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Reconceptualizing Intercultural Competence in a Networked Society.

Faculty Author(s): Yang, Ping
Student Author(s): -
Department: COMM
Publication: China Media Research
Year: 2020
Abstract: The increasing access to the Internet and computers makes intercultural communication occur with greater intensity and frequency. The interconnectedness and interdependence of people from different cultural backgrounds in a networked society provides a unique context for scholarly inquiry of communication competence. New media have revolutionized our cultures and communication, calling for a changing notion of culture and reconceptualization of intercultural competence. This research has employed phenomenological and dialectical frameworks to investigate the conceptualization of intercultural competence in new media contexts. Focusing on the lived experience of participants in two American universities, research capta were collected and processed through phenomenological description, reduction, and interpretation. Five dialectics are identified through participant experience of intercultural competence in online communication: individual-cultural, personal-contextual, linguistic-communicative, functional-psychological, and skillful-transformational. Research findings have supported and extended the dialectical perspective by explicating a radical reconceptualization of intercultural competence with its inherent interrelatedness to time, place, contexts, and power in an increasingly networked society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of China Media Research is the property of Edmondson Intercultural Enterprises and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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