[ecrea] cfp: Culture, Communication and Adaptation in Global Context

Culture, Communication and Adaptation in Global Context
Call for Papers
The 16th International Conference of the
International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies
South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P.R.China.
June 18-20, 2010
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 (iaics2010 /at/ yahoo.com.cn)
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;
http://www.uri.edu/iaics/
Conference language: English and Chinese
Sample Abstract
The Development and Validation of the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale
Guo-Ming Chen, Ph.D.
Department of Communication Studies
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881, USA
Tel: (401) 874-4731
Email: (gmchen /at/ uri.edu)
Keywords: Intercultural Sensitivity Scale, reliability, validity, intercultural
communication
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.

http://www2.scut.edu.cn/interculture/IAICS2010; http://www.uri.edu/iaics

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