Mediated intercultural communication

Mediated intercultural communication is digital communication between people of different cultural backgrounds. Media include social networks, blogs and conferencing services.[1] Digital communication is distinct from traditional media, creating new avenues for intercultural communication. User take online classes; post, consume and comment on others content; and play multi-player video games. This creates spaces to form virtual communities that can ease communication across boundaries of space, time and culture.

New media technologies can change culture in positive ways or become a tool of repression.

History

Intercultural communication is as ancient as human movement in search of food sources.

The systematic study of intercultural communication began with Edward Hall's[2] labor at the Foreign Service Institute, and the publication of his The Silent Language (1959). Later research, primarily focused on face-to-face communication in various areas such as interpersonal, group, and organizational and cultural identity.

International and development media have been studied under the umbrella of international communication. Media imperialism, cultural imperialism and dependency theories inform this research.

Mediated intercultural communication examines the bidirectional relationships between media[3] and intercultural communication.[4]

References

1. Shuter, Robert (November 2012). "Intercultural New Media Studies: The Next Frontier in Intercultural Communication". Journal of Intercultural Communication Research. 41 (3): 219–237. doi:10.1080/17475759.2012.728761. ISSN 1747-5759. S2CID 144998949.
2. Hall, Edward T. (1959). The silent language. Doubleday. OCLC 255430.
3. Barker, Valerie; Ota, Hiroshi (March 2011). "Mixi Diary versus Facebook Photos: Social Networking Site use among Japanese and Caucasian American Females". Journal of Intercultural Communication Research. 40 (1): 39–63. doi:10.1080/17475759.2011.558321. ISSN 1747-5759. S2CID 145777311.
4. De Goede, Marije E. E.; Van Vianen, Annelies E. M.; Klehe, Ute-Christine (2011-02-15). "Attracting Applicants on the Web: PO fit, industry culture stereotypes, and website design". International Journal of Selection and Assessment. 19 (1): 51–61. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2389.2010.00534.x. ISSN 0965-075X. S2CID 128509046.

Further reading

• Lister, M., Dovey, J., Giddings, S., Grant, I., Kelly, K. (2009). New media: A critical introduction. New York, N.Y.: Routledge
• DeGoede, M.E., Van Vianen, A. M., & Klehe, U. (2011). "Attracting applicants on the web: PO fit, industry culture stereotypes, and website design". International Journal of Selection & Assessment, 19 (1), 51-61.
• Deuze, M. (2007). Media work. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press
• Hall, T. Edward (1959). The Silent Language. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday
• Lister, M., Dovey, J., Giddings, S., Grant, I., Kelly, K. (2009). New media: A critical introduction. New York, N.Y.: Routledge