Phenomenon Of Communication Research Articles

The Intercultural Communication Analysis of Conversations in the Project ‘My Hanoi’ by Faculty of Tourism, Hanoi Open University

Culture is significant in the process of creating communication, and language is the key element of communication. More than ever, English and tourism have created opportunities for people from different cultures to exchange and share their cultural values directly. Therefore, intercultural communication skill is highlighted in the context of the thriving global tourism industry. When a group of 20 junior students from the Faculty of Tourism, Hanoi Open University, took two foreign guests on food tours funded by the project ‘My Hanoi’ to improve their communicative competence in English, the researchers had a great chance to observe such interesting phenomena of intercultural communication in their conversations. Those phenomena were then analyzed from the intercultural communication perspective to indicate the strengths and weaknesses of our students in communicating with people from other cultures.

УНИВЕРСАЛЬНЫЕ ПРИНЦИПЫ БАКТЕРИАЛЬНОЙ КОММУНИКАЦИИ

This article presents up-to-date information on the phenomenon of intercellular communication in bacteria, its role in the expression of virulence genes and, in particular, in the spread of antibiotic resistance. The basic principles of quorum functioning inherent in all currently known bacterial communication systems are highlighted. The main signaling molecules (autoinducers) of intraspecies, interspecies, epinephrine and peptide communication have been analyzed. The role of blocking information communication (signaling molecules) between bacteria as an alternative to the discovery of new antibiotics against bacteria with extreme and complete antibiotic resistance have been evaluated. Key words: quorum sensing, signaling molecules, receptors, gene expression, quorum suppression.

From Smart City to Smart Society: A quality-of-life ontological model for problem detection from user-generated content

Social-media platforms have become a global phenomenon of communication, where users publish content in text, images, video, audio or a combination of them to convey opinions, report facts that are happening or show current situations of interest. Smart-city applications can benefit from social media and digital participatory platforms when citizens become active social sensors of the problems that occur in their communities. Indeed, systems that analyse and interpret user-generated content can extract actionable information from the digital world to improve citizens’ quality of life. This article aims to model the knowledge required for automatic problem detection to reproduce citizens’ awareness of problems from the analysis of text-based user-generated content items. Therefore, this research focuses on two primary goals. On the one hand, we present the underpinnings of the ontological model that categorises the types of problems affecting citizens’ quality of life in society. In this regard, this study contributes significantly to developing an ontology based on the social-sensing paradigm to support the advance of smart societies. On the other hand, we describe the architecture of the text-processing module that relies on such an ontology to perform problem detection, which involves the tasks of topic categorisation and keyword recognition.

The Effect of Self-Concept and Self-Confidence on Students' Interpersonal Communication of Buddhist College

The research is driven by communication phenomena in order to define the goals to be achieved related to the students’ interpersonal communication improvement skills of STIAB Jinarakkhita, which are influenced by self-concept and self-confidence. Self-concept and self-confidence play an important role in fostering communication skills between individuals and groups. The approach used is quantitative-descriptive, with a population of 148 students and a sample of 108. The analysis was carried out to see the effect of self-concept and self-confidence on student interpersonal communication. The data is obtained randomly to ensure the accuracy of the test. The results obtained are based on statistical testing of the coefficient of determination (R Square) of self-concept on interpersonal communication, which has a value of 90.9%; for the variable confidence in interpersonal communication, it has an effect of 23.4%; and for the variables self-concept and confidence in interpersonal communication, the value of the determination coefficient (R square) is 91.2%. The conclusions obtained based on the test show that students' interpersonal communication skills are influenced by self-concept and self-confidence. The results of testing the data obtained support the hypothesis of the two independent variables that affect interpersonal communication in STIAB Jinarakkhita Lampung students.

Situational model of bullying in business communication

The subject of the study is speech activity affecting the participants of bullying situations in the context of business communications; linguistic means of implementing business bullying strategies and tactics when creating a negative media image of companies and persons in the context of information attacks; media linguistic characteristics of texts related to bullying phenomena in business communication (structure, vocabulary, style, etc.); extralinguistic factors influencing the manifestation and perception of bullying in the business environment, including socio-cultural, psychological and economic aspects. The object of the study is destructive verbal content with signs of business bullying placed in open communication channels, including its media and linguistic manifestations. Within the framework of this work, the emphasis is placed on the specifics of the media linguistic analysis of business communication texts in the context of bullying, as well as on external factors that can influence this process. Special attention is paid to the structure of subject-object relations in the practice of information aggression directed against business. The methodology has developed under the influence of modern media linguistics, when an activity-procedural, praxeological approach to the analysis of the media text is implemented. The thematic discourse of business bullying is distinguished by the length of time, complex interactions, and multicomponent structure of the linguistic architecture of media communication, so the basic method was the praxeological transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary integration of research methods, procedures and techniques – formed the basis of the work. The relevance of the research is due to the combination of the rapidly changing digital landscape, the social responsibility of business and the need for effective strategies to prevent or respond to bullying cases in business communication. The scientific novelty lies in the identification of linguistic signs of business bullying and the construction of communication models of business bullying. The results obtained can be used both in academic research and in the practical activities of the business community. The author proposes to build communication situational models of bullying in the context of business communication on the basis of subject-object relations, which allow to determine patterns of information aggression, analyze components, specify the role of participants, isolate manipulative practices, build business risk strategies, formulate strategies to combat and overcome the consequences of business bullying.

Analysis of the Advantages and Disadvantages of Public Service Advertising

Advertising plays a crucial role in advocating social values, promoting moral concepts, and shaping standardized social behavior. With its unique form of expression and distinct content, advertising has gained significant influence in contemporary society. As a fusion of social economy and culture, public service advertising has evolved into a distinctive form of television program communication. It not only upholds the technical value of advertising for promoting civilized consumption but also reinterprets the multi-faceted meaning of advertising from a cultural standpoint. This provides a fertile ground for the development of television advertising in real society, distinct from its traditional commercial value. This article aims to explore the social and cultural value of television public service advertisements by analyzing specific communication phenomena. By employing background investigations and data research, this study delves into the role of public service advertising, its advantages and disadvantages, and proposes potential solutions to address these limitations. Through this research, a comprehensive understanding of public service advertisings significance is achieved, enabling the refinement of strategies to tackle current challenges.

Interpretive and Interpersonal Challenges of Digital Evidence for Public Defenders

This study uses an ethnography of a large public defender office in the U.S. to argue that the rise of digital evidence is a communication phenomenon that brings new evidentiary interpretation and interpersonal challenges for public defenders and their low socioeconomic status clients. The study’s theoretical framework draws on communication privacy management theory, context collapse, sensemaking, and sensegiving. Findings holistically show that public defenders now have to engage in collaborative interpretive work with clients to unpack the meaning and context of digital evidence. Content penned by young clients and communications related to domestic violence cases are especially challenging to interpret. Findings also show that access to highly personal data is a double-edged sword for attorney-client interactions in that it can cause feelings of discomfort for attorneys while also holding the potential to humanize clients.

Exploring Transcultural Communication via Perceived Social Distance and Intergroup Acceptance toward K-Pop and Asian Culture

Well-known K-pop (Korean popular music) bands have gained the status of pop music icons, owing to their widespread popularity around the world. This study explored the interrelations between a set of relevant social and psychological factors to explain how K-pop has also contributed to a one-of-a-kind transcultural communication phenomenon on the Internet via social media. An online survey was conducted with a sample of non-Asian American college students, as K-pop is highly popular among this group of music fans. A path analysis was performed to test a conceptual framework that integrated social distance theory, common ingroup identity model, and dialectical mode. The conceptual framework theorizes that perceived social distance and intergroup acceptance between individuals of non-Asian and Asian descent, as well as perceived musical similarity between Western and K-pop cultures, will underscore the intention for transcultural social media communication about K-pop. The current study contributes to advancing the literature by addressing the social-psychological domain of transcultural communication in the context of popular entertainment across social, cultural, lingusitic, and national boundaries.

Analysis of Viral Communication Characteristics in Social Media Platforms: Taking KFC’s ‘Crazy Thursday’ Marketing Videos on Chinese Video-sharing Platform Bilibili.com as an Example

The article mainly adopts the case study approach with a specific focus on the ‘Crazy Thursday’ marketing campaign conducted by the fast-food brand KFC, which gained significant popularity on various Chinese social media platforms by the end of 2021. This study analyses the viral communication phenomenon of the ‘Crazy Thursday’ related video content on Bilibili.com, one of the most popular video-sharing platforms on the Chinese Internet. It also examines new features of “viral marketing” within the context of participatory Internet from the perspective of communication strategies and highlights several significant factors that require attention in implementing viral marketing, aiming to offer guidelines to advertising researchers.

Towards Quantum Gravity in the Lab on Quantum Processors

The holographic principle and its realization in the AdS/CFT correspondence led to unexpected connections between general relativity and quantum information. This set the stage for studying aspects of quantum gravity models, which are otherwise difficult to access, in table-top quantum-computational experiments. Recent works have designed a special teleportation protocol that realizes a surprising communication phenomenon most naturally explained by the physics of a traversable wormhole. In this work, we have carried out quantum experiments based on this protocol on state-of-the-art quantum computers. The target quantum processing units (QPUs) included the Quantinuum's trapped-ion System Model H1-1 and five IBM superconducting QPUs of various architectures, with public and premium user access. We report the observed teleportation signals from these QPUs with the best one reaching 80% of theoretical predictions. We outline the experimental challenges we have faced in the course of implementation, as well as the new theoretical insights into quantum dynamics the work has led to. We also developed QGLab – an open-source end-to-end software solution that facilitates conducting the wormhole-inspired teleportation experiments on state-of-the-art and emergent generations of QPUs supported by the Qiskit and tket SDKs. We consider our study and deliverables as an early practical step towards the realization of more complex experiments for the indirect probing of quantum gravity in the lab.

Manajemen Komunikasi: Faktor Penghambat Dan Pendorong Berkembangnya Manajemen Komunikasi Sebagai Tindakan Lembaga Keuangan Daerah

In the world economy, communication is one of the things that might affect the quality of a service it to customers.Good communication can motivate each worker to continue performing in serving kebpelanggan present and to provide convenience customers to interact and transact in a company without ever think to turn to other firms.This digital diera really makes a difference to a company because management and staff can communicate more easily.Communicating information regarding the development of a company to pelangganpun is very easy to do, moreover financial information related to.This study will try describes the phenomena of management communication as the transformation of financial management service diera globalization.The research was in the customary village tanjung bungkak denpasar with 20 the informants. Data collecting techniques performed by using interviews and documentation.The result of this research is that there are several supporting factors supporting communication management as an act of the local financial institutions among others support management and ideas and the availability of funding.

Joanna Nowotny & Julian Reidy. Memes – Formen und Folgen eines Internetphänomens

Memes – Formen und Folgen eines Internetphänomens [Memes – Forms and Consequences of an Internet Phenomenon] is a monograph in the German language authored by Joanna Nowotny and Julian Reidy. In the introduction, five main chapters, and a conclusion, the authors tackle a relatively young, but booming phenomenon of digital culture and communication: Internet memes. The book provides valuable insights and perspectives on the ever-evolving dynamics of memes and meme culture, and it successfully provides a well-executed counterpoint to often overly romanticized meme literature by shedding light on the “darker” aspects of meme communication. While many previous publications tend to idealize memes, this book takes a courageous step in examining the potential negative implications and consequences associated with their spread. By focusing on the less explored, sometimes problematic, and even controversial aspects of meme culture, the book presents a comprehensive view of the impact of memes.

Industrial areas of the city as a phenomenon of communication

The object of the study is the industrial areas of Russian cities, the subject of the study is the communicative aspect of their functioning. The communicative approach to the city (and urban loci in particular) is based on semiotic, hermeneutic, phenomenological traditions. In this case, the city appears in its "middle" being as a multi-layered semantic phenomenon that is born as a result of reading and understanding it by a person. The communicativeness of the urban locus in the work is proposed to be assessed through cognitive, value-semantic and behavioral components. Using the example of the industrial district of Samara – Bezymyanka, the complexity and ambiguity of communication processes unfolding between the industrial district and the citizens is shown. Bezymyanka is considered in the work as a typical phenomenon characteristic of a number of Russian cities. Similar districts appeared in the 1930s as a result of industrialization processes, in attempts to implement the urban planning concept of the socialist city. Being, in fact, "points" of growth, they were initially rejected by the urban community, being evaluated in the context of a "non-city". The post-industrial reality has made significant changes in their existence, raising the question of the state and content of modern communicative experience. Based on the results of a survey of city residents conducted by the author (the number of respondents is 250 people, the sample is targeted), the work showed the selective nature of the "reading" of this area, which steadily reproduces its negative imagery. The revealed differentiation of communication practices depending on the place of residence does not remove, but on the contrary, dictates the need for the district to develop a new symbolic language that allows it to actualize its potential positive meanings and images that can form the necessary identification mechanisms.

NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION AS EMBODIED CONSTANTS OF NONVERBAL EXPERIENCE IN A FICTIONAL TEXTS

Fiction is a valuable source of knowledge — any text can be viewed as a communicative phenomenon that verbally presents a fragment of a complete system of knowledge about the world. Nonverbal communication or nonverbal behavior the characters use is an embodied nonverbal experience the narrator presents and the reader perceives. Constants of nonverbal experience become visible as linguistic units or words denoting different kinds of characters’ motion: gestures, movements, face expressions. The notion of experience is connected with the notion of knowledge that presuppose revealing a textual meaning in terms of a scheme containing constants of nonverbal experience. The sphere of cognitive narratology makes visible the connection between nonverbal communication, nonverbal experience embodied in a multidimensional meaningful fabric of a fictional text. Cognitive narratology seeks to reproduce the connections between the narrative levels of the text and the modes of cognitive activity of the reader, turning to conceptual analysis and linguistic analysis of the text.

Designing a Multimodal Environment for Cognitive and Creative Activity in Pre-School Education – Competence of the Teacher

This article focuses on the formation of pedagogical competence for the design of multimodal educational environment, the functionality of which is the foundation of the cognitive and creative activity of the child in pre-school age. It problematizes the need for adequate professional reflection of the teacher in the context of the transgressive approach and highlights the parameters of organizing pedagogical interactions that utilize multimodality as a communication phenomenon. The understanding that the competence of the teacher for designing a multimodal environment as well as cognitive and creative activities develops as transgressive and is continuously created in the cultivation of new knowledge and skills, while expanding the cognitive and practical limits of the subject, is affirmed. Based on this affirmation, the thesis that if a child has entered the “communicative state” and has engaged in multimodal educational interactions, the child appropriates the social experience by forming a transgressive attitude of behavioral response.

Polarización del movimiento feminista en México a partir de los métodos digitales, el análisis de sentimientos y los hashtags #UNAMFeminista y #UNAMSinTransfobia

The main objective of this quantitative research is to is synthesized in knowing from a communication and digital culture perspective the dynamics derived from the polarization of the feminist movement in Mexico, based on the analysis of comments on YouTube and Facebook, as well as the hashtags #UNAMFeminista and #UNAMSinTransfobia on Twitter. Our object of study is the online participation of the audiences of the last forum held on March 24, 2022, entitled: "Necessary clarifications on the Sex and Gender categories", organized by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Sciences and Humanities of the UNAM. The use of a repertoire of digital methodologies for the investigation of content generated on Internet platforms is proposed, based on data mining, network analysis, as well as the analysis of sentiments from comments on digital social networks. The objective is to account for the main actors in the digital public sphere that influence affective polarization and the risks of communicative phenomena such as hate speech and discrimination. This research seeks to contribute to feminist movements from communication and digital culture in Mexico, given the scarce academic literature.

Aproximaciones a la capacidad de autodesarrollo informativo del futuro profesor: Una mirada política del fenómeno

The purpose of the study was to develop a critical approach to the informative self-development capacity of the future teacher, from a political point of view. Methodologically, the authors of the research used models such as: the laws of dialectics, the principles of objectivity, determinism, development, systematicity and interaction, to reveal the dynamics of the pedagogical educational process, leading to the application of the concept of development of social maturity; identifying in the discursive process, its contradictions and the interrelations of quantitative and qualitative changes inherent in the development of personality, at the stage of professional training in an institution of higher education; also studying, for this purpose, the patterns of progress of the subjects of pedagogical education in the context of updating the informational culture of society. In the conclusions, the study showed that scientists associate the solution of the problems of informational self-development capacity, as a communicational phenomenon detached from politics, which is a mistake, since any process of self-development essentially implies an empowerment of the subject, with different implications in the relations of knowledge and power of which it is a part.

Negotiating Implicit Meaning on the Internet: A Case Study

Negotiating the meaning of words and sentences is a fundamental part of verbal interactions. This essay aims to examine a particular type of negotiation, that relating to the content of presuppositions, which are placed, together with the implicatures, in the phenomena of implicit communication. The research made use of automatic tools for querying empirical data: a database of lexical presupposition triggers for the Italian language, including approximately 20,000 entries (simple lexemes and multiword expressions) and the corpus of Computer Mediated Communication Web2Corpus_it, specifically in its public chat sections, which contains about 300,000 tokens. Quantitative data are provided in relation to the pragmatic function of negotiation, its initiation stage, and the types of presupposition triggers involved. In the context of the media characteristics of chats, which must be considered to discuss the results, the items of implicit meaning negotiation provide corpus-based evidence of the conditions under which presuppositions are available to the receiver’s monitoring of the meaning and consequent possible reaction.

Transnational Propaganda and National Media Cultures in Weimar Political Thought

Abstract This contribution analyses the discourse on propaganda during the Weimar Republic as a medium of transnational self-positioning and identity construction. The perception of mass media modernism in the 1920s was deeply shaped by the world war, and the concept of ‘propaganda’ dominated reflection on it. Early reviews of the propaganda war revolved around the question of how Germany could regain its former world-power status through propaganda. Two transnational propaganda campaigns are examined in closer detail: the German struggle against the Versailles ‘war-guilt clause’ and the fight against the Allied occupation of the Ruhr. They illustrate how exaggerated expectations of the power of propaganda were accompanied by conceptual ambiguities and inconsistencies. One important reason for this simultaneity was that Germans discussed propaganda in the light of national media cultures and constructed it as alien to the German nature. Many authors distinguished supposedly genuinely German values such as ‘truthfulness’, decency and profundity from the values of other national cultures, simultaneously complaining that Germany was struggling harder in the field of propaganda than other countries because of this deep-seated disposition. Such national auto-stereotypes extended into the scholarly study of propaganda, making it difficult to conceptualize it as a phenomenon of modern mass communication. The Germans’ ambivalent relationship to propaganda was also evident in politics: while the Weimar governments displayed uneasiness towards propaganda, the Nazi movement called for its unscrupulous use. In this way, the Nazis not only prepared for the destruction of democracy, but also stood for a different understanding of ‘Germanness’.

Walking the Tightrope: Communicative Tensions in Disenfranchised Grief Among Families Managing Substance Use Disorder

ABSTRACT This study investigates the communicative tensions inherent to the experience of disenfranchised grief among family members of individuals with substance use disorder (SUD). In the context of a family member with SUD, 98 adult-affected family members (AFMs) described their struggles with disenfranchised grief, a form of grief characterized by deprivation of support or recognition from others. The results of a deductive, qualitative analysis guided by relational dialectics theory (RDT; Baxter & Montgomery, 1996) indicated that AFMs traverse the dialectical poles of integration-separation, stability-change, and expression-non-expression both within the relationship (internally) and with those “on the outside” (externally). Additionally, AFMs grappled with a tension cited in previous work examining contradictions among spouses managing adult dementia: presence-absence (Baxter etal., 2002). The findings (a) illuminate the disenfranchised grief experienced by AFMs, (b) unpack the interactional implications of this unique form of suffering by situating disenfranchised grief as a communicative phenomenon, and (c) call for increased social and clinical support for AFMs experiencing disenfranchised grief.