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A Critique of Hall's Contexting Model: A Meta-Analysis of Literature on Intercultural Business and Technical Communication
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In this article, a meta-analysis of 224 intercultural communication documents is presented, based on the model of low-context and high-context cultures, which is one of the dominant theoretical frameworks for interpreting interculture communication.Abstract:
Edward Hall's model of low-context and high-context cultures is one of the dominant theoretical frameworks for interpreting intercultural communication. This article reports a meta-analysis of 224 ...read more
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Disrupting the Past to Disrupt the Future: An Antenarrative of Technical Communication
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an antenarrative of the field of technical and professional communication to encourage the field to embrace social justice and inclusivity as part of its core narrative.
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Communication Across Cultures: Mutual Understanding in a Global World
TL;DR: In this paper, culture, communication and interaction have been discussed in professional and workplace contexts, and the analysis of conversation has been carried out to identify power, racism and stereotyping in the context of intercultural communication.
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Special Review Article: Beyond Culture or Beyond Control? Reviewing the use of Hall's high-/low-context concept
TL;DR: In this article, a systematic review of the literature related to Hall's high-context/low-context communication and its use in cross-cultural research is presented, concluding that most previous research that utilized HC/LC country classifications is based on seemingly less-than-adequat...
Beyond culture or beyond control? Reviewing the use of Hall's high-/low-context concept
TL;DR: In this article, a systematic review of the literature related to Hall's high-context and low-context communication and its use in cross-cultural research is presented. But the authors show that most previous research that utilized HC/LC country classifications is based on seemingly less-than-adequate evidence.
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Context-driven: How is traditional Chinese medicine labeling developed?
TL;DR: A regulation issued by the Chinese government to standardize traditional Chinese medicine labeling is claimed to be medicine-focused, which has its roots in traditional Chinese philosophy of stressing the context while de-emphasizing individuals.
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Health Care and the Silent Language of Vietnamese Immigrant Consumers
TL;DR: Through focus groups with recent Vietnamese immigrants, three salient factors in this silent language are identified: cultural health beliefs, time orientation, and the expected role of family members in the practice of health care.
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Advancing Research in International Business Communication
TL;DR: The authors suggest that business communication scholars avoid the compilation of "how-to" guides and instead direct their efforts toward developing empirical and conceptual studies in international communication. But they do not address the cross-cultural differences between cultures.
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Idioms and Back Translation
TL;DR: This article developed exercises that would actively involve students in translation issues, which was particularly challenging because they could not assume that students all had studied the same foreign language and instead, they began with their own supposedly common language.