FACTORS AFFECTING THE SHARE OF FAKE NEWS ABOUT COVID-19 OUTBREAK ON SOCIAL NETWORKS IN VIETNAM

Author(s): Nghi Thanh Nguyen,Phuong Huu Tung,Nguyen Hoai Thu,Pham Dinh Kien,Nguyen Anh Nguyet / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2021

In recent days in Vietnam, the amount of fake news spreading online about the Covid-19 epidemic has shown signs of increasing, causing information confusion and complicating the situation. This fact has received significant attention from scientists. To supplement the evidence of previous studies, enrich the research literature and make policy recommendations to the Government, this study explores the factors influencing the sharing of fake news on social networks. This study was conducted through a cross-sectional survey using an intentional sampling technique (n = 200) multivariate linear regression analysis technique was applied to prove the hypotheses. Research results show that the factors of altruism, entertainment, socialization, self-promotion, and instant information sharing have a positive and meaningful impact on sharing fake news about Covid_19 on social networks.

Trevor Noah and the contingent politics of racial joking

Author(s): Jennalee Donian,Nicholas Holm / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2021

This article takes up the transnational comedy career of Trevor Noah as a way to explore how the political work of racial comedy can manifest, circulate and indeed communicate differently across different racial-political contexts. Through the close textual analysis of two key comic performances –“The Daywalker” (2009) and “Son of Patricia” (2018), produced and (initially) circulated in South Africa and the USA, respectively – this article explores the extent to which Noah’s comic treatment of race has shifted between the two contexts. In particular, attention is paid to how Noah incites, navigates and mitigates potential sources of offence surrounding racial anxieties in the two contexts, and how he evokes his own “mixed-race” status in order to open up spaces of permission that allow him to joke about otherwise taboo subjects. Rejecting the claim that the politics of Noah’s comedy is emancipatory or progressive in any straightforward way, by means of formal analyses we argue that his comic treatment of race does not enact any singular politics, but rather that the political work of his racial humour shifts relative to its wider political contexts. Thus, rather than drawing a clear line between light entertainment and politically meaningful humour, this article argues that the political valence of racial joking can be understood as contingent upon wider discourses of race that circulate in national-cultural contexts.

Веда Словена. Адаптирано издание. Адаптация и поетически превод Росен Р. Малчев. Съставители: Миглена Христозова, Константин Рангочев. Художник Марко Марков. София: Издателство „Ракета“, 2019

Author(s): Miglena Hristozova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2020

Book Review

Рада Славинска. Предпоставки за възникване на жанра „песен за народен хор“. Пловдив: Академия за музикално, танцово и изобразително изкуство „Проф. Асен Диамандиев“, 2019

Author(s): Natalia Rashkova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2020

Book review

Артефакти 2. Виртуална и реална относителност

Author(s): Serghey Gherdjikov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2021

In this paper I present a new dimension for philosophical and scientific analysis of artifacts as anthropogenic abiotic objects along the lines of the distinction between real and virtual. This distinction purports to replace the classical opposition material–ideal as a better way of defining what an artifact is and as one more compatible with the scientific description and explanation of artefacts. The virtual relativity of the virtual artifacts is their relatedness to local language forms as an adequate coordinate system. The real relativity of artifacts is their relatedness to local and global human life processes. The article follows empirical science as a technique of studying artifacts, and subscribes to the anthropological paradigm.

Questioning the Role of Moral AI as an Adviser within the Framework of Trustworthiness Ethics

Author(s): Silviya Serafimova / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2021

The main objective of this article is to demonstrate why despite the growing interest in justifying AI’s trustworthiness, one can argue for AI’s reliability. By analyzing why trustworthiness ethics in Nickel’s sense provides some well-grounded hints for rethinking the rational, affective and normative accounts of trust in respect to AI, I examine some concerns about the trustworthiness of Savulescu and Maslen’s model of moral AI as an adviser. Specifically, I tackle one of its exemplifications regarding Klincewicz’s hypothetical scenario of John which is refracted through the lens of the HLEG’s fifth requirement of trustworthy artificial intelligence (TAI), namely, that of Diversity, non-discrimination and fairness.

Renewing Traditional Tamboura Style in Individual Performance

Author(s): Petyo Krastev / Language(s): English Issue: Special 2/2020

The traditional tamboura performance style is part of the folklore culture of Southwestern Bulgaria and, more specifically, of the Velingrad district. This style is deeply tied to the specifics of the musical dialect of this region. The preservation of tamboura performance style into modern times is characterized by interaction with the modern tamboura and the combination of traditional techniques with new instrumental means of expression. This article traces the renovations and changes in the traditional style in relation to its basic parameters, such as bourdon playing, the specifics of splitting note durations, metro-rhythmic patterns, ornaments, sound lines, morphologies, and the functions of the instrument in accompanying mostly male solo singing. The complex relationships and the way in which they have interacted, have been traced to the individual performance manner of a particular musician.

The Musical-Folklore Dialects of Elena Stoin in Sound. Edited by: Goritza Naydenova. Sofia: Institute for Art Studies – BAS, 2015. 131 p., with a CD

Author(s): Natalia Rashkova / Language(s): English Issue: Special 2/2020

Book review

SOCIAL CAPITAL AND ITS CHANGES IN ARMENIA: CHALLENGES AND EXPECTATIONS

Author(s): Albert Hayrapetyan,Liana Isayan / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

Social capital was the Achilles’ heel of the economic competitiveness of Armenia. In the meantime, the country made significant progress in solidifying it since the Velvet Revolution. In this article, we tried to present and analyze those elements of social capital which demonstrated significant progress in post-revolutionary Armenia, as well as the changes thereof. For that purpose, we have formulated the following research questions: What factors led to this growth, and what factors still lag? What hidden challenges can be observed through factual indicators which probably resulted from the slight decrease in the updated scores? What changes can be expected from the turbulent world and in the post-war society? The applied methodology is quantitative. In particular, to answer the research questions we used index analysis, graphic analysis, and comparison, correlation analysis techniques, pared t-test of the mathematical-statistical significance of changes, and Principal Component Analysis. The results of the analysis showed that a significant increase in the level of social capital was recorded in post-revolutionary Armenia, which was mainly due to the progress in institutional trust. Nevertheless, some revealed anomalies and encountered challenges undermined the archived progress in the growth of trust. Therefore, we put forward several recommendations.

РАНОХРИСТИЈАНСКИ ЦЕНТРИ ВО ИСТОЧНИТЕ ОБЛАСТИ НА РЕПУБЛИКА СЕВЕРНА МАКЕДОНИЈА

Author(s): Trajce Nacev,Dragan Veselinov / Language(s): Macedonian Issue: 19/2021

On the entire territory of the eastern regions of the Republic of North Macedonia, archaeological research and historical sources confirmed only the Bishopric of the city of Bargala as the first and so far the only bishopric. Beside the bishopric as the main church seat, there were also 453 Christian centers with lower rank than that of a bishopric, which have great merit for the spread of Christianity in other parts of the eastern regions of the Republic of North Macedonia. Based on the number of discovered basilicas and early Christian single-naved churches on the territory of the eastern regions of the Republic of North Macedonia, as Christian centers we can distinguish the following: - Maleshevija – Pehcevo: three-naved basilica on the site St. Petka and the three early Christian churches on sites: Skalata – village Ciflik, Manastir and Lesje in the village Spikovo. - Vinica with the two three-naved basilicas at the sites: Gorica and Kale. - Pijanec: Dulica with the three-naved basilica at the site Begov Dab, and the single-naved churches at the sites: Manastir, Seliste – St. Ilija, Keramidnica and Crkva. - Demir Kapija with three-naved basilicas at the sites: Manastir and Crkviste and the single-naved church at the site Kale – Strezov Grad – village Celevec. - Nov Dojran: the early Christian centre Nov Dojran with the three-naved basilica at the site Crkviste, and the singlenaved church at the site Manastir. - Vraninci (Kocani), with single-naved churches at the sites: Gramadi, Grobista and Seliste. - Kochani: Morodviz, has been discovered the church complex Crkvishte with two early Christian churches and one medieval church, dating from the 5th to 12th century, and the early Christian center Vraninci, in the area of which three single-church early Christian churches have been discovered, Gramadi, Grobista and Seliste. - Kratovo with Konjuh, on the territory of which three basilicas were discovered, two at the site Golemo Gradiste and one at the site Kshla. - Strumica, we will separate the city of Strumica with two early Christian basilicas, discovered at the sites of St.15 Martyrs of Tiberiopolis and Orta Mosque. - Stip, besides the Bishopric of Bargala, a great contribution to the spread of Christianity, there is also an early Christian center of Krupishte, 454 located in the middle of Bregalnica, in whose territory are discovered: the cathedral temple and the single-naved Early Christian church at the local church Kale, the three-naved church under the foundations of the medieval church of St. Nicholas. Early Christian centers (basilicas and single-nave churches) were demolished during the increasingly frequent attacks by the Avar – Slavs, late 6th – early 7th century. From the 8th century until the 14th century, until the arrival of the Ottomans in this region, нew sacred buildings were built above the foundations of most basilicas and single-nave churches, which continued to spread Christianity in the eastern areas of the Republic of North Macedonia.

НАИМЕНОВАНИЯТА НА ПРАЗНИЦИТЕ И ПРЕДПРАЗНИЧНИТЕ ПЕРИОДИ ОТ ЦЪРКОВНАТА ГОДИНА В ЛИТЕРАТУРНИТЕ ПАМЕТНИЦИ НА SLAVIA ORTHODOXA

Author(s): Tatyana Ilieva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 20/2021

The object of study in this paper is the heortological nomenclature established in the Old Bulgarian and Church Slavonic texts. This investigation sets out to extract the calendar names of the feasts and of the run-up to them from records, which appeared in different years and belong to different genres. After that they are subjected to a linguistic analysis, which includes observations on the nomination techniques in Christian heortology, the phenomena synonymy, doublets and polysemy in the names of the Christian calendar and their syntagmatics and epidigmatics.

ЕЗИКЪТ НА „МАЛЪКЪ БЪЛГАРСКЬIЙ ПИСМОВНИКЪ“ НА НИКОЛА МИХАЙЛОВСКИ (МОРФОЛОГИЧНИ ОСОБЕНОСТИ)

Author(s): Ivo Bratanov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 20/2021

The report is written in connection to the language of a book “A Small Collection of a letters”, composed by the Bulgarian Revival writer Nicola Mikhaylovsky. The article exposes important grammatical peculiarities of the language of this text. The review shows that Nicola Mikhaylovsky contributes to the approval of a series of grammatical norms, inherent to the contemporary Bulgarian language.

Меметата в новините и меметата като новини

Author(s): Maria Ivanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 11/2022

The current anthropological study focuses on memes as a cultural phenomenon dating back to the end of the last century. Given that this is a relatively new cultural practice and the small number of humanitarian studies devoted to the subject, the concept is often vague, and its characteristics are immersed in the vast pool, which includes all sorts of 'viral' content. The common belief about memes is that they are a digital form of jokes and are often commented on as retrograde art, in the logic of the frivolous and funny. Due to the fact that they are a picture (collage, photo, comic, etc.) with text, which takes a few seconds to review (as opposed to reading an entire article or watching a news program), they are becoming more and more more influential media of all kinds. The meme genre is becoming an inspiration for marketing strategies, and advertising memes are multiplying rapidly. The text will consider the way in which the phenomenon is described by well-known Bulgarian online news media, and based on interviews with meme activists - the activity will be considered in its potential to be understood as a profitable business and in itself - information media.

Към някои възможни интерпретации на грамофонната плоча като медия

Author(s): Ventsislav Dimov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 11/2022

This article examines commercial gramophone records and focuses on their functioning as a medium in the first half of the twentieth century. During the first stage of the development of the shellac gramophone record (from the 1900s to the late 1920s), the gramophone record became the main medium of the music industry, had global distribution and sales, and competed with the leading media and forms of music and art reproduction: cinema and radio. The article focuses on several highlights. It asks how old commercial gramophone records should be studied today: as historical object, sound document, or media? Some methodological problems and directions for future research are pointed out. Examples are given of the history of the Bulgarian music industry and media music in the first half of the twentieth century.

Гостоприемството в полската и българската култура. Gościnność w kulturze polskiej i bułgarskiej. Полско-български сборник

Author(s): Margreta Grigorova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 44/2022

Подкрепата на българската държава за сънародниците в Голо Бърдо в периода между двете световни войни

Author(s): Svetlozar Eldarov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 8/2014

The text presents and analyzes documents and materials related to the Bulgarians from the Golloborda Region in Albania in the period 1918 – 1939, from the funds of the Directorate of Religious Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religions and the Bulgarian Embassy in Tirana. In these letters, reports and documents set out the problems of the Bulgarians in Albania in the period between the two World Wars, they contain detailed statistics, recommendations and guidelines to improve the state of our compatriots who remained on Albanian territory.

Етикетният език в говора на село Бобощица (Република Албания)

Author(s): Miranda Belo / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 8/2014

The text presents material from the speaking community about the blessings and good wishes, the Bulgarians of Boboshtica village (Republic of Albania). The collected material shows a well shaped and very rich category with blessings and good wishes to reveal important features of typological Boboshtica Bulgarians. They are loving, generous and positive emotional stressed. Wishes are associated with good wishes, good health for families, long and happy life, success and more.

Със самосъзнанието на българин с плава кръв

Author(s): Luchia Antonova-Vasileva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 8/2014

The article discusses the conception of the importance of national self-determination as a criterion for belonging to a nationality. The typical case of spontaneous declarations of Bulgarian national identity is indicate in the Republic of Kosovo. The ancestral memory of aristocratic origin is expressed by specific local dialect.

Kolkata’s Foodscape: the Evolution of ‘the Calcutta palate’

Author(s): Debika Banerji,Anandita Pan / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

Kolkata’s cultural landscape can be defined by the existing foodscape. The heritage restaurants existing in the city are an amalgamation of the cultural diffusion between the different communities that reside in the city. In this paper, primarily, three food zones have been recognized, each specializing in a particular type of cuisine. The paper seeks to understand the development of the cuisines in relation to these food zones, how different communities have slowly exchanged ideas which have led to the creation of a new type of fusion cuisine, modified in accordance to suit local tastes and preferences. This acculturation process is constantly occurring and is reflected in the present day foodscape of the city.

Dasein-psyche Research: between Plato and Heidegger

Author(s): Oleg Bazaluk / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2022

The article answers the question: “How does the agathos of Dasein-psyche and Dasein-Intelligent-Matter come into being?” or “How does the meaningful-presence of Dasein-psyche and Dasein-Intelligent-Matter come about?” The author turns to the philosophy of Plato and Heidegger and presents Dasein-psyche as an elementary structure or a Dasein-Intelligent-Matter actor. The Dasein-psyche’s meaningful presence is significantly conditioned by the focus and limits of the arete potency, set by Dasein-Intelligent-Matter. The anthropologization of Dasein transforms the individual discourse and a way of life in accordance with the arete potency. The arete potency is the source of Dasein-psyche’s meaningful presence. The anthropologization of Dasein sets free arete, providing the transforming of the arete existentials potency into the energy of Dasein-psyche’s meaningful presence. The disclosedness of arete is an “ideal” state of the Dasein-psyche sustainable development and prosperity, the agathos of Dasein-psyche and Dasein-Intelligent-Matter.