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An Analysis of the Mechanism and Optimization Strategies of the Impact of College Students’ Social Media Experience on Subjective Well-being
The current academic research on the correlation between social media and subjective well-being exhibits two notable features: On one hand, a large number of empirical studies focus on the impact of usage frequency and problematic usage behaviors on users’ psychology; on the other hand, there is still a significant lack of research on the association mechanism between different usage patterns of social media (such as active sharing and passive browsing) and subjective well-being, and the existing conclusions are highly divergent. Based on this research gap, our research team has constructed a multi-dimensional analysis framework to systematically examine the differentiated impacts of different social media usage behavior patterns on users’ subjective well-being and their internal mechanisms.
Wisdom’s New Frontier: AI and the Quest for Understanding
Artificial intelligence is increasingly used to support human judgment and decision-making. As its role expands, a deeper question emerges: Can AI meaningfully contribute to human wisdom—not just by improving access to information or enhancing efficiency, but by engaging with the more profound dimensions of human understanding? While AI excels at identifying patterns and relationships, wisdom encompasses far more—it demands discernment, ethical reflection, contextual sensitivity, and the capacity to navigate competing values. This article considers how AI may support wisdom. It also examines the extent to which AI limits judgment and impairs morality. The authors propose an “AI–Human Synergy Wisdom Model (AHSWM)” to examine possible roles of AI in wise decision-making. The model views humans as being the origin of wise decision-making. This paper also acknowledges the potential of AI to assist when making wise decisions when used with care. A model is developed from cognitive psychology, moral philosophy, and research in technology management. The model advocates for creating AI that does not supplant common-sense human knowledge, but instead aligns with it, enabling AI to assist in establishing moral responsibility and serving broader social ends. Thus, the article aims to provide a framework for fostering sound reasoning in complex situations, while highlighting the human capacities that are essential to wisdom.
Copyright (c) 2025 Katryna M. Johnson，Jack Lesser
The Dilemma and Transformation of Paternity Testing from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China—Focusing on Blood Kinship Testing
Paternity testing is intertwined with kinship, morality, politics, and economics, and was indispensable in ancient China. Through practice, the ancients developed the blood-drop paternity test, forming a self-consistent mythological narrative that persisted into the Republic of China era. By the Qing Dynasty, intellectuals had questioned the rationale behind this practice. The introduction of Western medicine, based on modern science, further challenged its validity, while the new technological myth was constrained by ethical dilemmas. This article focuses on the blood-drop paternity test, examining its evolution and challenges from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China period, and exploring its significance in the history of science and technology and socio-cultural history.
The Irrecoverable Trauma of Emily: A Study of Trauma in William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily
William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily is a short story that describes the tragic life experiences of Emily, who goes through various traumas and becomes psychologically distorted. Based on Judith Herman’s work, Trauma and Recovery, this thesis first analyzes the traumatic symptoms of Emily, using Herman’s three main categories of traumatic symptoms, which includes the symptom of hyperarousal, intrusion and constriction. Then, the causes of Emily’s trauma will be analyzed, focusing on analyzing the constraints of family, the social oppression and isolation, and the betrayal by her lover. Ultimately, under the guidance of Judith Herman’s three stage model of trauma recovery, this thesis manages to demonstrate the inevitable failure of Emily’s trauma recovery, focusing on analyzing Emily’s failure in the establishment of safety, remembrance and mourning, and the reconnection with ordinary life.
How Epistemological Disjunctivism Aligns with Fine-Grained Belief
Epistemological Disjunctivism (ED), as a well-known anti-skeptical strategy, claims that in good perceptual cases, the subject’s perceptual experience itself constitutes factive reasons that are sufficient to directly support the knower’s knowledge. However, critics such as Ranalli (2014) have pointed out that ED’s account of the role of “belief” in knowledge ascription is in fact unclear. This calls for an explanation of how perceptual experience can attain reflective accessibility in good cases; otherwise, the thesis that “experience = reason” lacks persuasiveness. To respond to this challenge, this paper proposes a “layered belief framework” to supplement the shortcomings of the original ED. I will argue that this proposal not only effectively responds to the criticisms from Ranalli and others, but also provides ED with new explanatory dimensions that bring it closer to human cognitive psychology. At the same time, I will also demonstrate that its anti-skeptical capacity can only be regarded as a local defense strategy.
Current Situation and Improvement Strategies of Law and Regulatory Awareness among Young College Teachers in China
The rule of law is the cornerstone of modern social governance, the guarantee of the rights and interests of social members, and a powerful guiding and restricting tool for social activities. The prosperity of a society is inseparable from a complete and fair legal system and everyone's conscious awareness of abiding by the law. Colleges and universities are places where students are taught advanced professional knowledge and at the same time improve their moral level and legal awareness. Young college teachers are the ones who directly teach students knowledge, answer professional questions and life confusions, and popularize legal knowledge. Therefore, young college teachers have a strong awareness of laws and regulations. Under the guidance of teachers, students' awareness of laws and regulations is comprehensively improved, and they consciously abide by laws and regulations. Based on previous research, this article adds the psychological motivations of young college teachers to analyze the reasons for the weak legal awareness of college teachers, and proposes corresponding strategies.
Research on the Inheritance and Innovation of Zhanjiang Folk Music under the Background of Cultural and Tourism Integration
Against the backdrop of China's accelerating integration of culture and tourism, the preservation, dissemination, and social embeddedness of Zhanjiang folk music have undergone significant transformations. As a distinctive embodiment of Lingnan culture and maritime traditions, this musical heritage has gained renewed visibility through tourism-driven initiatives. However, challenges such as the erosion of traditional transmission mechanisms, homogenization of musical content, and the loss of cultural depth have become increasingly prominent. Drawing on theories of cultural ecology and culture–tourism integration, this study employs methods including literature review, field investigation, interviews, and case analysis to examine the historical and artistic dimensions of Zhanjiang folk music. It explores the role of folk music in tourism development and investigates pathways for revitalizing traditional music within the dynamics of cultural tourism. The findings indicate that while the expanding cultural tourism sector offers broader platforms for dissemination, the lack of robust preservation and creative renewal mechanisms may lead to the over-theatricalization, symbolic simplification, and commercial dilution of musical traditions.In response, this study proposes strategies such as establishing a multi-stakeholder system for music heritage preservation, promoting digital and cross-sectoral innovation, and strengthening cultural branding to support the sustainable development of Zhanjiang folk music within integrated cultural-tourism contexts. Overall, this research contributes to the academic understanding of regional musical culture and offers a practical reference for the contemporary transformation of intangible cultural heritage.
GIS-Based Spatial Overlay Analysis of Jewelry Resource Distribution, Trade Routes, and Cultural Dissemination along the Silk Road
The Silk Road was not just a road for carrying silk, but also a complex network which carried precious minerals from west Asia, complex artifacts and diverse cultural expressions from various regions. The author uses advanced GIS in this research to conduct comprehensive spatial overlay analysis on all the different jewelry resources, trading logistics, and cultural dissemination patterns across the Eurasian landscape, ranging from Han’s geopolitics in 2nd BC through to the Mongol synthesis in 14th AD. This paper formed a powerful layered geodatabase with more than 300 archaeological places, digitized historical text documents, and current geological survey information. The paper proceeds to reconstruct the particular supply chains of important materials such as Khotan nephrite jade, Afghan lapis lazuli, and Balti amber as well. We adopted intensive spatial analyses such as KDE, Viewpoint analysis and the LCP method are used to visualize and analyse the associations among constraints of terrain, source of oases water and the spatial aggregation area with high value of jewelry. The findings imply a clear relationship between some trade nodes and the mixing of jewelry designs, which seems to indicate that it was the “value” (i.e., gold and silver) of the jewelry, which could get through to far and rugged spots better than other goods. overlaying on this, the concept of a non-linear, non-constant form of cultural exchange—more like “radiation” from a central point, not the physical movement of ideas or people, but a nodal effect, where certain “hub” cities became centres for creating a Hellenistic-Persian-Chinese blend before being sent off to outer areas. This work has produced an abstract set of numbers in space allowing us to think about material in the Silky Road of a story, closing the gap between the distribution of those materials to the geography of people.
Two-Way Mechanism Driving Appearance Anxiety: An Analysis of Xiaohongshu’s Beauty Discourse Among Female College Students
Amid the deep integration of the "she-conomy" and social media, Xiaohongshu has become a primary channel for female college students to access beauty and skincare information. However, the underlying mechanism linking the platform's dissemination of "ideal appearance standards" to appearance anxiety among this demographic remains under-explored, with existing research suffering from limitations such as one-dimensional analysis and insufficient contextualization.This study employs a mixed-methods approach—including questionnaires, interviews, discourse analysis, and web scraping—with national female college students as subjects. Grounded in emotional labor theory, it constructs an "emotional labor bidirectional cycle" analytical framework. From dual perspectives of media content production and audience feedback, it reveals the internal mechanisms through which Xiaohongshu's beauty and skincare discourse shapes female college students' appearance anxiety.Findings reveal that Xiaohongshu's beauty discourse: - Reconstructs cognition through "constructing appearance flaws + implanting ideal standards"; - Generates emotions via "upward comparison + practical effect gap"; - Reinforces behavior by "anxiety-driven content dependency and consumption"; forming a vicious cycle of "anxiety confirmation-generation-reinforcement." The platform's discourse strategies synergize with algorithmic recommendations to construct an "anxiety-consumption" closed loop, further amplifying anxiety exposure.
Copyright (c) 2025 Gao Shangyu, Huang Mingyu, Li Le, Yu Xuemei, Zhang Ziyu
Research on the Content of Similarity Comparison in Trademark Infringement Judgment
As for trademark infringement, in judicial judgment, the focus is on the scope and criteria of the similarity comparison. The comparison will be carried out based on the plaintiff’s registered trademark (legal right basis), and the defendant’s trademark used in practice (factual behavior object). Comparison should be conducted in terms of the mark as a whole, its visual and conceptual appearance, and its stand-alone source-identifying elements for the issued mark. In the constituent element analysis, one must take into account the actual usage situation of the trademark, since different situations may lead to different identification results of similar elements. In essence, trademark similarity infringement is a negation of the basic function of the registered trademark, which is source identification. The main standard for judging infringement is whether defendant’s trademark possesses the capability of guiding customers to the source of plaintiff’s goods and services. Fact that the defendant's trademark itself indicates it is the source as well does not preclude infringement established. This study systematically sort out logical framework of similarity comparison in trademark infringement judging, and combine theory with typical cases in order to clarify the core problems like subject of similarity, object of similarity, dimension and standard of similarity, providing theoretical support and operational references for the unified application of law in judiciary process.