Abstarct: The present paper presents the results of the investigation on the Multilingualism and linguistic demarcations in border regions. The topic is linguistic border landscape of the German-Polish twin cities Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice.
Kewords: multilingualism, linguistic demarcations, border regions, linguistic border landscape
Rhetoric and Communications E-journal, Issue 15, January 2015, rhetoric.bg/, journal.rhetoric.bg, ISSN 1314-4464
Abstract: The topic laid in this article is about the essence of human communication, its types and characteristics. The object of the study is communication as a phenomenon and its subject – etymology and semantics of the concept of communication, and also the various types of communication interactions (interpersonal, mass) and their characteristics. The focus of the article is placed on the similarities and the differences in the meanings of the terms conversation and communication, on the nature of the conversational process examined through the lens of Sociology, Social Psychology and Rhetoric, and also on the specific functions of this process (cognitive, emotional, interacting). Attention is paid to the objectives in interpersonal and mass communication, to the reasons and conditions necessary for the realization of behavioral act of communication, and also to the communication channels needed to transfer information, attitude and ideas between people. Because of the limited size of this representation the author aims not to cover all the studies published until now but to indicate basic concepts and points of view about the topics laid in the text.
Key words: conversation, communication, communicator, communication interaction, interpersonal communication, mass communication, communication channels
Rhetoric and Communications E-journal, Issue 15, January 2015, rhetoric.bg/, journal.rhetoric.bg, ISSN 1314-4464
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Abstract: The article is dedicated to the rhetorical aspects of the Brazilian presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva – a remarkable orator with important place in the Brazilian and world history. Lula’s public and media behaviour shows a personal qualities of visionary politician, ideologist of deep social reforms and economical upturn. The analysis focuses on his media activities chronologically comparative aspect his campaigns as a presidential candidateduring decades. The attention is drawn to the oratorical skills and PR techniques that are used to build a successful political image. Distinguished is the role of his personal ambition, his consequence and flexibility in the name of the goal and succeeding a public image.
Keywords: Lula, president, mandate, politician, orator, media rhetoric, public image, medias.
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Abstract: This article intends to explore the phenomenon terrorism and its parameters. The research objectives are associated with clarifying the theoretical framework of the concept of terrorism, analyzing the causes of terrorism, possible solutions for output and in particular, examining the psychological reactions and nonverbal behavior of the hostages and kidnappers in specific situations. The study has an interdisciplinary character and within its scope the content and the characteristics of the specific psychological effects in different phases that the kidnapper goes through are considered, as well as the analysis of the overall interaction between the captor and the victim during the crisis situation, and in particular when the „Stockholm Syndrome” appears.
Keywords: acts of terrorism, outcome, captors, hostages, psychological effects, non-verbal communication, role
Rhetoric and Communications E-journal, Issue 15, January 2015, rhetoric.bg/, journal.rhetoric.bg, ISSN 1314-4464
Abstract: Graphic design, structure, vision, overall impression, the presence of buttons and links for subsequent communication in building or optimizing a website continue to be a topic. This article is an attempt to present the importance of websites in the work and functioning of the NGO sector in the implementation of virtual communication with internal and external audiences. The results ofa survey carried out among Bulgarian and branches of foreign non-governmental organizations are presented here. The focus is placed on rhetorical features, level of technological attainability and implementation of functional and practical elements in websites of organizations
Keywords: virtual identity, virtual rhetoric, visual communication, internet, online presence, eNGO.
Rhetoric and Communications E-journal, Issue 15, January 2015, rhetoric.bg/, journal.rhetoric.bg, ISSN 1314-4464
Abstract: Internet today covers all spheres of human life and the problems of Internet security and cybercrime are relevant and considered also scientifically worldwide. In Bulgaria, the interest in the topic is still weak and reflected mainly by the electronic media. The present article takes a step towards approbating the topic of cybersecurity as scientific and applies heuristic approach in order to name its main problems which in themselves are on the border of several disciplines. As a shared space, Internet security should be a shared responsibility and security should begin from the individual. The article provides guidelines for ensuring the internet user’s own security and relevant conclusions are made. The situation on legal measures to combat cybercrime in Bulgaria and the EU is reflected.
Key words: cybercrime, security, social engineering
Rhetoric and Communications E-journal, Issue 15, January 2015, rhetoric.bg/, journal.rhetoric.bg, ISSN 1314-4464
Abstract: This article tries to bring out and to identify some basic notions (their meaning and uses), which play a key role in the process of formingcategorical and conceptual apparatus of the argumentation in contemporary discourse. Argument, reasoning and argumentation are the notions that are pointed in this research. Their understanding and definitions given by leading authors (Douglas Walton, Frans van Eemeren, Chaim Perelman, Stephen Toulmin) in the field of theory of argumentation are the object of our analysis. The individual research and analysis of these three notions contribute to using them precisely in different rhetorical situations.
Keywords: argument, reasoning, argumentation, convincing communication, argumentation structure, argumentative discourse.
Rhetoric and Communications E-journal, Issue 15, January 2015, rhetoric.bg/, journal.rhetoric.bg, ISSN 1314-4464
Abstract:The aim of the article is to explore the genesis of the concepts of “knowledge society” and “knowledge economy” and to outline the trends in their use in scientific and political context. The main arguments about the relationship between the two concepts in the academic literature are briefly presented. This critical overview is supplemented by an analysis of the key publications in the Scopus database. In addition, the terms are evaluated also in a political context by analyzing documents of the EU institutions that mention them. The results are compared in order to present trends in the use of the concepts and to analyze the relationship between the two contexts.
Keywords: bibliometrics; knowledge economy; knowledge society;
Rhetoric and Communications E-journal, Issue 15, January 2015, rhetoric.bg/, journal.rhetoric.bg, ISSN 1314-4464
Abstract: This article takes part in the fruitful dialogue between philosophy and art in order to meet the personalist philosophy of Martin Buber and Emmanuel Levinas with the performances of Marina Abramovic. Buber’s and Levinas’s key philosophical concepts such as I-You relation, presence, face, face-to-face relation, speech, the Other, transcendency, being are involved as instruments in the hermeneutical and critical analyses of three performances: “А-А-А”, “Nightsea crossing” and “The Artist is present”. The article consists of five parts: in the introduction the significance of the article’s subject and the research object are designated; further, the research focus moves successively to the exploration of the religious foundations of Buber’s and Levinas’s philosophy, the meaning of the concept of the face and its crucial role for the generating of presence and being, the complexity of the relations between vision and speech, and finally the significance of Abramovic’s performances in terms of the artist’s presence considered in the light of the idea of reception and hospitality in the face-to-face relation. The article points out the potential of performance as highly renowned form of art in contemporary world, on the one hand, to be taken as research object in the process of clarifying the meaning of some key philosophical concepts and, on the other hand, to trace an area for the treating of crucial existential and contemporary socio-cultural issues.
Key words: personalist philosophy, performance, face, face-to-face relation, speech, being, presence.
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Abstract: This text contains a parallel between certain elements of Cornelius Castoriadis’ philosophical heritage and the psychoanalytic theory developed by Jacques Lacan. The final goal of the parallel in question is to explicate the concepts and the ideas used by Castoriadis which to one extent or another are influenced by his close acquaintance with Lacan’s sessions and it also strives to clarify the key differences which in Castoriadis’ context strongly distinct on the one hand the use of the concepts in question, and on the other hand the theoretical implications of the ideas mentioned. In the sake of the clarification of these distinctions a detailed analysis is provided not only of the origin of the so defined conceptual and notional apparatus, but also of the intellectual context of postwar France where this apparatus is formed and developed. Other sources of influence are taken into consideration as the inclusion of those is inevitable, if the conclusions that we end to in the current exposition should be estimated as correct.
Key words: imaginary, truth, scientificity, labyrinth, secularity, unconscious, social
Rhetoric and Communications E-journal, Issue 15, January 2015, rhetoric.bg/, journal.rhetoric.bg, ISSN 1314-4464