Trendul nipon. Importăm cultură?

Author(s): Livia Creț / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 3/2019

In this article I will argue that in the last two decades Japan and its culture had a notable success in the West, in the sense that both Europe and United States showed interest in its pop culture, particularly in its artistic views. I offered an account of this phenomenon and how it affects japanese culture and debated whether it is beneficial or not. For this purpose I classified society in two distinct groups and tried to understand the mentality behind the interest. Also, one can find in this paper the ways in which europeans and americans tried to incorporate the japanese trend in their industries. This is an open approach and I do not claim to have resolved entirely the problem in discussion, as it is a bigger issue than we can imagine.

Recognition of Fake News in Sports

Author(s): Petko Dimov / Language(s): English Issue: 4s/2021

This report examines the phenomenon of “fake news” and the influence which disinformation has in the contemporary sports information space. The problem, regarding their wide spread in the contemporary information space and their gradual transition from political life to the world of sports, leads to the necessity of defining and classifying fake news in the sports information space in order to offer a mechanism for their recognition and a practical tool supporting this activity. In the age of fake news, sports stars need security and real connections with the media to improve their performance. With the help of the literary analysis of the specialized sources, examples of disinformation in sports stories have been found, and consequently definitions of fake news, propaganda and disinformation have been proposed. After a review of specialized sources, a classification of ten types of fake news in sports has been made, giving real examples from the lives of Bulgarian athletes. Hence, a simplified seven-step algorithm has been developed to support users' critical thinking and decision-making when evaluating news in the media space. As a result of the proposed classification of “fake news” in sports and the created algorithm, a practical online tool has been created which would help the analysis of given information and the recognition of signs of fake news in online sports media. The tool has been created with the help of the HTML programming language HTML in the form of a webpage which is accessible from anywhere in the world. It is a set of applications that identify all types of fake content in the contemporary information space. This tool can be used to improve the security of athletes and even their game performance.

The Role of Agents of Political Socialization in the Use of Social Media

Author(s): Savaş TOKSÖZ / Language(s): English Issue: 74/2021

This study aims to reveal the role of the agents of political socialization in the use of social media as a tool for receiving political news and political participation. The research findings suggest that there is a positive relationship between the use of social media as a tool for receiving political news and the agents of political socialization, namely, the family, friend groups, school, and traditional media. Similarly, a statistically significant relationship has been found between the use of social media as a tool for political participation and family, friend groups, school, and traditional media.

RE-INTERPRETATIONS AND EXTENSION OF THE THEORIES OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT

Author(s): Daniela Jeder / Language(s): English Issue: 14/2020

This paper aims at an analysis of some extensions and reinterpretations of the classical theories of moral development such as the theories of Carol Gilligan (moral / ethical worries), M. Swainson, Norman J. Bull etc. and, last but not least, a presentation of new directions of approach to morality - from the perspective of neuromoral and theories proposed by specialists such as Paul Jak and the renowned neurologist and biologist Robert Sapolsky. All this, in order to draw conclusions about how the theories of moral development can be capitalized in the educational space.

The school and the idea of educational resource Premises of a quality management in the school organization

Author(s): Marius-Costel Eşi / Language(s): English Issue: 14/2020

The issue brought into discussion allows, in our opinion, for an analysis of the way in which the evaluation of the degree of attractiveness of the school from the perspective of counseling and human resources administration is performed. Thus, our scientific interest is mainly focused, on the one hand, on the educational and social role that teachers have within the school, and on the other hand, how it is possible for the school to become attractive to pupils by assuming by teachers of specific educational policies. In other words, our scientific approach aims at understanding and analyzing ways to assess the attractiveness of the school.

LEV NIKOLAYEVICH TOLSTOY - THE PEDAGOGY OF FREEDOM

Author(s): Aura Hapenciuc / Language(s): English Issue: 15/2021

The paper highlights a different side of the concerns of the writer Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), his contribution at the level of pedagogy. One of the world's leading novelists, playwright and essayist, L.N. Tolstoy is also an important reformer of education, with a revolutionary pedagogical theoretical and practical work at the level of the '60s and '70s.The epistemological maturation of the Russian pedagogy occurs through the pedagogical activity and works of the authors K.D. Ushinsky and L.N Tolstoy. The two important Russian pedagogues, with universal impact, mark the moment of transition from the pre-modern pedagogy to the modern pedagogy. K. D. Ushinsky bequeathed the idea of the organic synthesis in pedagogy, and L.N. Tolstoy launched the pedagogical and social theme of freedom, in education and through education.In summary, the epistemological construction of the pedagogy of freedom can be demonstrated by the object of study, normativity and research methodology. The specific study object of L.N. Tolstoy's pedagogy is the free education / instruction as a model of formation through higher culture (Bildung), but it also involves other concepts that define: education (forced through instruction / teaching), general purpose, education contents and free school.The pedagogy of freedom anticipates the current New education (affirmed in Europe during the late nineteenth century – the second half of the twentieth century). The normativity specific to Tolstoy's pedagogy refers to the principle of complete freedom in education / instruction, the principle of organizing education / instruction in free schools, the principle of optimizing the relationship between the “two active factors of instruction: the educator and the educated”.The historical and comparative research highlights the difference between education (constraining through training / teaching) and instruction (free education through higher culture – Bildung).

THE PROBLEMS OF CONTEMPORARY EDUCATION: CHALLENGES AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

Author(s): Cristina Puha / Language(s): English Issue: 13/2020

The issue brought into discussion allows, in our opinion, increasing the quality of educational services, reducing early school leaving by children at educational risk, opportunities for the participation of teachers and members of management teams, in continuing education programs, development of teaching and professional skills, activities such as teacher mentoring and exchanging of good practices. In other words, our approach is about how teachers can optimize their teaching activity, so as to reduce school dropout and cause students to be permanently prepared through lifelong learning.

O najnowszej monografii Aleksego Awdiejewa i Grażyny Habrajskiej

Author(s): Krzysztof Ozga / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2021

НАУЧНО МИШЉЕЊЕ И УМЕТНИКОВА ИДЕЈА

Author(s): Nemanja S. Lazarević / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 72/2020

Through the analysis of parts – from font to audio recordings, the paper tries to point out those important elements from which Dušan Matić, a poet, constructed his works, but which were sufficiently stimulating for authors who dealt with certain possibilities of a multimedia digital book.

Cîteva principii ale organizării de stat în presa postpaşoptistă din Moldova

Author(s): Georgeta Craciun / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 5/1981

Notre travail traite quelques aspects concernant la réorganisation de la Moldavie sur des bases modernes après la révolution de 1848 sous le règne de Grigore Alex. Ghica (1849—1856), tels qu'ils sont mis en évidence dans la presse de l'enseignement de tous les degrés et du développement d'une littérature nationale — problèmes communs de l'évolution unitaire du peuple roumain, de l'existence d'une-conscience politique et des exigences générales d'unité nationale.

Изследване на погледа при възприемане на елементите в страница от учебник по български език

Author(s): Despina Vasileva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2021

A study about perception of a page from a textbook of Bulgarian is presented in the article. Participants in the experiment are 30 students of age 15 to 19 from high schools in Sofia. The study is realized through an eye tracking system. For the purposes of the study 8 stimuli (textbook pages) were constructed, containing the components as follows: “text”, “image”, and “diagram”. In each stimulus the quantity of the components differs. All possible pairs in a combination in the left and in the right field of view are presented in the stimuli. The goal of the research is to be examined the fixation of the gaze on each elements of a textbook page. To assess the characteristic of the gaze was calculated the number of saccades in the left and right visual field of the slides. The data are organized in spreadsheets. Statistical analysis is performed in two-group t-test (two samples with different variances). Mean number of saccades, standard deviation, standard error, critical ratio are calculated.

Book review

Author(s): Jeanne Mathieu-Lessard / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2021

Poziţii ale publicisticii româneşti în timpul războiului de independenţă

Author(s): Paul Grigoriu / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 4/1978

La biographie de la presse. Le journal d'information et instrument politique a défini son profil en se séparant des périodiques de culture et satire. Les organes de presse édités par les groupes politiques s'y sont définis avec précision. Les libéraux éditaient les journaux : „Românul" (le Roumain), „Telegraful" (le ..Télégraphe") et „Dorobanţul" (le soldat d'infanterie); tandis que les conservateurs avaient comme organes de la presse „Timpul" (le Temps), „România liberă" (La Roumanie libre), „Presa" (la Presse) et „Războiul" (La Guerre). Dans les chefs-lieux de départements paraissaient : „Ialomiţa", „Gazeta de Bacău", „Curierul de laşi", „Vocea Covurluiului" et d'autres. Dans les territoires subjugués paraissaient „Albina Carpaţilor", „Observatorul", „Transilvania", „Familia" et d'autres. Les publicistes et leurs horizons. Vus dans leur époque, les publicistes de la période 1877—1878, se présentent sous une structure de grande mobilité; leur formation multilatérale était axée sur une solide base humaniste. Beaucoup d'entre eaux étaient des personnalités culturelles et moins politiques. G. Dem. Teodorescu était licencié en lettres de la Sorbonne, professeur secondaire de latin et de roumain, ministre de l'instruction publique et des cultes. Il a écrit des travaux de folklore et de philosophie étant le premier biographe et bibliographe d'Anton Pann. Avec le folkloriste I. Gh. Bibicescu il a édité en 1477 le renommé quotidien „Dorobanţul". Grigore H. Grandea, ancien diplômé, professeur, inspecteur des écoles élémentaires et poète. Il a édité „Războiul" journal de large popularité ă l'époque. Dimitrie August Laurian, fils d'Auguste Treboniu Laurian, était docteur en philosophie de Bruxelles professeur secondaire, auteur de manuels scolaires et membre correspondant de l'Académie Roumaine. Pendant l'été de l'année 1877 il a édité la publication „Romdnia liberă". Ion Al. Lapedatu, fils de paysans pauvres près de Sibiu, a passé son doctorat en lettres et philosophie. Professeur au gymnase roumain de Braşov, il a écrit des nouvelles, des poésies et des études de littérature. Il a édité à Sibiu l'hebdomadaire „Albina Carpaţilor". Dans l'histoire de la presse roumaine beaucoup de journalistes patriotes ont passé dans l'anonymat. Les journalistes, indépendamment de leur appartenance politique, ont renoncé temporairement à toute polémique et ont déclanché une véritable campagne de soutien du front, tout en demeurant sur cette position jusqu'à la fin de la guerre. La presse annonçait les événements militaires, les ordres du jour des commandements, ainsi que les spectacles, les donations et d'autres formes d'aides destinées au front, aux blessés et aux familles sans soutien. Les périodiques d'information quotidienne. Les annonces de réclame commerciale, outre leur aspect hétérogène, publiaient aussi les éditions des cartes dédiées ă la guerre d'indépendance, des brochures sur la nécessité de l'indépendance, des manuels d'histoire de la patrie et d'autres matériaux de propagande. C'est dans le même but qu'on a imprimé sur des feuille volantes des billets de spectacles donnés pour aider les blessés, des poésies patriotiques et des manifestes adressés à la population par le prince régnant Charles et le prince Nicolas. L'organisation du front commun, dépassant les divergences sociales politiques pour appuyer par tous les moyens l'effort général de conquérir l'indépendance, c'est une compréhension profonde des publiclstes du desideratum national. De ce point de vue ils se sont situés sur les positions du vrai patriotisme.

Lupta pentru eliberarea României de sub dominaţia Germaniei hitleriste oglintită în ziarul "Graiul Liber"

Author(s): Homer Radu / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 4/1978

Dans la présente communication, l'auteur se propose de mettre en relief la contribution que la publication „Graiul liber", le journal des prisonters roumains dans l'U.R.S.S. — a apporté à l'action pour le réveil des consciences des prisonniers roumains de l'Union Soviétique en vue de la lutte contre l'Allemagne hitlérienne, pour la libération du pays, pour la liberté et la démocratie. Le journal „Graiul liber" a constitué un vrai liant entre le pays et les prisonniers qui se trouvaient dans l'U.R.S.S., puisqu'a ceux-ci pouvaient connaître les réalités roumaines, la lutte de tout le peuple roumain contre les occupants allemands, contre la dictature d'Antonesco pour la liberté et la démocratie. Après avoir été constituée la division de volontaires roumains „Tudor Vladimirescu", le journal „Graiul liber" a consigné les victoires obtenues par cette héroïque division dans la lutte contre l'Allemagne hitlérienne. Dans les pages du journal se trouvent des amples références concernant l'héroïque acte de l'insurrection nationale armée anti-fasciste et anti-impérialiste du 23 Août 1944. Jusqu'au moment quand il a cessé d'apparaître, le journal a informé les lecteurs sur l'ample processus révolutionnaire qui a eu lieu dans notre pays après la victoire de l'insurrection.

THE IMPORTANCE OF ICT IN EDUCATION

Author(s): RUSU Diana SALUP / Language(s): English Issue: 12/2019

In the modern-day society, information means power. The better and faster informed one is, the more proficient, effective, and powerful he is. Therefore, the access of the teacher to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is a must for personal professional development as well as for fruitful class activity reflected in the students’ level of acquired knowledge. Of the actors involved in the educational process, namely the teacher and the student, the teacher is the one who is naturally expected to “adjust” the educational environment and “overcome” any teaching obstacle.In the light of these ideas, teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) within the global context of increased use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) both by language knowledge “providers” (teachers) and language knowledge “beneficiaries” (students) has become a modern educational challenge. It strongly imposes the reassessment of methods and approaches, a balanced consideration of the amount of ICT tools to be used effectively to enhance skills as well as a common agreement on the optimum means to integrate them in the educational process.

The Soviet Image of the USA in Latvian Satirical Journalism of the 1960s: Textual and Visual Code

Author(s): Evita Badina,Žans Badins,Oksana Kovzele / Language(s): English Issue: 14(43)/2021

Almost immediately after the end of the Second World War (WW II) and the declaration of the Iron Curtain policy, the Cold War broke out between the socialist and capitalist countries: the so-called opposition between the Eastern and Western bloc. The most acute confrontation between the USSR and the USA was manifested in such areas as the arms race, space exploration, struggle to expand spheres of influence. In 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the world was on the brink of nuclear war. After the occupation in 1940, Latvia was part of the Soviet system, and therefore was exposed to the Soviet ideology and propaganda. Most of the inhabitants of Latvia (like of the whole USSR) had practically no opportunity either to visit the USA or to obtain reliable information. Periodicals of the USSR imposed on the Soviet reader their image of America and the Western world in general; a huge role in creating this image was assigned to satirical publications. The article reveals the principles of representation of the USA image in the magazine “Dadzis” [The Thistle] and “Dadža kalendārs” [The Thistle Almanac] using imagological and cultural-historical approaches. The research focuses on the textual and visual representations of the phenomenon under study both in feuilletons and caricatures created by Latvian and foreign authors and published in the 1960s Latvian satire. The study reveals that the static image of the USA consisting of a certain “set” of stereotypes was implanted in the Latvian society of the above-mentioned period and later.

The Perception of Time in the Virtual Space: A Cultural-Philosophical Analysis

Author(s): Bina Nir / Language(s): English Issue: 10(39)/2017

In this article, we will present the key conceptions of time in Western culture, while observing changes in the perception of time in the context of virtual space. Among other things, we will examine the change in the Newtonian space-time concept. The Newtonian conception views a permanent system of space and time. Being in virtual space transforms us, it would seem, to the cultural conception of time presented by Einstein, which does not view time as an absolute measure, but rather as changing according to the speed of our movement. The faster we move, time speed reduces. It is not the objective of this article to probe the depths of physics, but to try and understand the cultural shifts in the perception of time in terms of existing physics models. Moreover, we will explore the cultural return to “mystical time” in terms of the “divine gaze” – today, in virtual space, a new point of view enables us to observe existence from an external point of view. Changes also include the obstruction of the linear sequence of time due to the simultaneity of past, present and future in the Augmented Virtual Reality. In this article, we will attempt to understand experiencing virtual reality in terms of hallucination time, and will conclude with the virtual promise of eternal life – being in eternal time, which exists in the virtual space.

EINE SEMIOTISCHE ANALYSE POLITISCHER KARITATUREN FALLSTUDIE

Author(s): Veronica Cȃmpian / Language(s): German Issue: 14/2021

The paper entitled "A Semiotic Analysis of Political Cartoons; Case study: the Romanian Presidential Elections in 2014 and 2019" offers a reflection on political cartoons published in the quality newspaper Evenimentul Zilei during the two election campaigns. The corpus of the analysis consists of 50 examples (35 examples on the 2014 elections and 15 on the 2019 elections) and pursues the answering of the following research questions: What are the main themes depicted in the cartoons? What are the linguistic and visual characteristics of the cartoons? What semiotic messages are encoded in the selected cartoons? What differences can be identified between the cartoons of the two election campaigns? The chosen analysis model is derived from Roland Barthes` theory on denotation and connotation and the cartoons are analysed according to the following three types of messages: the linguistic, the visual and the symbolic message.

TYPES OF TOURISM IN ALBANIAN TRAVEL GUIDEBOOKS

Author(s): Irena Skendo / Language(s): English Issue: 14/2021

Taking into consideration the tourism phenomenon in Albania, from few numbers of tourists in the past to large numbers of foreigners visiting the country and, thus, contributing to the improvement of the economy, this paper aims to investigate the diverse types of tourism offered to the foreigners. Therefore, a corpus of tourism travel guidebooks published in Albania in the English language used for the country`s promotion in the world was analyzed to throw light on what kind of tourism is promoted in the texts and how. The approach utilized here is corpus linguistics and it is both quantitative and qualitative. The results indicate that tourism is not only intended for the summer holidays, but it is offered in various forms. There are several choices provided to visitors such as coastal, green, historical, cultural, winter and adventure tourism. The diverse types of tourism presented through this data analysis led us to the belief and thought that this text is trying to attract future visitors of all ages and a range of personal interests. In other words, there is anything for anyone and, so, one is not restricted to visiting Albania only in the summer but all year round.

Cultural Differences in a Restaurant’s Communication with Unsatisfied Customers – the Case of Tripadvisor

Author(s): Agnieszka Żbikowska / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2020

Research background: Platforms such as TripAdvisor have the potential to influence consumers’ decision-making processes, so negative user-generated reviews could have a harmful impact on a company’s reputation and sales. However, the proper mangers’ approach to customer complaints expressed on social media can have a positive impact on the companies’ performance. Purpose: The aim of the study is to indicate whether restaurant managers use TripAdvisor to communicate with dissatisfied customers and whether national culture influences this communication. Research methodology: The methods used in the research were both a quantitative and qualitative content analyses of restaurants’ responses to negative reviews posted on TripAdvisor. The research covered a random sample of restaurants located in Cracow (Poland), Frankfurt (Germany) and Porto (Portugal), and listed on TripAdvisor. Results: The research showed that differences in communication, which may result from dissimilar cultural conditions, are relatively small. Novelty: The research shows whether and to what extent restaurant managers respond to negative comments posted on TripAdvisor. At the same time, research results indicate whether the responses of managers are culturally determined.