Humanities and Social Sciences

Volume 8, Issue 2, March 2020

  • The Complicated Digital Fandom: Empowerment and Exploitation of Fans in Digital Media Era

    Zihan Wang

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 2, March 2020
    Pages: 45-50
    Received: 18 February 2020
    Accepted: 5 March 2020
    Published: 17 March 2020
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    Abstract: Over the past several decades, the once despised fans have been introduced to the central stage of audience study, challenging people’s stereotype about fans. Fans are considered as the most active and visible audiences since they are active producers rather than passive consumers. With the pervasiveness of the digital media, fans are provided with... Show More
  • Children’s Understanding of Identity - The Kind of Referent That Children Have in Mind When Understanding Identity Arguments

    Paul Weingartner, Silvia Haring

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 2, March 2020
    Pages: 51-62
    Received: 26 March 2020
    Accepted: 12 May 2020
    Published: 27 May 2020
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    Abstract: In order to conduct the reader to several important features of the old concept of identity we use a dialogue between two brothers of age 14 and 10 (ch.2). These boys point to important problems for children’s understanding identity. These are, for example, children’s ability to use two different names for one object (referent) or how to understand... Show More
  • Prison Staff and Family Visits: United Kingdom Case Study

    Avon Hart-Johnson, Geoffrey Johnson

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 2, March 2020
    Pages: 63-72
    Received: 19 April 2020
    Accepted: 13 May 2020
    Published: 27 May 2020
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    Abstract: Recent studies have illuminated how families are affected by prison staff engagement during prison visits. Prison staff, by virtue of their positions, exercise power and authority over families during prison visits processes and potentially play a vital role in shaping inmate-family experiences. Although some interactions with prison staff may be c... Show More
  • Research on the Economic Development Effect of Human Capital Investment

    Shan Song, Huiliang Zhang, Ke Gao

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 2, March 2020
    Pages: 73-77
    Received: 11 March 2020
    Published: 29 May 2020
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    Abstract: With the rapid development of knowledge economy and information age, human capital has gradually become the key factor to support the sustainable development of economy in modern society. It is an important part of government and social investment, which directly affects the strategy of building a strong country with talents and the coordinated dev... Show More
  • The Practical Logic and Countermeasures of Community Home-based Elderly Care Service Under the Dimension of Innovative Big Data

    Shi Jing

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 2, March 2020
    Pages: 78-85
    Received: 27 May 2020
    Accepted: 10 June 2020
    Published: 17 June 2020
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    Abstract: Under the background of accelerating the integrative development of big data technology, fiscal finance, and public services to the community home-based care industry model, with the continuous acceleration of China’s social aging process, the government uses public finance to provide a basic community home care services for elderly residents. This... Show More