Pub Date : 2024-05-17DOI: 10.1080/17475759.2024.2355374
Michael K. Ault, Aulola Amacher, Bobbi J. Van Gilder
{"title":"Structurational Divergence for Tongan Students in Higher Education: Navigating Conflicting Cultural and Higher-Educational Structures","authors":"Michael K. Ault, Aulola Amacher, Bobbi J. Van Gilder","doi":"10.1080/17475759.2024.2355374","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2024.2355374","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39189,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Intercultural Communication Research","volume":"7 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141126778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-14DOI: 10.1080/17475759.2023.2291026
D. Mansson, Frank Marko, Jaroslava Gajdošíková Zeleiová, Kory Floyd
{"title":"Testing the Cultural Scope of Affection Exchange Theory in Slovakia","authors":"D. Mansson, Frank Marko, Jaroslava Gajdošíková Zeleiová, Kory Floyd","doi":"10.1080/17475759.2023.2291026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2023.2291026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39189,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Intercultural Communication Research","volume":"43 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138972586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-08DOI: 10.1080/17475759.2023.2283496
Popoola Kareem Hamed, Daud Abdul Quadir Elega, Salawudeen Olayiwola Khalid, Koussoube Issa
{"title":"Intercultural Communication Interaction Among the Local and International ELS Postgraduate Students: A Case Study of International Universities in Malaysia","authors":"Popoola Kareem Hamed, Daud Abdul Quadir Elega, Salawudeen Olayiwola Khalid, Koussoube Issa","doi":"10.1080/17475759.2023.2283496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2023.2283496","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39189,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Intercultural Communication Research","volume":"49 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138588620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-09DOI: 10.1080/17475759.2023.2279982
Diyako Rahmani
In the ever-evolving realm of intercultural communication studies, I extend a warm welcome to you for the latest volumes of the Journal of Intercultural Communication Research (JICR). This discipline, dedicated to unravelling the intricate dynamics of cross- and intercultural interactions, stands at the forefront of a world undergoing rapid transformation. In this dynamic era, individuals from diverse cultures are connecting, communicating, and collaborating in innovative ways that are fundamentally reshaping human interaction. Over the next two years, as the editor of JICR, I am committed to addressing pivotal issues that will shape the future of intercultural communication research. I aim to concentrate on several critical areas to promote scholarship and dialogue that resonates with the ever-changing global landscape.
{"title":"Editorial Welcome for Volume 53-54","authors":"Diyako Rahmani","doi":"10.1080/17475759.2023.2279982","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2023.2279982","url":null,"abstract":"In the ever-evolving realm of intercultural communication studies, I extend a warm welcome to you for the latest volumes of the Journal of Intercultural Communication Research (JICR). This discipline, dedicated to unravelling the intricate dynamics of cross- and intercultural interactions, stands at the forefront of a world undergoing rapid transformation. In this dynamic era, individuals from diverse cultures are connecting, communicating, and collaborating in innovative ways that are fundamentally reshaping human interaction. Over the next two years, as the editor of JICR, I am committed to addressing pivotal issues that will shape the future of intercultural communication research. I aim to concentrate on several critical areas to promote scholarship and dialogue that resonates with the ever-changing global landscape.","PeriodicalId":39189,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Intercultural Communication Research","volume":" 12","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135242839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-02DOI: 10.1080/17475759.2023.2283520
V. Rubinsky, Matraca Bellegarde
ABSTRACT This study investigated how relational distance relates to sexual communication modality for individuals (n = 415) in primarily LGBTQ, BDSM, or polyamorous relationships; and how they utilized technology to communicate about sex. Findings suggest that most people did not solely rely on a specific communication modality to communicate about sex, and 71.5% of the participants reported that they did use technology to communicate with a partner about sex. Those who did utilize technology, used it to have more difficult conversations, sexting and flirting, exploration, planning, and sharing, when distance necessitated technology use, and specific websites or mobile platforms. Implications are discussed.
{"title":"Sexual Communication & Technology Use in Understudied Relationships: A Qualitative Communicative Interdependence Perspective Study","authors":"V. Rubinsky, Matraca Bellegarde","doi":"10.1080/17475759.2023.2283520","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2023.2283520","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study investigated how relational distance relates to sexual communication modality for individuals (n = 415) in primarily LGBTQ, BDSM, or polyamorous relationships; and how they utilized technology to communicate about sex. Findings suggest that most people did not solely rely on a specific communication modality to communicate about sex, and 71.5% of the participants reported that they did use technology to communicate with a partner about sex. Those who did utilize technology, used it to have more difficult conversations, sexting and flirting, exploration, planning, and sharing, when distance necessitated technology use, and specific websites or mobile platforms. Implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":39189,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Intercultural Communication Research","volume":"177 1","pages":"646 - 665"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139290146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-02DOI: 10.1080/17475759.2023.2283494
Muhammad Badarneh
ABSTRACT This study examines how tribes in Jordan defend their members accused of corruption. The data come from three major public statements by three large tribes in response to highly publicized accusations of corruption. Using positioning theory, the analysis shows that this collectivist discourse is centered on self-glorification; stressing loyalty, belonging, and national identity; invoking religious narratives; and attacking accusers. It relies heavily on intertextuality, invoking of past events and master narratives, and recreating local traditional storylines. While Western culture focuses on defending the individual, collectivist culture focuses on defending the group/community and reflects the group’s feeling of being a victim.
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{"title":"Presentation of the Culture of the Kazakh People at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century in the Press of Tsarist Russia","authors":"Myrzantay Zhakyp, Lazzat Baibolat, Lyaziza Alibayeva, Aigerim Kozhabay","doi":"10.1080/17475759.2023.2275062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2023.2275062","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39189,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Intercultural Communication Research","volume":"4 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134907307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-18DOI: 10.1080/17475759.2023.2264851
Anthony Löwstedt, Altijana Kapidžić
AbstractRoots of current conceptions of dignity are identified in Egypt, before the ancient Greek, Roman, Jewish, and Christian sources usually treated as the earliest notions. They refer to dignity in interactionist terms as freedom of speech and in gender as well as socio-economic class relations. They also treat as duties, virtues, and ideals the opposites of humiliation, defamation, censorship, deception, incitement, hate speech, injustice, greed, lack of connectivity, and invasion of privacy. Transcultural continuity is then demonstrated mainly before or outside of Western culture, which has so far been investigated the most for providing origins of moral and legal dignity.KEYWORDS: Communication ethicsdignitymedia regulationnon-western culturesancient EgyptPtahhotep Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
{"title":"Communication in Dignity Since Early Antiquity: From Ptahhotep to Current Ethics and International Law","authors":"Anthony Löwstedt, Altijana Kapidžić","doi":"10.1080/17475759.2023.2264851","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2023.2264851","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractRoots of current conceptions of dignity are identified in Egypt, before the ancient Greek, Roman, Jewish, and Christian sources usually treated as the earliest notions. They refer to dignity in interactionist terms as freedom of speech and in gender as well as socio-economic class relations. They also treat as duties, virtues, and ideals the opposites of humiliation, defamation, censorship, deception, incitement, hate speech, injustice, greed, lack of connectivity, and invasion of privacy. Transcultural continuity is then demonstrated mainly before or outside of Western culture, which has so far been investigated the most for providing origins of moral and legal dignity.KEYWORDS: Communication ethicsdignitymedia regulationnon-western culturesancient EgyptPtahhotep Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.","PeriodicalId":39189,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Intercultural Communication Research","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135889444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-03DOI: 10.1080/17475759.2023.2260821
Ameer Ali, Maya Khemlani David
ABSTRACT In many Western countries, assertive speech is traditionally prioritized, seen as a mark of confidence and honesty, while non-assertive speech is often viewed as lacking these qualities. However, such generalizations about non-assertive speech can lead to misunderstandings and conflicts, as speech acts are culturally embedded and context-dependent. Our study focuses on Sindhi culture in Pakistan's Sindh province, where non-assertive speech signifies wisdom and patience. Through interviews and analysis of Sindhi proverbs, we demonstrate how it conveys social respect, wisdom, and bravery, while assertive speech may cause emotional harm and distrust.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-03DOI: 10.1080/17475759.2023.2260823
Shira Leffel, Shir Piller, Einat Peled
ABSTRACTIncreasing numbers of migrants have fled human rights abuses, seeking refugee status. This study, involving semi-structured interviews with 12 African asylum-seeking women in Israel, explores their decision to leave home, journey to, and enter Israel without legal authorization. It further examines their retrospective view of leaving home amidst their experiences in Israel. Guided by a qualitative descriptive approach, the analysis reveals contradictory themes: autonomy/absence of autonomy in migration decision-making and positive/negative sentiments about life in Israel. We discuss these findings in relation to international migration determinant theories, relational dialectic theory, and research on communicative tensions experienced by refugees.KEYWORDS: Migration decision makingGenderRefugee narrativesRelational dialectic theory Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
{"title":"Migration Decision-Making Process: Dialectic Contradictions Experienced by Asylum-Seeking Women","authors":"Shira Leffel, Shir Piller, Einat Peled","doi":"10.1080/17475759.2023.2260823","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2023.2260823","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTIncreasing numbers of migrants have fled human rights abuses, seeking refugee status. This study, involving semi-structured interviews with 12 African asylum-seeking women in Israel, explores their decision to leave home, journey to, and enter Israel without legal authorization. It further examines their retrospective view of leaving home amidst their experiences in Israel. Guided by a qualitative descriptive approach, the analysis reveals contradictory themes: autonomy/absence of autonomy in migration decision-making and positive/negative sentiments about life in Israel. We discuss these findings in relation to international migration determinant theories, relational dialectic theory, and research on communicative tensions experienced by refugees.KEYWORDS: Migration decision makingGenderRefugee narrativesRelational dialectic theory Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.","PeriodicalId":39189,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Intercultural Communication Research","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134948639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}