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http://iaics.dvfu.ru/
“EXPLORING
DIVERSITY TO REACH UNDERSTANDING
ACROSS
CULTURES”
Call for Papers
The 19th International Conference of the International
Association for
Intercultural Communication Studies (IAICS)
Far
Eastern Federal University ,
Vladivostok , Russian Federation
Intercultural communication is becoming
more and more fundamental and interdisciplinary in the 21st century
when people of the world are more mobile than ever before and are mutually
interconnected and interdependent. It is turning into a global dominant
paradigm covering a great variety of disciplines. Scholars and laymen are more
aware nowadays of the necessity to develop good intercultural relations, the
key to which is the understanding of each other in the context of cultural
interaction. Most countries are becoming more diverse, which increases the risk
of communication failures and misunderstandings due to ethnocentrism,
prejudice, racism, sexism and other challenging issues. In this context, the
theme of the conference focuses on understanding that covers a great variety of
aspects of interpersonal, inter-group and international communication. The
problems of global communication posed by the present state of the discipline
require more attention to both theoretical and empirical studies developing new conceptual and methodological issues.
The goals of the Conference:
·
to
provide scholars, educators and practitioners from different
cultural communities with
opportunities to interact, network and benefit from each other’s research and
expertise related to intercultural communication issues;
·
to
synthesize research perspectives and foster
interdisciplinary scholarly dialogues for developing integrated approaches to
complex problems of communication across cultures;
·
to
advance the methodology for intercultural communication
research and disseminate practical findings to facilitate understanding across
cultures;
·
to
foster the idea of importance of cultural awareness in contemporary world
and to encourage the involvement of educators, business professionals, students and other
stakeholders throughout the world in discussing
diversity and intercultural communication issues
The International Association for Intercultural
Communication Studies is
soliciting submissions for the 19th International
Conference on Cross-Cultural Communication to be held at Far Eastern Federal University (Vladivostok
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Understanding across
cultures
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Critical cultural awareness
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Communication failures
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Nonverbal communication
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Intercultural communication in global
context
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Intercultural communication in
Asia-Pacific region
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Russia
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Diversity of languages and cultures
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Linguistics and intercultural communication
Studies
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Translation studies
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Intercultural communication and
politics
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In the aftermath of APEC 2012
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Intercultural interaction in science
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Media and social research
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New media and globalization
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International journalism
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Cross-cultural adaptation
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Intercultural communication competence
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Religion/spiritual communication
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Corporate culture and management
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Advertising and marketing
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Conflict, mediation and negotiation
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Localization and globalization
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Intercultural education practices
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Ethnic studies
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Geopolitics and national interests
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Philosophy and human behavior patterns
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Psychological communication studies
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Health communication
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Group/Organizational communication across cultures
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Crisis/risk communication and anti-terrorism
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Interpersonal communication and relations
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Gender issues
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Culture and diplomacy
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National security and internet freedom
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Cultural Identity
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Public opinions and public policy
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Immigration and mobility
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Racial discrimination and ethnic relations
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Stereotypes and stereotyping
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Multiple cultures and interculturality
Guideline
for Submissions
Categories: Abstract, panel proposal,
and workshop proposal may be accepted.
- Abstract, 150-250
words in English, including position, affiliations,
email addresses and mailing addresses for all authors. See the sample format
of the abstract below.
- Panel proposal
reflecting the conference theme may be submitted. All panel proposals
should provide a 100-word rationale and 100-200 word abstract of each
panelist's paper, affiliation and email addresses of all panelists.
- 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 abstracts and complete
panel proposals by April 1, 2013. All submissions will be peer-reviewed.
Conference hosts: International Association
for Intercultural Communication Studies and Far Eastern
Federal University (FEFU)
Conference languages: English and Russian
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Sample
Abstract
The Development and
Validation of the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale
Guo-Ming Chen, Ph.D.
Department of Communication
Studies
The present
study developed and assessed reliability and validity of a new instrument, the
Intercultural Sensitivity Scale (ISS). Based on a review of the literature, 44
items thought to be important for intercultural sensitivity were generated. A
sample of 414 college students rated these items and generated a 24-item final
version of the instrument which contains five factors. An assessment of
concurrent validity from 162 participants indicated that the ISS was
significantly correlated with other related scales, including interaction
attentiveness, impression rewarding, self-esteem, self-monitoring, and
perspective taking. In addition, the predicted validity test from 174
participants showed that individuals with high ISS scores also scored high in
intercultural effectiveness and intercultural communication attitude scales.
Potential limitations and future direction of the study were discussed as well.
