the perspective within Taiwan itself, metaphors concerning Wang are represented with different implications to implicitly strengthen the political ideologies held by the newspapers; while the focus is on Wang’s condition or how Wang attracts the international attention viewing from the perspective beyond Taiwan, the implications of the metaphors are much more similar in different newspapers. This study proposes that ideologies and the characteristics of the newspapers, the influential power of baseball domain, and the bi-directional relationship between political and sports in Taiwan, all account for the representations of the “Chien-Ming Wang phenomenon” in newspaper discourse in Taiwan.TABLE OF CONTENTS CKNOWLEDGEMENT ………………………………………………....iHINESE ABSTRACT ………………………………………………...iiiNGLISH ABSTRACT………………………………………………….vABLE OF CONTENTS……………………………………………….viiIGURES………………………………………………………………..ixABLES ………………………………………………………………...ixHAPTERSHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION.………..……………………………..1.0 Overview…………………………………………………………………………..1.1 Background Information…………………………………………………………..4.1.1 The Chien-Ming Wang Phenomenon……………………………………………4.1.2 The baseball history in Taiwan…………………………………………………..5.1.3 The current political situation and international status of Taiwan……………….8.1.4 The light/glory of Taiwan: Chien-Ming Wang in Major League Baseball……..10.2 Aims of this study………………………………………………………………...11.3 Theoretical considerations and Research methods……………………………….14.4 Significance………………………………………………………………………16.5 Organization of the study…………………………………………………….......18HAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW..…………………………….19.1 Overview on Conceptual Metaphor Theories and Critical Discourse Analysis….19.1.1 Conceptual Metaphor Theory…………………………………………………..20.1.1.1 Why is metaphor ideological? .........................................................................21.1.1.2 Metaphor shapes thoughts …………………………………………………...22.1.2 Critical Discourse Analysis …………………………………………………....24.2 Previous Studies on the ideological use of metaphor……………….....................26.2.1Gender…………………………………………………………………………..27.2.2 Race…………………………………………………………………………….28.2.3 Politics………………………………………………………………………….29.3 Previous Studies on sports metaphors……………………………………………32.4 Summary ………………………………………………………………………...36HAPTER 3 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND RESEARCH METHODS……………………………………………………………...37.1 Theoretical Framework: The Critical Metaphor Model (CMM)…………………37.1.1 Textual-level metaphor identification ………………...………………………..38.1.2 Textual-level metaphor identification ………………………………………….39.1.3 Social-level metaphor explanation …………………………………………….41.2 Data …………………………………………………………..………………….43.2.1 Newspaper discourse …………………………………………………………..43.2.2 Source .…………………………………………………………………………44.3 Data selection…………………………………………………………………….47HAPTER 4 DATA ANALYSIS…………………………………….52.1 Similar metaphors with similar implications……………………………………..53.1.1 Burden metaphor: EXPECTATION IS BURDEN………………………...53.1.2 Commodity metaphor: WANG IS COMMODITY…………………........…….59.2 Different metaphors with similar implications…………………………………...63.2.1 WANG IS LEADER and WANG IS FIGHTER………………………………63.2.2 WANG IS INDUSTRY………………………………………………………...66.2.3 WANG IS STOCK MARKET AFFECTER…………………………….……..66.3 Similar metaphors with different implications…………………………………...69.3.1 WANG IS GLOWING OBJECT……………………………………..……...…69.3.2 WANG IS LIGHT OF TAIWAN: analogy and contrast……………………....74.3.3 WANG IS LIGHT OF TAIWAN: Who is the “LIGHT-BASKER” ? ………...83.3.4 WANG IS ROLE MODEL …………………………………………………….85.3.5 POLITICS IS BASEBALL ……………………………………………………86.3.6 WANG IS COMMODITY: Who is the CONSUMER? ……………………….90.4 Different metaphors with different implications…………………………………95HAPTER 5 DISCUSSION……………………………………….101.1 The underlying ideologies and characteristics of the newspapers……………....102.2 The influential power of baseball domain in Taiwan…………………………...108.3 The bi-directional relationship between sports and politics…………………….110.4 Conclusion ……………………………………………………………………...111HAPTER 6 CONCLUSION ……………………………………..113.1 Major findings…………………………………………………………………..113.2 Contributions of this study……………………………………………………...115.3 Future Research ………………………………………………………………...116EFERENCES……………………………………………………………………...118IGURESigure 2.1 The Discourse-level analysis ………………………………..……..40igure 2.2 The Social-level analysis ………………………………………..…42igure 5.1 Different perspectives and the ideologies held by the newspapers contributed to the implications of the metaphors in the three newspapers ……………………………………………………....106igure 5.2 The interrelated factors that account for the representations of the “Chien-Ming Wang Phenomenon”……………………………….112ABLESable 3.1 The distribution of data selected in LT, UDN, and AD …………....4
Chia-Ming Wang and His Popular Culture Trilogy
No full text王嘉明「常民三部曲」 中文摘要 台灣莎士比亞的妹妹們的劇團導演王嘉明系列作品「常民三部曲」，取材自台灣常民流行文化，將「十年」一代視為其創作概念，歸納整理一九七零、八零、九零三個世代區間台灣娛樂產業與民生文化的大事件，推出作品分別為首部曲八零年代《麥可傑克森》、二部曲《李小龍的阿砸一聲》、三部曲《SMAP X SMAP》。三部作品依台灣社會發展進程的文化實況，展現各自獨立迥異的表演形式與語言風格：《麥可傑可森》以模仿八零年代知名人士與重現經典節目串聯的尾牙綜藝秀形式，以美國流行天王麥可傑克森歌曲作為貫穿，呈現戒嚴到解嚴的民間心理活動；《李小龍的阿砸一聲》為六代神話家族故事，透過社會符碼的挪用與新詮，書寫富含浪漫色彩的國族寓言；《SMAP X SMAP》處理九零年代日劇風潮，透過日劇十一話外加特別篇SP的演出結構，配合王嘉明自創的日台語混雜的新語言，在觀眾面前呈現電視電影影像由拍攝到後製的商品製造過程，玩弄影像虛構與真實界限的兩面關係。 「常民三部曲」為王嘉明作品中至今唯一的系列創作，有利於研究者對於創作者個人的創作動機與歷史觀作整體觀察。本論文試圖以台灣七零、八零、九零三個世代的時代特色與三部作品相互參照，討論王嘉明在史實與戲劇間穿梭的編導手法。Chia-Ming, Wang and His Popular Culture Trilogy Abstract Chia-Ming Wang, the director of Shakespeare’s Wild Sisters Group, based his theatre series Popular Culture Trilogy on Taiwanese everyday life. Using “decade” as the main creative concept, Chia-Ming’s Trilogy divides Taiwan’s modern history into three parts, 1970s, 1980, and 1990s. The first episode Michael Jackson-Back to the 80’s focuses on entertainment and parody, trying to reproduce the mentality of Taiwan society from the period of martial law to the period after lifting the martial law. The second episode Bruce Lee-Welcome to the 70’s is a mythological fable dealing with nationality imagination. The third episode SMAP X SMAP-In love with the 90’s ironically plays the duality between image and theatre. Bearing the structure commonly seen in Japanese drama, SMAP X SMAP-in love with the 90’s uses a new kind of spoken language mixed with both Taiwanese and Japanese, sometimes together with English, forcing the audience to rely on subtitles to understand the meaning of the performance. Popular Culture Trilogy is the only series of Chia-Ming, Wang so far, which provides a great opportunity for those interested in Chia-Ming’s works to look into his idea about history, directing style and creation concepts. The article aims at discussing the connections between Taiwan historical facts and the trilogy of theatre works, and provides plenty of personal views about the important director of Taiwanese modern theatre
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Supplemental Material - Pupil Dilation Reflects Emotional Arousal Via Poetic Language
No full textSupplemental Material for Pupil Dilation Reflects Emotional Arousal Via Poetic Language by Keiyu Niikuni, Ming Wang, Michiru Makuuchi, Masatoshi Koizumi, and Sachiko Kiyama in Perceptual and Motor Skills</p
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Portable low profile antenna at X-band
Full text linkAn antenna which has been conceived as a portable system for satellite communications based on the recommendations ITU-R S.580-6 and ITU-R S.465-5 for small antennas, i.e., with a diameter lower than 50 wavelengths, is introduced. It is a planar and a compact structure with a size of 40×40×2 cm. The antenna is formed by an array of 256 printed elements covering a large bandwidth (14.7%) at X-Band with a VSWR of 1.4:1. The specification includes transmission (Tx) and reception (Rx) bands simultaneously. The printed antenna has a radiation pattern with a 3dB beamwidth of 5°, over a 31dBi gain, and a dual and an interchangeable circular polarization
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