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This study examines major print media organizations to analyze and compare the essential features of media discourse on economic crisis in Germany and China. Researchers combine the methodology of linguistic frame analysis with qualitative research methods from the social sciences. Rui Li, University of Heidelberg.

Der chinesische Buchmarkt unterliegt stärkeren Kontrollen als der Buchmarkt in den meisten anderen Ländern der Welt. Alle Verlage sind verstaatlicht; offiziell gibt es keine privaten Verlage. Seit der wirtschaftlichen Öffnung Chinas 1978 entwickelte sich jedoch eine Gruppe privater Publikationsunternehmen. Diese besitzen keine politische Genehmigung und dürfen offiziell keine Bücher produzieren. Die Bücher müssen stattdessen unter dem Namen der staatlichen Verlage publiziert werden. Dennoch spielen die privaten Publikationsunternehmen im chinesischen Buchmarkt eine wichtige Rolle. Im Gegensatz zu den staatlichen Verlagen unterliegen sie nicht den Zwängen des Verlagssystems und kennzeichnen sich durch eine modernere Unternehmensführung. Sie haben zudem keinen Personalüberschuss und agieren aufgrund des großen Konkurrenzdrucks näher am Markt. Problematisch ist dagegen die starke Konzentration auf Lehrmaterialien, Sachbücher und Ratgeber. Aufgrund geringer Einstiegsbarrieren ist die Konkurrenz in diesen Produktbereichen besonders stark. In Schulbücher und Fachliteratur wird dagegen kaum investiert. Ferner fehlt eine langfristige Produktionsplanung, was einen ungeordneten Wettbewerb zur Folge hat. Zukünftig sollte der Buchmarkt in China durch entsprechende Regelungen einen gerechten Wettbewerb zwischen den staatlichen und privaten Unternehmen ermöglichen. ; The Chinese book market is subject to tighter controls than the book markets in most other countries of the world. All publishing houses are state-owned, officially there are no private publishers. However, since the economical opening of China in 1978 there developed a group of private publication businesses. These do not possess political authorization and are not officially allowed to produce books. Instead, the books have to be published in the names of the public publishing houses. Yet, these private publication businesses play a vital role in the Chinese book market. In contrast to the public publishing houses they are not subject to the constraints of the ...

AbstractThe needs of volunteer community service providers (VCSPs), who are the main responders to community crises, have received significantly less attention for the contributions they have been making during the COVID‐19 crisis. A mixed‐method research framework was used in this study, which involved semi‐structured interviews with 13 NGOs and questionnaire responses from 430 VCSPs in Hubei, China to assess the VCSPs' personal needs based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs. It was found that the VCSPs had safety, love, belonging, self‐esteem, and self‐actualization personal needs, all of which were closely related to family, partners, organizations, society and the government. The discussions revealed that the more experienced VCSPs needed special attention and family support was extremely significant for VCSPs in crisis. Several recommendations to meet VCSPs' personal needs are proposed that could have valuable reference value for emergency managers when organizing and supporting VCSPs in contingencies.

Die vorliegende Studie erfasst anhand prominenter Presseorgane zentrale Grundzüge der Mediendiskurse über Wirtschaftskrisen in Deutschland und China und analysiert diese vergleichend. Methodisch greift die Untersuchung das Verfahren der linguistischen Frame-Analyse auf und verbindet dieses auf innovative Weise mit Verfahren der qualitativen Forschung aus den Sozialwissenschaften.

To contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of human wayfinding behaviors in complex buildings, we propose a framework that incorporates the impact of critical factors from both the environment and humans. The influence of the environment is summarized through the concept of environmental legibility (EL), an integration of different space syntax methods that addresses visibility, connectivity, and layout complexity of buildings. Human factors are assessed through psychometric tests, self-ratings for sense of direction, and a report of familiarity. To test this framework, we conducted behavioral experiments involving 24 novices and 28 experts. Three different processes of wayfinding—wayfinding performance, acquisition of spatial knowledge, and development of spatial awareness—were measured and evaluated. Results show that EL and individual differences impact all three processes. There is a predominant impact of EL on wayfinding performance and the development of spatial awareness. Not surprisingly, familiarity has a predominant impact on the acquisition of spatial knowledge.

To ease the fluctuation of hog prices and maintain the hog market's stability, the central government of China has issued a series of hog price control policies. This paper, supplemented by co-word analysis and LDA thematic modeling, constructed 9 first-level indicators and 36 second-level indicators and used a PMC index model to conduct quantitative research on the selected 74 policies and regulations of China's pig price regulation policies from July 2007 to April 2020. The research concludes that the research tool system of China's hog price control is formed. The overall design of the hog price control policy is relatively reasonable, but there are still the following problems: the subject of China's pig price control policy is singular, so it is difficult to form a resultant force; the policy pays attention to the price regulation in the short term, but ignores the long-term industrial structure adjustment; it emphasizes market supervision, but insufficient support for slaughtering and processing; it focuses on production and management to improve the development quality and efficiency of the pig industry, but does not take social equity into account. Finally, some policy suggestions are put forward: multi-department division of labor and close cooperation; adjusting the industrial structure of hog and carrying out appropriate large-scale breeding; establishing the operation mode of slaughtering and processing in the producing area to reduce the circulation cost of the pig industry; ensuring the consumption of pork by low-income groups and giving consideration to social efficiency and equity.