5. Issues in intercultural communication: A semantic network analysis
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Abstract
This chapter describes a number of critical issues facing the field of intercultural communication including, the discipline’s definition, power relations among various ethnic or national groups and nation-states, voice - who speaks for an ethnic group or nation-state, and globalization. But the major portion of the chapter takes a different approach to discussing the issues facing intercultural communication. Rather than focusing on what topics, areas of study, or issues (theoretical and pragmatic) the idealized field of international/intercultural communication should concentrate on, it describes the topics that it has examined in the published articles in those journals devoted to the subject over the last fifteen years. It employs a semantic network analysis of the abstracts of articles to answer the questions, “What nations/cultures have intercultural scholars examined?” and “What topics or issues have intercultural communication scholars investigated?” By doing so, we define the field and the issues it faces in the future.
Abstract
This chapter describes a number of critical issues facing the field of intercultural communication including, the discipline’s definition, power relations among various ethnic or national groups and nation-states, voice - who speaks for an ethnic group or nation-state, and globalization. But the major portion of the chapter takes a different approach to discussing the issues facing intercultural communication. Rather than focusing on what topics, areas of study, or issues (theoretical and pragmatic) the idealized field of international/intercultural communication should concentrate on, it describes the topics that it has examined in the published articles in those journals devoted to the subject over the last fifteen years. It employs a semantic network analysis of the abstracts of articles to answer the questions, “What nations/cultures have intercultural scholars examined?” and “What topics or issues have intercultural communication scholars investigated?” By doing so, we define the field and the issues it faces in the future.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Preface to Handbooks of Communication Science series v
- Contents ix
- 1. Cultures, communication, and contexts of intercultural communication 1
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Part I. History, perspectives and theories
- 2. Murky waters: Histories of intercultural communication research 19
- 3. Theoretical perspectives on communication and cultures 45
- 4. Non-Western theories of communication: Indigenous ideas and insights 67
- 5. Issues in intercultural communication: A semantic network analysis 99
- 6. Cultural communication: Advancing understanding in a multi-cultural world 119
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Part II. Cross cultural comparison
- 7. Multifaceted identity approaches and cross-cultural communication styles: Selective overview and future directions 141
- 8. Verbal communication across cultures 179
- 9. Interpersonal communication and relationships across cultures 199
- 10. Emotion display and expression 219
- 11. A cultured look at nonverbal cues 239
- 12. What’s past is prologue: Lessons from conflict, communication, and culture research from half a century ago 261
- 13. Aging and communication across cultures 289
- 14. Culture-centered communication and social change: Listening and participation to transform communication inequalities 309
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Part III. Intercultural encounter
- 15. Ethnocentrism and intercultural communication 331
- 16. Issues in the conceptualization of intercultural communication competence 349
- 17. Intergroup communication 369
- 18. Interethnic communication: An interdisciplinary overview 389
- 19. Experience and cultural learning in global business contexts 415
- 20. Cross-cultural adaptation: An identity approach 437
- 21. Intercultural friendship and communication 457
- 22. Exploring intercultural communication problems in health care with a communication accommodation competence approach 481
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Part IV. Interactions and exchange between cultures
- 23. Cross-border mediated messages 503
- 24. Stereotyping and Communication 529
- 25. Translation as intercultural communication: Survey and analysis 563
- 26. Consuming nations − Brand nationality in the global marketplace: A Review 581
- 27. Intercultural communication in the world of business 597
- 28. Intercultural new media studies: Still the next frontier in intercultural communication 617
- Biographical notes 637
- Index 649
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Preface to Handbooks of Communication Science series v
- Contents ix
- 1. Cultures, communication, and contexts of intercultural communication 1
-
Part I. History, perspectives and theories
- 2. Murky waters: Histories of intercultural communication research 19
- 3. Theoretical perspectives on communication and cultures 45
- 4. Non-Western theories of communication: Indigenous ideas and insights 67
- 5. Issues in intercultural communication: A semantic network analysis 99
- 6. Cultural communication: Advancing understanding in a multi-cultural world 119
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Part II. Cross cultural comparison
- 7. Multifaceted identity approaches and cross-cultural communication styles: Selective overview and future directions 141
- 8. Verbal communication across cultures 179
- 9. Interpersonal communication and relationships across cultures 199
- 10. Emotion display and expression 219
- 11. A cultured look at nonverbal cues 239
- 12. What’s past is prologue: Lessons from conflict, communication, and culture research from half a century ago 261
- 13. Aging and communication across cultures 289
- 14. Culture-centered communication and social change: Listening and participation to transform communication inequalities 309
-
Part III. Intercultural encounter
- 15. Ethnocentrism and intercultural communication 331
- 16. Issues in the conceptualization of intercultural communication competence 349
- 17. Intergroup communication 369
- 18. Interethnic communication: An interdisciplinary overview 389
- 19. Experience and cultural learning in global business contexts 415
- 20. Cross-cultural adaptation: An identity approach 437
- 21. Intercultural friendship and communication 457
- 22. Exploring intercultural communication problems in health care with a communication accommodation competence approach 481
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Part IV. Interactions and exchange between cultures
- 23. Cross-border mediated messages 503
- 24. Stereotyping and Communication 529
- 25. Translation as intercultural communication: Survey and analysis 563
- 26. Consuming nations − Brand nationality in the global marketplace: A Review 581
- 27. Intercultural communication in the world of business 597
- 28. Intercultural new media studies: Still the next frontier in intercultural communication 617
- Biographical notes 637
- Index 649
