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"Iceberg Theory" Perspective on the Study of Construction of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Team in Higher Education Institutions
"The construction of a powerful educational nation takes higher education institutions as its important front, with higher education as the leader." In the new era, China is steadily advancing towards the strategic goal of building a powerful educational nation, with higher education entering a period of widespread global recognition. On this new journey, discipline inspection and supervision must earnestly shoulder the important responsibility of maintaining the Party's discipline within the education system, ensuring the construction of a powerful educational nation through high-quality supervision work in higher education institutions. This article, from the perspective of the "Iceberg Theory," analyzes what is visible on the "iceberg" - the work of supervision in higher education institutions - to clarify the construction strategy of the less known "what the team of discipline inspection and supervision cadres in higher education institutions should be" beneath the "iceberg." It looks at education from a broader perspective, integrates supervision into education, and proposes targeted countermeasures and suggestions. Finally, by presenting "what the team of discipline inspection and supervision cadres in higher education institutions should be" beneath the "iceberg," it continuously promotes the high-level development of discipline inspection and supervision work in higher education institutions in the new journey and the new era, resolutely safeguarding the position of cultivating successors.
Copyright (c) 2025 Siqi Chen, Lei Ye, Dong Wei, Jing Cao http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Research on Pathways for Enhancing University Students' Digital Literacy in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
With the continuous development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, the landscape of higher education is undergoing significant transformation. This paper focuses on the core issue of cultivating college students' digital literacy, expounds on the value of fostering college students' digital literacy in the context of the AI era, and analyzes three major current predicaments: over-reliance on technology and dulled thinking, lack of resources and an inadequate curriculum system, and ethical misconduct and security risks. Furthermore, it systematically proposes comprehensive countermeasures, including the hierarchical restructuring of university curriculum systems, collaborative governance among multiple stakeholders, and the systematic enhancement of teachers' capabilities. The aim is to construct a multi-dimensional and full-chain ecosystem for digital literacy cultivation, thereby providing theoretical support and practical guidance for fostering college students' digital literacy.
Copyright (c) 2025 Xinxing Kang http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Climate Change Policy Agenda Setting in the Five Central Asian Countries: A Multiple Streams Framework Analysis
Applying the Multiple Streams Framework to climate policy agenda-setting in the five Central Asian countries has strong explanatory power. The study finds that, under their political systems, the problem, policy, and politics streams do not operate independently; rather, the politics stream is dominant. Accordingly, this study offers an appropriate refinement of MSF and proposes a politics-stream-dominant coupling model. In this model, the politics stream comprises the ruling party’s executive will and governing philosophy, the catalytic influence of public sentiment, and the actions of interest groups. The problem stream encompasses climate-change-induced natural disasters and feedback from international climate conferences. The policy stream includes national climate-change plans, policy recommendations from experts and scholars, and lessons from relevant international organizations and other countries’ climate policies. However, within this model, the problem and policy streams must first be recognized, vetted, and absorbed by the politics stream before the policy window for climate-change agenda-setting opens, which gives the process a distinctly top-down character. Moreover, differences in political institutions, economic structures, and resource endowments yield unique interaction patterns among the three streams across country contexts. Looking ahead, agenda-setting for climate policy in these five countries will continue to face the challenge of uneven development among the streams; sustained deepening of their coupling is required to keep the policy window open. This study provides a theoretical touchstone and a practical reference for China and other developing countries as they pursue climate diplomacy.
Copyright (c) 2025 Yonggang Jia, Xianfeng Fu, Bin Wei http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Status of VAWC Crime Victims: A Basis for a Comprehensive Victimology Program
This study determined the status of crime victims, particularly victims of violence against women in order to arrive in practical solutions to the stated problems of the study. Specifically, it sought to determine the factors contributory to victimization among crime victims, the effects of victimization, the support extended for the treatment of crime victims, in order to arrive in recommendations to assist crime victims and minimize the impact of victimization. It made use of descriptive-qualitative method of research. The researcher found out that the primary factors that lead to victimization of women victims of violence are socio-economic factors. Most of the abuses committed to victims were in the form of verbal abuse so there is no much visible physical effect. There is lack of support given to the victims. In terms of suggestions made by the victims to help other victims, most of them suggested livelihood program because they believe that some cases of violence against women stem from financial reasons.
Copyright (c) 2025 Jovie Masongsong http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
The Influence of Music Teachers' Evaluative Language on Students' Learning Motivation
The evaluative language used by music teachers is a crucial factor influencing students' learning motivation. This study examines how different types of evaluative language (positive encouragement, negative criticism, and neutral instruction) affect students' intrinsic motivation, self-confidence, and long-term learning behaviors. The findings indicate that specific, growth-oriented feedback can effectively enhance students' self-efficacy, while vague or discouraging evaluations may reduce their willingness to practice. Additionally, students' age, personality, and musical proficiency influence the effectiveness of evaluations, necessitating flexible adjustments in teachers' language strategies. Based on this analysis, the study proposes optimization suggestions, such as the "sandwich feedback method" and personalized evaluation models, providing practical guidance for music educators. Future research could further explore differences in evaluative language across various music teaching contexts.
Copyright (c) 2025 Ke Ma http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
AIGC Empowers the Innovation and Fashion Design Practice of Intangible Cultural Heritage She Ethnic Costume Cultural Elements: A Path Exploration
Against the backdrop of accelerating globalization and digitalization, traditional intangible cultural heritage faces a severe crisis of inheritance. This paper takes the national-level intangible cultural heritage project—the traditional costumes of the She ethnic group—as its research object, exploring the application potential of Artificial Intelligence Generated Content technology in the digital translation and redesign of intangible cultural heritage clothing. Utilizing AIGC tools such as Midjourney, ChatGPT, and DALL·E, this study conducts contemporary expression and visual reconstruction of She ethnic costumes from five dimensions: clothing structure language, color expression, totem pattern symbols, craftsmanship materials, and cultural narrative. Combining this with the "Dalian Cup" International Youth Fashion Design Competition and the "Shefeng Niepan" series design practice, this research systematically analyzes the practical operational paths and innovative value of AIGC in reconstructing traditional structural modules, intelligently generating emotional colors, translating totem visual symbols, digitally integrating traditional crafts, and constructing cultural spiritual narratives. From the perspective of design style interpretation, this paper also analyzes how AIGC achieves stylized interpretation and fashionable semantic transformation of minority costume cultural elements across four aspects: conceptual art style, urban classic style, youth trend style, and neo-oriental style. The research shows that AIGC technology is not only a creative tool but also provides a platform for co-creation of ethnic culture. A tripartite integration model of "Intangible Cultural Heritage × AIGC × Fashion Design" is proposed, establishing a four-step framework of "Data Collection - Feature Extraction - Generative Training - Design Verification," providing a systematic path and research paradigm for the digital transformation and cultural revitalization of intangible cultural heritage in fashion design.
Copyright (c) 2025 Yi Xie http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
A Triple Logic Reflection on the Influence of Historical Nihilism on College Students in the Digital Intelligence Era: Manifestations, Root Causes, and Countermeasures
With the rapid development of digital intelligence technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence, the dissemination paradigm of historical nihilism has undergone a fundamental transformation, becoming more concealed, precise, and efficient in its influence. As active internet users and a group with dynamic thinking, college students are in a critical period of shaping their values, making them a key target for the infiltration and contestation of historical nihilism. Its disseminators now exhibit a "human-machine collaboration" characteristic, where social bots are used to fabricate false public opinion. The content has shifted toward "micro-content penetration," employing fragmented, multimodal, and entertaining forms to erode the solemnity of history. The dissemination arena has moved into "immersive communities," leveraging circle culture and virtual reality technology for implicit implantation. This phenomenon stems from both the technological manifestation of its idealist historical view core and the coupling effect between algorithm-driven precision delivery and college students’ specific cognitive stage. To effectively address this challenge, a systematic defense system must be established: the core lies in deepening education on materialist historiography to consolidate ideological foundations; the key is innovating technological governance by using intelligent tools for monitoring and optimizing algorithmic logic; the long-term basis involves empowering individuals by comprehensively enhancing college students’ critical historical thinking skills and digital media literacy, while encouraging them to engage in positive historical practice and expression. The goal is to fortify college students’ historical and value perspectives in the digital intelligence era and safeguard national ideological security.
Copyright (c) 2025 Xuemei Qiu http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Chance as a Scapegoat: Seeking Uncertainty to Avoid Responsibility and Blame
Riskier for me or for others? This question has been asked by researchers in different fields, which has generated kinds of research accounts and results. In this study, we extended previous research by studying the self-other uncertainty preference under ambiguous situations (unknown probabilities). Through five experiments we verified our main hypothesis that individuals may want to lessen their responsibility by seeking uncertainty when making decisions for others. Our results provide a behavioral explanation that extrinsic others-concern motivation (i.e., blame avoidance) instead of intrinsic others-concern motivation (i.e., self-blame aversion) and regulatory focus is the underlying process of self-other decision-making under ambiguity.
Copyright (c) 2025 Chuyin Xie, Hong Lu http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
On the Legal Issues and Solutions in the Promotion of "Amateur Influencers"
With the rapid development of social media, "amateur influencers" who quickly attract consumers' attention with their uniqueness have become a high-profile role in today's marketing strategies. However, the emergence of new things is bound to bring new problems. In their promotion, "amateur influencers" may have legal issues such as unclear definition of legal identity, implicit advertising promotion, false propaganda of products, and unfair competition behaviors like following trends to promote purchases. In addition, there may also be issues regarding the legality of platform promotion mechanisms. To solve the above legal problems, we should clarify the legal identity of "amateur influencers", regulate their illegal acts, clarify the legal obligations of platforms, guide consumers to enhance their legal awareness in the process of online consumption, and actively promote the healthy development of the influencer economy in accordance with the law, so as to reduce the existence of vicious competition and ensure the healthy and orderly development of the network environment.
Copyright (c) 2025 Meixiong Yuan, Yaoyao Lin, Yutong Wang, Lingmin Xiao http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Research Report on Legal Risks in the Promotion of "Amateur Influencers"
With the advancement of internet technology and the transformation of consumption patterns in the new era, the influencer economy, as a new internet business format, has achieved rapid development in China, bringing huge market dividends. However, the market access threshold is low. For example, amateurs can become influencers and start making profits by recommending good products on internet platforms, and such promotion behavior has a significant impact on the market. However, the "amateur influencer" economy in a profit-making state has problems such as false product promotion, excessive marketing, inadequate control over product quality, and imperfect after-sales service, involving legal risks such as infringement of intellectual property rights, violation of consumers' legitimate rights and interests, information asymmetry, and improper supervision. Therefore, to avoid the above legal risks, the following corresponding solutions should be taken: integration of intellectual property evidence collection, supervision and enforcement, strengthening supervision and improving access thresholds, high-quality spot checks and inspections, and formulating laws for live broadcast supervision. This is of great significance for promoting the healthy development of the influencer economy in accordance with the law, improving the professional quality of influencers, and safeguarding consumer rights and interests.