Connotation

Abstract: Two questions must be clarified before approaching the key issues of this chapter. The first question is: What is cultural consumption, or music consumption, to be more specific? McCracken (J Consum Res 13: 71–84, 1986) has noted that the essence of cultural consumption lies in the “cultural connotation in the choice, the use, and the semantic and symbolic meaning of any commodified production” (Guerzoni and Nuccio in J Cult Econ 38:145–171, 2014: 149). The cultural connotation in this process differentiates the consumption of culture from that of other commodities, though culture is also commodified in the process. Nonetheless, Adorno and Horkheimer refer to the commodification and consumption of cultural goods or services as cultural industry, criticizing the same stamp impressed on culture (Adorno and Horkheimer in Ann Am Acad Polit Soc Sci 619(1):223–237, 1944, 1972: 120). In terms of music, their accusation is mainly targeted at popular music. The accusation towards popular music might have made sense in previous decades when the production and consumption of popular music were very limited. However, the statement is not entirely true in contemporary society. Music, unlike other cultural products or services, should be experienced and assessed after consumption (Nelson in J Polit Econ 78(2):311–329, 1970). Of course, consumption is not confined to monetary spending; it also includes the time and energy spent to obtain products, services, or experiences. The emerging new media era has also brought greater variety to music production and consumption, turning “falling prey” into “active participants.” This argument points to the next question: What does new media have to do with music consumption?

Abstract: With the development of the times, the connotation and value of contemporary Chinese Marxism popularization is an important issue for China to adhere to and develop Marxism. The popularization of Marxism in contemporary China is the premise and fundamental basis for effectively promoting the theoretical research and academic dialogue of Marxism, and the need for publicity and practice of the theoretical system of socialism with Chinese characteristics. This article will discuss and analyze the connotation and value of the popularization of contemporary Marxism. It will mainly analyze the exploration and practice of the popularization of contemporary China's Marxism, the countermeasure thinking and the path choice of promoting the popularization of contemporary China's Marxism. Finally, in view of the above analysis, this paper will deeply interpret the connotation of the popularization of contemporary Chinese Marxism, and dialectically and rationally understand a process of the extension and spatial expansion of contemporary Marxism in China.

Abstract: According to the connotation and the target of planning as a whole, the author regard the city and the country as two complex relative organic colony just like the colony mentioned in the theory of symbiosis. The author put forward the feasible measures on how to plan the city and the country as a whole after analyzing the symbiotic unit, the symbiotic model, the symbiotic environment and the symbiotic interface about the city and the country.