Chinese Communication Studies Contexts and Comparisons

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Synopsis

Many varying factors contribute to the dynamics of Chinese communication, which both resembles and differs from its Western counterparts. In this provocative new collection of essays, an international group of scholars challenges the conventional notion of Chinese culture as static, recognizing the causes of cultural change and strategies of resistance. Examining communication contexts in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Chinese Communication Studies: Context and Comparisons considers the relationship between culture and communication in Chinese political, gender, family, and media contexts, providing the reader with insight both into how enduring Chinese cultural values are, and how they are being appropriated to meet political and economic goals.Moreover, comparisons and distinctions are made between Chinese and Western communication concepts and practices on the issues of human rights, world opinions, pedagogical approaches, and instruction of rhetoric. In a work sure to be of value to many disciplines, the authors trace the historical development of ideas and value systems of both cultures, rendering an understanding of similarities and differences in both communication and cultural mindsets.

Book details

Series:
Advances in Communication and Culture
Author:
Xing Lu, Wenshan Jia, D. Ray Heisey
ISBN:
9780313011894
Related ISBNs:
9781567506563
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
7-17
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2023-08-02
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2002
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Business and Finance, Communication, Language Arts, Nonfiction