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Call for Papers
"Culture, Communication and Adaptation in Global Context"
16th International Conference
International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies
South China University of Technology
Guangzhou (China)
18-20 June 2010
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Globalization enters a world in which people of different cultural
backgrounds increasingly come to depend on one another. It not only
impacts every aspect of our personal and social life, but also leads
to a higher level of interdependence and interconnectedness between
people and people, organization and organization, and government to
government in different cultures. The advent of this new era of
telecommunication and human interconnection especially brings with it
questions of identity, adaptation, language, ethics, community,
power, and social order in the process of global communication. Thus,
to understand these questions and develop intercultural communication
competence becomes indispensable for reaching a productive and
successful life in the 21st century. Consequently, increasing
discussions among scholars in different disciplines have been focused
on key issues and trends regarding globalization, communication, and
adaptation in global context.
As an interdisciplinary conference on human communication across
cultures, the International Association for Intercultural
Communication Studies (IAICS) is now soliciting submissions for the
16th International Conference on Cross-Cultural Communication to be
held on June 18-20, 2010 at South China University of Technology,
Guangzhou, one of the largest cities in the People's Republic of
China. Papers reflecting diverse theoretical perspectives and both
quantitative and qualitative methodological approaches are
encouraged. Topic areas are broadly defined as, but not limited to,
the following:
* Advertising
* Business communication across cultures
* Communication accommodation
* Communication and globalization
* Computer mediated communication
* Conflict and negotiation
* Crisis management
* Cross-cultural adaptation
* Cross-cultural training
* Cross-cultural communication education
* Cultural and linguistic diversity
* Cultural identity and globalization
* Digital communication
* Ethnicity and communication
* Group/organizational communication across cultures
* Harmony and diversity
* Health communication across cultures
* Information technology and culture
* Interpersonal/intercultural communication
* Intercultural communication competence
* Language and cultural Education
* Language and media
* Language and society
* Language attitude
* Language change and language stability
* Language policy
* Media and culture
* Media literacy
* New media and globalization
* Nonverbal communication across cultures
* Rhetoric studies
* Risk communication across cultures
* Translation theory
* Verbal communication across cultures
Guideline for Submissions
Categories: Abstract, panel proposal, and workshop proposal may be
accepted:
* Abstract: 150-250 words in English. The abstract must conform
to the format of the sample abstract listed at the end of this news.
* Panel proposal: Panel proposals reflecting the conference theme
may be submitted. All panel proposals should provide a 200-300 word
rationale and 150-250 word abstract of each panellist's paper.
* Workshop: Workshop proposals relevant to the conference theme
may be submitted. Proposal is expected to be 3-5 pages in length,
single spaced.
Deadline: Please submit the abstract, the complete panel proposal,
and the complete workshop proposal by January 15, 2010. All
submissions will be carefully reviewed. Completed paper should be
done by the time of the conference. Authors will be informed at the
conference where to send the completed paper and when the deadline is
for the consideration of being published in the issues of the IAICS
journal, Intercultural Communication Studies, which will be devoted
to conference papers.
Submission to: AN Ran at [email protected]
Conference language: English and Chinese
Hosts: International Association for Intercultural Communication
Studies and South China University of Technology
Co-Organizers: China Association for Intercultural Communication and
China Association for International Education
Organizer: Cross-Cultural Communication Research Center of South
China University of Technology
Conference website:
http://www2.scut.edu.cn/interculture/IAICS2010/
Contact:
Prof. Guo-Ming Chen
IAICS Executive Director/CMR Co-Editor
Department of Communication Studies
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881
USA
Tel: +1 (401) 874-4731
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.uri.edu/iaics/
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