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Smart kids? Szekler Teenagers, Parents and Teachers in the Age of Smartphones

Smart kids? Szekler Teenagers, Parents and Teachers in the Age of Smartphones

Author(s): Orsolya Gergely / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: smartphone usage; Hungarian adolescents

Analysing the smartphone usage of Hungarian adolescents from Romania, Orsolya Gergely points out that, while the use of smartphones is gaining ground spectacularly in the lives of young people, attitudes are divided on the matter. Approaches to telephone use have become an important issue in school education, and a particular typology can be outlined regarding teachers’ attitudes on the issue. Like other researchers, Gergely also shows that the generation gap currently hinders the strategic application of ICT tools in schools.

News Feed Construction in Social Media

News Feed Construction in Social Media

Author(s): Barna Kovács / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: social media; news-feed

An important issue regarding the flow of information facilitated by ICT tools is how the information could be optimized, made more consumable, and easier to understand. Barna Kovács’s study proposes a theoretical framework by visualizing a “news-feed” framework.

Audio-visual Content Delivery and the Future of Copyright

Audio-visual Content Delivery and the Future of Copyright

Author(s): Csongor Kuti / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: copyright;online media tools

The spread of ICT tools particularly affects the areas sustainable by regulations on copyright. As a result of the globally notorious Napster case, it has become widely recognized that this area leads to a number of problematic issues and conflicts from the legal point of view. In his study, Csongor Kuti presents copyright issues arising from the development of online media tools.

Hungarians in Transcarpathia and the World Of Memes

Kárpátaljai magyarul a mémek világában

Author(s): Anita Márku / Language(s): Hungarian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: memes;Hungarians in Transcarpathia

The spread of internet-based communication and other forms of technology-mediated linguistic practices has had a significant impact not only on formerly preferred modes of interaction within the Transcarpathian Hungarian community but also on the concepts of private and public communication. The aim of the paper is to obtain a deep insight into the nature and functions of the internet-memes of Hungarians in Transcarpathia in the social networks. Focusing on the peculiarities of language use and the presence of contact phenomena in the memes and the actual as well as the potential impact these have on Hungarian language maintenance, the increase of language creativity, identity constructions, and reflection of the political and social activities.

The Reality of Art: An Intermedial Analysis of Ossessione

The Reality of Art: An Intermedial Analysis of Ossessione

Author(s): Lucia Nagib / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: intermidiality; Ossessione;

Getting in Touch. (Un)Framing Reality in Jonas Mekas’s and José Luis Guerín’s Filmed Correspondences (2011)

Getting in Touch. (Un)Framing Reality in Jonas Mekas’s and José Luis Guerín’s Filmed Correspondences (2011)

Author(s): Melinda Blos-Jáni / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Jonas Mekas; José Luis Guerín; Filmed Correspondences;

Playing with Life Uncertainties of Antiquity

Playing with Life Uncertainties of Antiquity

Author(s): Véronique Dasen / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: vases; play; games; toys; love; marriage; Aphrodite; Eros

A number of Attic and South Italian vases depict maidens playing various games together, with young men, or deities such as Aphrodite and Eros. The depictions convey a metaphorical discourse on the perception of love and marriage as risks for girls in prenuptial age. They are often based on verbal puns associated with the double meaning of paizô, ‘play’ and ‘play amorously’, or ‘toy with love emotions’. A divinatory dimensions appears in several games, reflecting the agency of maidens training to control their fate.

La Fontaine’s Reeds

La Fontaine’s Reeds

Author(s): Krishni Burns / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Theseus and the Minotaur; Ariadne; Helen of Troy; Trojan War; young adult literature; resilience; psychology

This chapter explores the behaviors and attitudes displayed by female characters in juvenile novelizations of Greek myths that promote psychological resilience. Four novels are analyzed using the American Psychological Association’s guidelines for the promotion of resiliency in children and youth. Two novels focus on the Trojan cycle, "Inside the Walls of Troy: A Novel of the Women Who Lived the Trojan War" by Clemence McLaren and "Goddess of Yesterday" by Caroline Cooney, while the other two, "Lost in the Labyrinth: A Novel" by Patrice Kindl and "Dark of the Moon" by Tracy Barrett, adapt the Minotaur myth. In each case, the female main characters experience traumatic events, but use recognized psychological coping mechanisms to endure with fortitude.

Ayi Kwei Armah’s "Two Thousand Seasons" and "Osiris Rising" as Pan-African Epics

Ayi Kwei Armah’s "Two Thousand Seasons" and "Osiris Rising" as Pan-African Epics

Author(s): Divine Che Neba,Daniel Nkemleke / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Pan-African epic; Ayi Kwei Armah; postcolonialism; reconstructivism; regeneration myth; visionary symbolism

The neocolonial theory formulated by Frantz Fanon ("Wretched of the Earth") continues to serve as an inspiration to most postcolonial writers, including Ayi Kwei Armah (b. 1939 in Ghana). Writers invested in this doctrine continue to inspire post-independent youths, who for many decades have been misled into believing that an upward trend in development in Africa is “a long day’s journey into the night”. Known for his extremely high visionary symbolism, poetic drive, and firm Pan-African vision, Armah, besides his engagement with the neocolonial theory, has taken another leap into dredging up the Egyptian regeneration myth of Osiris and Isis and other related myths in "Two Thousand Seasons" (1973) and "Osiris Rising: A Novel of Africa Past, Present and Future" (1995) as tools for reconstructing what has been fragmented by slavery, colonialism, and neocolonialism. Most of the characters in his writing are placed on an epic journey to liberate the Africa he envisions and they give hope to the new generations in the context of the immediate developmental needs of the continent.

The Western Interpretations of "Zhuangzi”

Западните интерпретации на „Джуандзъ“

Author(s): Desislava Damyanova / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Zhuangzi; early Daoism; western interpreters

Exploring a significant amount of secondary literature on “Zhuangzi” has led us to the conclusion not only that so many individual interpretations exist, but that the presence of an incredible variety of readings is perplexing. They are often contradictory and puzzling due to their remoteness from the original text (the inner chapters of the treatise, which we reconstructed thanks to the invaluable help of an excellent connoisseur of the old Chinese language we cooperated with)2. The reason for the detection of many voices in the composition with the alleged authorship of Zhuang Zhou only in its inner section requires further research. The ambiguous assessments of its contemporary interpreters are probably due to the free creative play of different genres in the writings of the early Daoists.Exploring a significant amount of secondary literature on “Zhuangzi” has led us to the conclusion not only that so many individual interpretations exist, but that the presence of an incredible variety of readings is perplexing. They are often contradictory and puzzling due to their remoteness from the original text (the inner chapters of the treatise, which we reconstructed thanks to the invaluable help of an excellent connoisseur of the old Chinese language we cooperated with)2. The reason for the detection of many voices in the composition with the alleged authorship of Zhuang Zhou only in its inner section requires further research. The ambiguous assessments of its contemporary interpreters are probably due to the free creative play of different genres in the writings of the early Daoists.

Gender Quotas in Politics

Gender Quotas in Politics

Author(s): Drude Dahlerup / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: gender quotas; politics; feminists

In many countries, the demand for electoral gender quotas has been a catalyst for public debate on the reasons for women’s historical under-representation. An all-male government or parliament was for long seen as solid and trustworthy, but today would be met with immediate protests. Demands for gender quotas can also have a mobilizing effect, not only in democratic countries, but even in semi-democratic and authoritarian states, and today gender quotas for election have been adopted in all three types of political systems. Yet, only in a few countries have gender quotas demands been subject to such large popular mobilization as in Poland. Here the mobilization around gender quotas spilled over to other feminist issues, most recently seen in the large mobilization against the Polish government’s attempts to limit abortion rights. Quota demands may have this catalyst effect on the public debate, even in places where no, or just unambitious, quota rules are adopted, as we have seen in Brazil.

Metaphor of River in the "Dhammapada"

Metaphor of River in the "Dhammapada"

Author(s): Joanna Jurewicz / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Buddhism; Dhammapada; conceptual metonymy; conceptual metaphor; conceptual blending

The paper discusses the metaphor of river in the Dhammapada with the assumption of the embodied cognition and the use of the conceptual metaphor theory. Such an approach allows for reconstructing the enriched meaning of this metaphor and its conceptual relationship with the earlier Vedic tradition.

FIGHTING POLYCEPHALIC THREATS – THE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT IN TIMES OF PANDEMICS AND INFODEMICS

FIGHTING POLYCEPHALIC THREATS – THE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT IN TIMES OF PANDEMICS AND INFODEMICS

Author(s): MARIN George-Sorin / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: crisis; pandemic; infodemic; communication; fake news; disinformation; misinformation;

The expression “the world is facing a crisis” almost became a cliché these days. During the global response to fight the COVID-19 crisis, a developing kind of threat gained new valences and the capacity to spread almost instantly, due to the characteristics of the information Age we live in. The over-abundance of information generated a new challenge for humanity and affected the process of finding reliable, trustworthy sources of information during the pandemic. Propaganda, false narratives and disinformation inhibit governmental processes aimed to overcome the crisis. Strategic decisions have to take into consideration multiple risks and factors in order to prevent both infections and intoxications. Therefore, the security environment has the complex mission to manage a sanitary crisis that endangers the health of populations all over the world in a new type of confrontation – a campaign against polychephalic threats.

Methodology

Methodology

Author(s): Tom J.F. Tillemans / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Buddhist Studies; philosophy; philology; linguistics; transitivity; Tibetan

There was a famous incident in the 1980s that sent shivers down spines. A prominent Princeton philosopher put a notice on his office door that philosophy students should just say “No” to the history of philosophy – Western and Eastern alike, no doubt. I am going to turn the tables and look at some arguments by historians for nay-saying to philosophy, in particular arguments by historians of Asian thought and specialists in Buddhist Studies. Such arguments, too, don’t fare well. I close with an instructive example from another field, i.e., linguistics, and a few morals to the story.

THE DIGITAL SCARS LEFT BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

THE DIGITAL SCARS LEFT BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Author(s): Ion Alexandru Manoliu / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: cybersecurity; digital education; infrastructure; defense; health-emergency;

Correlating the economic prosperity of a nation with the quality of its cyber infrastructure is not a game of chance. Improving cybersecurity in society, the industrial system and public administration will become increasingly stringent. The lack of security professionals makes companies, organizations and social services more vulnerable. As the global health emergency from Covid-19 taught us, coordination from the top of the chain of command is important. Whether it is to minimize intrusions, data loss or the spread of malware, the collaboration of all state institutions and private sector is essential. Developing new capabilities and tools to improve the cyber security of the country system is a challenge of the utmost importance for the growth and well-being and security of all. Cyber security education in the conscious use of the network therefore will play a central role in both the defense and development of a country.

VIEWS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CURRENT PANDEMIC CRISIS

VIEWS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CURRENT PANDEMIC CRISIS

Author(s): TĂNASE Tiberiu,Ovidiu Boureanu / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS virus; ONU; national security; international security;

In this paper we have focused on the major challenge of the 21st century, namely the COVID-19 viral pandemic. We aimed to analyze the vast problem from several angles using resources from media, international and local organizations, global reflection centers, think tanks and others. Our aim was to search on the subject and evidence the role played by the international organizations in the fight against the pandemic COVID-19. We also evaluate the situation and challenges in the field of public health that influences national security, affecting the citizens state of health, nations and national states. After a period of 100 years of free pandemic, our world is in uncharted teritories as the new virus COVID 19 become an omnipresent element of grave concern.

THE POTENTIAL OF STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION IN THE PURSUIT OF NATIONAL SECURITY OBJECTIVES

THE POTENTIAL OF STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION IN THE PURSUIT OF NATIONAL SECURITY OBJECTIVES

Author(s): Iulia-Alexandra COJOCARU / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: strategic communication; vulnerabilities; countering hybrid threats; resilience;

Under the assumption that communication is the most convenient way to know and understand the world we live in, this paper focuses on the importance of effective strategic communication, in line with the national security objectives. The potential of the communication process in achieving the desired effects has long been exploited by organizations and businesses. Nowadays, the actors in the international arena use this potential to pursue their own interests, giving rise of new threats, which in terms of security are placed under the umbrella of hybrid threats (propaganda, disinformation, fake news etc.). It is, therefore, necessary to develop new ways of combating such threats, adapted to the contemporary security environment, and to the security trends brought by current phenomena that the world is facing - such as globalization or technological advances. In this respect, international organisations such as NATO or the EU – at the regional level –, and states – at the national level –, shall endeavour to develop a framework for effective use of strategic communication. Thus, the paper aims to present solid arguments regarding the potential of strategic communication in supporting a state’s instruments of power pursuing national security objectives, when it is conceived in an effective manner. The paper also emphasizes the benefits that an efficient strategic communication process can bring to a state’s society, compared to the negative effects that the lack of it brings to other ones.

THE GENDER EQUALITY PERSPECTIVE AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUSTAINABILITY OF HUMAN RESOURCE IN THE MILITARY ORGANIZATION, IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

THE GENDER EQUALITY PERSPECTIVE AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUSTAINABILITY OF HUMAN RESOURCE IN THE MILITARY ORGANIZATION, IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Author(s): Daniela-Elena Hrab / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: gender equality; sustainability; SDGs; defense; human resource; model;

This article focused on offering a preliminary view on the most important areas in which gender equality perspective, one of the sustainable development goals, can contribute to the sustainability of human resources in the military organization and the possible effects. First, the article investigated, through a literature review approach, the conceptual dimensions of defense human resource sustainability, proposing a conceptual model which could be applied by military decision-makers to enhance the efficiency of human resource management and to contribute to the sustainability of military organization, in the context of sustainable development. Second, the article explored relevant documents, to identify the military approach to gendered issues, revealing some commonalities with the subsequent targets of the sustainable development goals and highlighting the emergence of a new military capability, represented by women’s empowerment. Finally, the proposed sustainability model and the military gender equality perspective represented a framework for identifying the contribution gender equality perspective could have to the sustainability of defense human resources. In this respect, recent statistics and the analysis of some specific on-line content offered valuable information on the practical benefits of the gender equality perspective. To conclude, this study highlights the need that the military human resource management adapt its policies, to ensure a positive contribution of the gender perspective to the permanent and functional availability of its human resource.

Unofficial city names of Bydgoszcz

Nieoficjalne nazwy miejskie Bydgoszczy

Author(s): Magdalena Czachorowska / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: urban naming ; unofficial circulation ; Bydgoszcz

The article is intended to be a research reconnaissance, an attempt to face the variable and unstable resource of unofficial urban onims, to signal methodological problems that may arise during proper research, to show the possibilities and limitations of the researcher of this issue. Already from a superficial analysis prepared on a small set of colloquial urban names, difficulties arise related to the generacy, hermetic, openness of the set and fluidity of names different from official ones. The analysis led to the following conclusions that urban colloquial nomenclature arises by modifying official names through ellipses, phonetic changes, inflectional changes, etc. — existing names or through doublets — previous names, changed; and without reference to the circulation of official names in the form of urbanonyms created on the basis of associations, language games or language jokes.

A scientist, an expert in his field, an orchestral man, about the honorary doctor in the language awareness of the students

Naukowiec, spec w swojej dziedzinie, człowiek orkiestra, czyli o doktorze honoris causa w świadomości językowej studentów

Author(s): Małgorzata Święcicka / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: cultural linguistics; cognitive semantics; ways to understand the phrase doctor honoris causa; language awareness of the students

The aim of this article is to analyze and interpret the ways of understanding the phrase doctor honoris causa in the student community. The basis of the linguistic description are their statements in the survey, including the way the phrase is pronounced, explaining its meaning, the attributes of honorary doctors and their names. It turns out that in the student consciousness the phrase functions both erroneously and correctly. Incorrect spelling of the way the phrase is pronounced, dominating over the correct ones, allow us to believe that young people have or may have problems with Latin phonetics. Student's ways of explaining meaning constitute a creative interpretation of lexicographic definitions, but they are essentially devoid of redundant elements typical of common-sense thinking. The repertoire of components the are irrelevant by definition, however, causes associations, including the attributes of honorary doctors and their names. The term itself has only a positive axiology. Students give the names of over 40 honorary doctors, awarded by the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz and other universities in Poland or abroad. The implementation of the survey tasks confirms that the young generation, if they cannot cope with the execution of the command on their own, can effectively search for knowledge in electronic sources.