Sex and Shock Jocks: An Analysis of the Howard Stern and Bob & Tom Shows

SUMMARY

Studies of mass media show that sexual content has increased during the past three decades and is now commonplace. Research studies have examined the sexual content of many media, but not talk radio. A subcategory of talk radio, called “shock jock” radio, has been repeatedly accused of being indecent and sexually explicit. This study fills in this gap in the literature by presenting a short history and an exploratory content analysis of shock jock radio. The content analysis compares the sexual discussions of two radio talk shows: Infinity's Howard Stern Show and Clear Channel's Bob & Tom Show.     

中国广播电视产业发展趋势及策略分析

文章对中国广播电视产业的体制结构、经济规模进行了分析，归纳总结了广电产业数字化、融合化的发展趋势，提出了进行资本调整、建立产业集团、推动媒介融合、树立栏目品牌等发展策略。     

Recent research in tourist behaviour

The study of tourist behaviour has become an active and significant contributor in the overall analysis of tourism. This paper considers recent research work at James Cook University, an institution whose researchers have had a long interest in tourist behaviour topics. A review of a number of recent research projects in tourist behaviour by the Australian research team is provided and the value of four integrating concepts linking this research is specified. The four concepts highlighted are the travel career ladder which is an approach to tourist motivation, cognitive steps and mindfulness, which are conceptual organisers of how people think and process information and social situations which provides an integrative view of key factors to consider when describing social behaviour. The paper concludes by highlighting some recent commentary on tourist behaviour trends by prominent tourism analysts noting that the specific stream of tourist behaviour studies reported in this article do not fully support the general trends noted by the commentators. The potential value of tourist behaviour studies as a benchmark for understanding tourism futures is noted     

Assessing the Effects of Cultural Intelligence on Team Knowledge Sharing From a Socio‐Cognitive Perspective

Drawing upon social cognitive theory, this research postulates cultural intelligence as a key driver of knowledge sharing among culturally diverse teams. An empirical testing of the proposed model, by investigating team leaders from high‐tech industries, reveals the applicability of social cognitive theory in understanding cultural intelligence, perceived team efficacy, and knowledge sharing. Specifically, the test results herein show that knowledge sharing is directly influenced by metacognitive, cognitive, and motivational cultural intelligence. At the same time, knowledge sharing is indirectly impacted by metacognitive and behavioral cultural intelligence through the mediation of perceived team efficacy. Lastly, this research provides managerial implications and limitations. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Understanding how consumers view green hotels: how a hotel's green image can influence behavioural intentions

As the public is increasingly concerned about environmental issues, green management is rapidly becoming a strategic tool that can enhance a hotel's competitive advantage. This study explores how to develop the image and branding of a green hotel using the concepts of cognitive, affective and overall images. The study, based on a survey of 416 hotel users, also investigates how a green hotel image can affect behavioural intentions (i.e. intention to revisit, intention to offer positive recommendations to others and willingness to pay a premium). The findings confirm that cognitive image components (namely value and quality attributes) can exert a positive influence on a green hotel's affective and overall images. The affective image is also found to positively affect a green hotel's overall image. A green hotel's overall image, in turn, can contribute to more favourable behavioural intentions. Quality attributes were found to be more powerful than value attributes. The importance of the concept of selfish altruism and obtaining a feeling of wellbeing from a purchase were shown to be very strong. A range of theoretical and practical implications are discussed.     

我国广播电视事业发展与经济增长关系的实证研究

“十二五”是发展公共文化服务的大好时期,广播电视作为公共文化服务体系的重要组成部分越来越引起人们的关注.选取2007-2011年相关数据,对我国广播电视事业发展水平进行主成分分析,可知我国广播电视业五年来呈平稳发展趋势；采用回归模型对我国广播电视事业发展与经济增长关系进行实证研究,结果表明二者之间存在良性互动关系和单向因果关系.推动我国经济平稳较快增长,对繁荣我国广播电视事业具有重要意义.     

农村中小学生场认知风格、学业成绩与家庭社会经济地位（SES）的关系

目的研究场认知风格、学业成绩与家庭经济地位的关系。方法用镶嵌图形测验（简称EFT）和自编的家庭SES问卷对553名中小学生施测，并收集期终考试成绩。结果①母亲职业、父母职业总分、家庭SES总分与EFr得分在9年级呈显著正相关（P〈0．01）。父亲职业与EFT得分在4、5、9年级呈显著正相关（P〈0．05）；父母学历与EFT得分各年级相关均未达到显著。②家庭SES得分与学习成绩总分各年级相关均未达到显著。结论家庭经济地位对场认知风格的形成和学业成绩有影响，但是在不同的年龄阶段影响不同。     

从关联理论视角解读幽默言语的认知过程

关联理论作为解释人类交际的认知语用学理论,同样也适用于幽默言语的研究。幽默言语的认知过程遵循最佳关联原则,即从启动最大关联语境的第一阶段进入到寻找最佳关联语境的第二阶段。而幽默言语的幽默效应正是来自于最大关联与最佳关联之间意义的反差。     

工作记忆训练:研究现状及发展前景

工作记忆能够预测个体在认知加工任务中的表现,工作记忆容量具有相对稳定的特征,但近年来研究表明工作记忆容量可以通过训练得到改进。工作记忆训练直接影响额叶皮层、颅顶部皮层等大脑皮层活动以及中枢系统多巴胺受体浓度。工作记忆训练效应可以对未经过训练的工作记忆任务产生迁移,与工作记忆相关的神经网络亦能通过训练获得发展。工作记忆训练可以帮助个体减小因低工作记忆容量对学业成就、日常生活带来的影响。     

允许重启的最大化按时完工数的分批在线排序

我们考虑允许重启的分批在线排序模型,目标值是最大化按时完工数。就等长工件情形下,当批容量为无限时给出一个竞争比为的在线算法;当批容量有限时给出一个竞争比为的在线算法。