Media may serve as avenues for the expression of common ideals and values that help individuals place themselves in a community of like-minded people. Using Benedict Anderson’s notion of a mediated “vocabulary of kinship” that binds individuals together, this study illustrates the ways the very structure of media content can encourage feelings of commonality. The vehicle for this inquiry is The Budget, a weekly newspaper produced by and for a North American audience of Amish and Mennonite readers. The research suggests that structural aspects of dispatches in The Budget, such as conversational and intentionally informal writing styles, the encouragement of dialog, and use of particular dialects and phrases, reinforce values of familiarity and intimacy that are central to Amish and Mennonite culture.

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普通新闻业：阿米什人报纸中“亲属词汇”的维护

媒体可以作为表达共同理想和价值观的途径，以帮助个人置身于志同道合的人组成的社区中。使用本尼迪克特·安德森（Benedict Anderson）的将个体联系在一起的“亲属关系词汇”的概念，该研究说明了媒体内容的结构本身可以如何激发共同感。进行这项查询的工具是《预算》，这是一份由阿米什语和门诺派读者组成的北美读者并为北美读者制作的每周报纸。研究表明，《预算》中派遣的结构性方面，例如对话性和有意的非正式写作风格，鼓励对话以及对特定方言和短语的使用，增强了阿米什人和门诺派文化中心的亲密和亲密感。