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Intercultural communication monitor
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InIerculturai
Relatrons, Vol. 3, pp. 263.267, 1919
AI1 rights reserved
INTERCULTURAL
0147.1767/79/030263-05$02.00/O Copyright 0 1979 Pergamon Press Ltd
COMMUNICATION MONITOR
Jean Marie Ackermann (Orientation/Media International, Post Box 424, Pacific Grove, CA 93950) is currently writing a critique of media concerned with the proper conduct of international business with a focus upon the personal aspects of doing business, settling or traveling abroad, orientation guidelines, etc. She would appreciate receiving from companies and/or individuals audio-visual materials dealing with the above topic for possible mention in the review. Jean Marie has just returned from Sri Lanka where she coordinated the Film Program section of the society for International Development Annual Conference. Runny Adhikurya (East-West Communication Institute, 1777 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96848) is working on a Transnational Knowledge Utilization project to examine the relevance of North American communication teaching and research for the five ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) countries-Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia. The one-year study will involve a survey of 23 Schools/Departments of Communication in the United States and m-depth interviews with U.S. educated ASEAN communication teachers and researchers who are working in 10 universities in the 5 ASEAN countries. The project is collaboratively funded by UNESCO, East-West Communication Institute, and Stanford University’s Institute for Communication Research. American Psychological Association (1200 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20036) Council of representatives, in its January 1979 meeting, voted the following resolution which will be of interest to those concerned about the marketability of intercultural communication specialists. “It is the sense of APA Council that APA accreditation reflect our concern that all psychology departments and schools should assume that their students receive preparation to function in a multi-cultural, multi-racial society. This implies having systematic exposure to and contact with a diversity of students, teachers and patients or clients, such as, for example, by special arrangement for interchange or contact with other institutions on a regular and organized basis.” Richard Ashley (School of International Relations, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007) and Robert Jerris (Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024) are the 263
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Communication
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program chairpersons for the 1980 International Studies Association convention to be held in Los Angeles, March 19-22. The theme of the conference is “The Management of Security, Welfare and the Environment Within and Among Nations,” and large participation by the Pacific Basin countries is expected due to Los Angeles’ proximity to the area. George Burnett (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12181) teaches a graduate level course in Intercultural Communication through the Communication Research Laboratory and the Department of Language, Literature and Commu~cation at Rensselaer Polytec~ic Institute. Topics covered include theories of intercultural communication, the role of language, bilingualism and nonverbal communication in intercultural processes, training for intercultural experiences, the international mass media, communication and national development, the diffusion of innovations and the future of intercultural research. It is possible to obtain both a M.S. and a Ph.D. with a concentration in ~nterc~tural communication at R.P.I. Fred Gwrzir (Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 90265) is the editor of a new book Intercultural and International Communication published by the University Press of America. Fred is planning to sponsor, shortly, a three-day residential workshop in Intercultural Co~unication aimed at facilitating intensive ~teraction among seasoned scholars in the field. Fred expects that the workshop will become an annual feature and will serve as an Intercultural Communication Brain Trust. Bnlce L. Cook (David C. Cook Foundation, Cook Square, Elgin, IL 60120) completed his Ph.D. at Temple University. A monograph based on his dissertation “Understand~g Pictures in Papua New Guinea” will soon be released by David C. Cook Foundation. Bruce is also working on a survey study (with T.E. Koshy of Syracuse University as co-author) of Media Use by College and University students in New Delhi and Poona. James R. Corqy (Associate Professor of Huma~ties, New Mexico, Institute of Mining and Technology) is the author of an article “Cultural Shock in Reverse” published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 9, 1979. Dr. Corey, who served as Head of the English Department at the University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, urges American universities to take into account the cultural factors of international student’s home countries in designing ~st~uctional programs for them. D. Van Houts (A. Goemaereli 52, 200 Antwerpen, Belgium) is the editor of ALA-Africa, Latin American, Asia, published by the College of Developing Countries of the University of Antwerp. ALA contains articles. in French and
Intercultural
Communication
English, on international development, problems of Third World countries.
Monitor
appropriate
technology
265
and the
Braj B. Kachru and Hans H. Hock (Department
of Linguistics, 4088 Foreign Language Building, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801) represent the U.S. Planning Committee for the Second International Conference on South Asian Languages and Linguistics to be held at Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, January 6-8, 1980. The Conference themes among others, include of South Asian Lan“South Asia as a Linguistic Area, ” “Englishization guages,” and “Language Use in Professional Contexts” with special reference to South Asia.
Language
and Intercultural Research Center (Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602) is studying the occurrence and nature of return shock experienced by international scholars, professionals, business people, etc., when they return home after a prolonged stay in a foreign country, and would appreciate comments, sharings and suggestions.
Barbara Newton
and Elizabeth Buck (East-West Communication Institute, 1777 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96848) were the coordinators of a cross-cultural workshop on Television and Sex-Role Socialization held in Honolulu this summer. Participants included scholars and students from the Philippines, England, Korea, Japan and the United States. Barbara and Betty have just concluded their field visits to the research sites in different countries and are in the process of developing a comprehensive grant proposal further extending the scope of the study.
Josep
Rota (Centro de Investigation de la Communication, Universidad Anahuac, Lomas Anahuac, Mexico 10, D.F.) is the founder-director of the Communication Research Center in the School of Social Communication at the Anahuac University in Mexico City. The Center, established in 1975, has so far initiated and/or completed thirty research projects in the areas of the use of mass media by various subgroups of the Mexican population and the diffusion of news through the Mexican social system and its attendant effects on knowledge. Although the main language for diffusion of research findings is Spanish, a number of papers are also available in English.
Rudolf0
Stavenhagen (El Colegio de Mexico, Camino al Ajusco No 20, Apdo 20671 Mexico 20 D.F.) announces the 5th World Congress for Rural Sociology to be held in Mexico August 7-12, 1980. Prospective contributors are invited to submit 1 page abstracts in either Spanish, English, or French no later than October 31, 1979 to Jose Pastore, Chair, Program Committee, University of Sao Paulo, C.P., 11498, Sao Paulo, Brasil. Information about
266 the conference above.
Intercultural Communication Monitor can be obtained
from Dr. Stevenhagen
at the address given
Gajendra K. Verma (University of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England BD7-1 DP) is directing a research project concerned with problems of Vocational Adaptation of Asian Immigrants in Britain and a feasibility study “Books and Ethnic Minorities.” Gajendra is the author of over forty articles on education, the social psychology of attitudes and curriculum evaluation. He has co-authored Race and Education Across Cultures (Heinemann, 1975) Race, Education and Identity (The Macmillan Press, 1979), Problems and Effects of Teaching about Race Relations (Ward Lock, 1979) Personality, Self-Esteem and Prejudice (March 1979, Saxon House), and Racial Prejudice: The Individual and Society (July 1979, Saxon House).
Georgette Wang (East-West Communication Institute, 1777 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI, 96848) has joined the Communication Institute as Research Associate in the Process and Context Project. For the past 1-35 years, she worked as Deputy Director of the Column-Feature Section of one of the largest daily newspapers in Taiwan (United Daily News), and was involved in newspaper readership studies. She also taught at the National Chengchi University. Georgette has previously carried out cross-cultural studies on opinion expression and ethnocentrism. June Ock Yum (Department of Rhetoric and Communication, State University of New York, Albany, New York, 12222) received her doctorate from the University of Southern California and is teaching Intercultural Communication at SUNY, Albany. For her doctoral dissertation, June studied Communication and Information Acquisition Patterns of Korean Immigrants in Hawaii.
Intercultural Communication Monitor
267
Intercultuml Comrnwtication Monitor is an ongoing feature of IJIR. It includes notes and news on the following topics: 1. Scholarly papers, articles, research reports, and books written by professionals in the field of intercultural communication, education, training and research. 2. Training workshops, seminars, symposia, and professional meetings dealing with topics related to intercultural communication. 3. Training aids, simultation devices and other instructional materials developed and/or pretested for field use. 4. Research and/or training grants awarded in the area of intercultural relations. 5. Education courses and/or programs offered on the subject. 6. Items of personal and professional interest to those in the field of intercultural communication, such as appointments, promotions vacancies, etc. for use in the Monitor should be sent to: Dr. Tulsi Sara1 Governors State University Park Forest South, IL 60466 USA
Material intended
1980 SIETAR SIXTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE SIETAR’S 1980 Conference will be held March 11-18, 1980 at Mount Airy Lodge in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. For further information, contact Dr. Diane Zeller, SIETAR, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 20057, telephone (202 6253391. The 1981 Conference will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
InIerculturai
Relatrons, Vol. 3, pp. 263.267, 1919
AI1 rights reserved
INTERCULTURAL
0147.1767/79/030263-05$02.00/O Copyright 0 1979 Pergamon Press Ltd
COMMUNICATION MONITOR
Jean Marie Ackermann (Orientation/Media International, Post Box 424, Pacific Grove, CA 93950) is currently writing a critique of media concerned with the proper conduct of international business with a focus upon the personal aspects of doing business, settling or traveling abroad, orientation guidelines, etc. She would appreciate receiving from companies and/or individuals audio-visual materials dealing with the above topic for possible mention in the review. Jean Marie has just returned from Sri Lanka where she coordinated the Film Program section of the society for International Development Annual Conference. Runny Adhikurya (East-West Communication Institute, 1777 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96848) is working on a Transnational Knowledge Utilization project to examine the relevance of North American communication teaching and research for the five ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) countries-Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia. The one-year study will involve a survey of 23 Schools/Departments of Communication in the United States and m-depth interviews with U.S. educated ASEAN communication teachers and researchers who are working in 10 universities in the 5 ASEAN countries. The project is collaboratively funded by UNESCO, East-West Communication Institute, and Stanford University’s Institute for Communication Research. American Psychological Association (1200 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20036) Council of representatives, in its January 1979 meeting, voted the following resolution which will be of interest to those concerned about the marketability of intercultural communication specialists. “It is the sense of APA Council that APA accreditation reflect our concern that all psychology departments and schools should assume that their students receive preparation to function in a multi-cultural, multi-racial society. This implies having systematic exposure to and contact with a diversity of students, teachers and patients or clients, such as, for example, by special arrangement for interchange or contact with other institutions on a regular and organized basis.” Richard Ashley (School of International Relations, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007) and Robert Jerris (Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024) are the 263
264
Intercultural
Communication
Monitor
program chairpersons for the 1980 International Studies Association convention to be held in Los Angeles, March 19-22. The theme of the conference is “The Management of Security, Welfare and the Environment Within and Among Nations,” and large participation by the Pacific Basin countries is expected due to Los Angeles’ proximity to the area. George Burnett (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12181) teaches a graduate level course in Intercultural Communication through the Communication Research Laboratory and the Department of Language, Literature and Commu~cation at Rensselaer Polytec~ic Institute. Topics covered include theories of intercultural communication, the role of language, bilingualism and nonverbal communication in intercultural processes, training for intercultural experiences, the international mass media, communication and national development, the diffusion of innovations and the future of intercultural research. It is possible to obtain both a M.S. and a Ph.D. with a concentration in ~nterc~tural communication at R.P.I. Fred Gwrzir (Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 90265) is the editor of a new book Intercultural and International Communication published by the University Press of America. Fred is planning to sponsor, shortly, a three-day residential workshop in Intercultural Co~unication aimed at facilitating intensive ~teraction among seasoned scholars in the field. Fred expects that the workshop will become an annual feature and will serve as an Intercultural Communication Brain Trust. Bnlce L. Cook (David C. Cook Foundation, Cook Square, Elgin, IL 60120) completed his Ph.D. at Temple University. A monograph based on his dissertation “Understand~g Pictures in Papua New Guinea” will soon be released by David C. Cook Foundation. Bruce is also working on a survey study (with T.E. Koshy of Syracuse University as co-author) of Media Use by College and University students in New Delhi and Poona. James R. Corqy (Associate Professor of Huma~ties, New Mexico, Institute of Mining and Technology) is the author of an article “Cultural Shock in Reverse” published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 9, 1979. Dr. Corey, who served as Head of the English Department at the University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, urges American universities to take into account the cultural factors of international student’s home countries in designing ~st~uctional programs for them. D. Van Houts (A. Goemaereli 52, 200 Antwerpen, Belgium) is the editor of ALA-Africa, Latin American, Asia, published by the College of Developing Countries of the University of Antwerp. ALA contains articles. in French and
Intercultural
Communication
English, on international development, problems of Third World countries.
Monitor
appropriate
technology
265
and the
Braj B. Kachru and Hans H. Hock (Department
of Linguistics, 4088 Foreign Language Building, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801) represent the U.S. Planning Committee for the Second International Conference on South Asian Languages and Linguistics to be held at Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, January 6-8, 1980. The Conference themes among others, include of South Asian Lan“South Asia as a Linguistic Area, ” “Englishization guages,” and “Language Use in Professional Contexts” with special reference to South Asia.
Language
and Intercultural Research Center (Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602) is studying the occurrence and nature of return shock experienced by international scholars, professionals, business people, etc., when they return home after a prolonged stay in a foreign country, and would appreciate comments, sharings and suggestions.
Barbara Newton
and Elizabeth Buck (East-West Communication Institute, 1777 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96848) were the coordinators of a cross-cultural workshop on Television and Sex-Role Socialization held in Honolulu this summer. Participants included scholars and students from the Philippines, England, Korea, Japan and the United States. Barbara and Betty have just concluded their field visits to the research sites in different countries and are in the process of developing a comprehensive grant proposal further extending the scope of the study.
Josep
Rota (Centro de Investigation de la Communication, Universidad Anahuac, Lomas Anahuac, Mexico 10, D.F.) is the founder-director of the Communication Research Center in the School of Social Communication at the Anahuac University in Mexico City. The Center, established in 1975, has so far initiated and/or completed thirty research projects in the areas of the use of mass media by various subgroups of the Mexican population and the diffusion of news through the Mexican social system and its attendant effects on knowledge. Although the main language for diffusion of research findings is Spanish, a number of papers are also available in English.
Rudolf0
Stavenhagen (El Colegio de Mexico, Camino al Ajusco No 20, Apdo 20671 Mexico 20 D.F.) announces the 5th World Congress for Rural Sociology to be held in Mexico August 7-12, 1980. Prospective contributors are invited to submit 1 page abstracts in either Spanish, English, or French no later than October 31, 1979 to Jose Pastore, Chair, Program Committee, University of Sao Paulo, C.P., 11498, Sao Paulo, Brasil. Information about
266 the conference above.
Intercultural Communication Monitor can be obtained
from Dr. Stevenhagen
at the address given
Gajendra K. Verma (University of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England BD7-1 DP) is directing a research project concerned with problems of Vocational Adaptation of Asian Immigrants in Britain and a feasibility study “Books and Ethnic Minorities.” Gajendra is the author of over forty articles on education, the social psychology of attitudes and curriculum evaluation. He has co-authored Race and Education Across Cultures (Heinemann, 1975) Race, Education and Identity (The Macmillan Press, 1979), Problems and Effects of Teaching about Race Relations (Ward Lock, 1979) Personality, Self-Esteem and Prejudice (March 1979, Saxon House), and Racial Prejudice: The Individual and Society (July 1979, Saxon House).
Georgette Wang (East-West Communication Institute, 1777 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI, 96848) has joined the Communication Institute as Research Associate in the Process and Context Project. For the past 1-35 years, she worked as Deputy Director of the Column-Feature Section of one of the largest daily newspapers in Taiwan (United Daily News), and was involved in newspaper readership studies. She also taught at the National Chengchi University. Georgette has previously carried out cross-cultural studies on opinion expression and ethnocentrism. June Ock Yum (Department of Rhetoric and Communication, State University of New York, Albany, New York, 12222) received her doctorate from the University of Southern California and is teaching Intercultural Communication at SUNY, Albany. For her doctoral dissertation, June studied Communication and Information Acquisition Patterns of Korean Immigrants in Hawaii.
Intercultural Communication Monitor
267
Intercultuml Comrnwtication Monitor is an ongoing feature of IJIR. It includes notes and news on the following topics: 1. Scholarly papers, articles, research reports, and books written by professionals in the field of intercultural communication, education, training and research. 2. Training workshops, seminars, symposia, and professional meetings dealing with topics related to intercultural communication. 3. Training aids, simultation devices and other instructional materials developed and/or pretested for field use. 4. Research and/or training grants awarded in the area of intercultural relations. 5. Education courses and/or programs offered on the subject. 6. Items of personal and professional interest to those in the field of intercultural communication, such as appointments, promotions vacancies, etc. for use in the Monitor should be sent to: Dr. Tulsi Sara1 Governors State University Park Forest South, IL 60466 USA
Material intended
1980 SIETAR SIXTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE SIETAR’S 1980 Conference will be held March 11-18, 1980 at Mount Airy Lodge in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. For further information, contact Dr. Diane Zeller, SIETAR, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 20057, telephone (202 6253391. The 1981 Conference will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.