COVID-19,“Moral Panic”and Cultural Power in Digital Age

The outbreak of COVID-19 in late 2019 is still spreading all over the world.This sudden epidemic has not only led to a devastating disaster,but also triggered the psychological panic of all mankind.This psychological panic is mainly embodied at ontological level of life morality panic,and its essence is the panic which might end individual’s hope for freedom.However,when ontological thinking of life morality comes to practical level,some digital narratives that pay too much attention to“user experience”will cause panic at the level of moral practice in audience,and then arouse populist feelings hidden in people.The increasingly updated digital technology not only enhances independent expression and communication ability of social individuals,but also leads to a gradually enlarged vicious circle between digital production mechanism and feelings of“moral panic populism”.The rational implementation of cultural power through digital media may appropriately solve this problem.

Cultural Soft Power-based Brand Culture Marketing Strategies of Tourist Destinations

On the basis of analyzing defi nitions and signifi cance of cultural soft power, signifi cant value of brand culture marketing of Chinese tourism destinations was clarified. Basic contents of cultural soft power-based brand culture marketing of tourism destinations were explored from two perspectives: resource characteristics and marketing strategies of brand culture of tourism destinations.

Exploring the Promotion Path of Urban Reading from the Perspective of Urban Cultural Soft Power

As a form of urban culture,urban reading plays an important role in the improvement of the citizens’quality,urban quality,and urban spirit.In the new era,there are imbalances in the supply and demand,content construction,regional structure,and ecological structure of urban reading.It is necessary to analyze and grasp its development trend,optimize the development path of urban reading,and promote the improvement of urban cultural soft power.

A Politics of Engagement: On Stuart Hall, Cultural Studies and Intellectual Practice

This paper discusses eleven key features of Stuart Hall’s life and work:(1)his view that being an intellectual is a serious,often difficult vocation;(2)his commitment to studying the“here and now”—the present conjuncture;(3)his refusal to think of“the cultural”as separate from structures,relations,and practices of power;(4)his dedication to public engagement,including innovative use of television;(5)his practice of collaboration as a mode of intellectual production;(6)his privileging of the essay—the short intervention;(7)his recognition of the importance of oration,rhetoric,and performance—and learning to speak with multiple tongues;(8)his long-term engagements with artists—especially“Black”British artists;(9)his self-reflexive posture;(10)his commitment to practices of humility;and(11)his adoption of a critical-intellectual stance that is simultaneously optimistic and pessimistic.