The Weiguan Culture Phenomenon in Chinese Online Activism

Going Online to Chinese Audiences: the Role of Culture

There are many issues relating to the cultural aspects of Chinese culture and society which can impact the design and content of computing systems and web sites (which are directed towards Chinese audiences). This paper focuses on many of these issues and provides practical guidelines and advice for those who want to reach out to Chinese audiences, whether for ecommerce, education, or other needs.

A Review of: "Cyberactivism: Online Activism in Theory and Practice"

"Cyberactivism: Online Activism in Theory and Practice" certainly comes with an impressive array of authors. Among the thirteen chapters (including introduction and epilogue) one finds seven assistant and associate professors and additional five doctoral students or PhD graduates. This does not however, include major recognized authors in the field and one also finds a number of new contributor...

strategies applied in translation of culture-specific items in translation of the i. r. i. constitution &the civil code (from persian into english(

این تحقیق به بررسی استراتژیهای بکاررفته توسط مترجمین مختلف در ترجمه واژه های فرهنگی خاص در ترجمه فارسی به انگلیسی قانون مدنی و قانون اساسی جمهوری اسلامی ایران میپردازد.این تحقیق بر اساس نظریه پیتر نیومارک صرت گرفته است. در این تحفیق واژه های فرهنگی خاص اقتباس شده و پس از مقایسه با متن مبدا به بررسی انها پرداخته می شود.در قسمت ضمائم تحقیق واژه نامه ای برای اشنایی خوانندگان با لغات و اصطلاحات حقو...

Omnipresent Technologies—Omnipresent Democracies? Morozov’s critique of serious online activism

Chinese Characters, Chinese Culture and Chinese Mind

Writing forms whether in terms of Chinese characters and Chinese ideographs, phonetic alphabet or numeric systems – are created by and thus reflect culture, mind, and social reality. In turn, these writing forms exert great impact on the culture and mind of their users. This article contends that in addition to the cultural content that the Chinese writing system conveys, the media of Chinese c...