"This bibliographic review is a first attempt at collecting together a body of literature relevant to the study of intercultural communication in cyberspace. It explores and summarizes themes and arguments in current literature relating to 'the culture(s) of the internet', 'the language of cyberspac
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e', 'intercultural communication on the internet', 'identity and community in cyberspace', 'culture and education in cyberspace' and 'the impact of the internet on culture(s)'. The survey offers an overview of current research and theoretical contributions identified in each area; an extensive annotated bibliography that includes abstracts or summaries of each contribution. It also identifies the most pressing issues in the field as well as gaps in current knowledge and understanding." (Publisher description)
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"El presente trabajo marca un hito importante en la comunicación para el desarrollo ya que es producto de un equipo de comunicadores indígenas guaraníes quienes han encontrado en la comunicación una manera para servir a su pueblo. Por primera vez los miembros de una organización indígena, anal
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izan y sistematizan su experiencia de uso de medios y mensajes de comunicación basada en la participación, en la valoración de formas propias de organización y de saberes locales, junto a una nueva capacidad técnica para promover procesos de comunicación desde y para las comunidades guaraníes. Este proceso ha sido acompañado por un proyecto de comunicación para el desarrollo de la FAO que trabajó en América Latina del 1993 al 1997. En Bolivia dicho proyecto se concentró en capacitar personal nacional y fortalecer iniciativas de participación y desarrollo promovidas por instituciones y por las mismas organizaciones campesinas e indígenas. El éxito de esta estrategia puede ser constatado en el caso de la Unidad de Comunicación Guaraní (UCG), ya que a seis años de haber finalizado el proyecto, la UCG sigue trabajando en comunicación para el desarrollo manteniendo el mismo enfoque y compromiso hacia las comunidades más pobres y marginadas." (Página vii)
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"VideoCulture war ein internationales, medienethnographisches Praxis- und Forschungsprojekt, das von 1997 bis 2000 an der PH Ludwigsburg in Kooperation mit Kollegen aus London, Los Angeles, New York, Budapest und Prag durchgeführt wurde. Jugendliche zwischen 14 und 19 Jahren aus unterschiedlichen s
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oziokulturellen Milieus produzierten insgesamt 36 eigene Videofilme. Das Buch dokumentiert das Projekt, und eine begleitende CD-ROM enthält Videofilme und Projektmaterialien." (commbox)
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"Die voranschreitende Globalisierung der Medienkommunikation verlangt eine Revision vieler sozial- und kulturwissenschaftlicher Konzepte, die in ihrer Argumentation historisch von einer nationalen Gesellschaft ausgingen. Hierzu gibt es auf internationaler Ebene eine umfassende wissenschaftliche Disk
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ussion. Der Band führt sowohl theoretisch als auch auf aktuelle Beispiele bezogen in diese Diskussion über die transkulturelle Kommunikation ein. Er enthält zentrale Beiträge von Vertreterinnen und Vertretern aller Kontinente und verschiedener Disziplinen." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Since we learn our cultural behavior in units, it is a useful artifice to compare cultural differences in units. To learn to communicate across cultures more quickly and more effectively, we can apply a framework of categories of potential obstacles (cultural units) to our own and to a target cultu
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re. Part I of this book addresses the need for successful communication across cultures and defines what constitutes a culture. Next, an original taxonomy of potential intercultural communication obstacles is constructed from the literature of communication, anthropology, psychology, sociology, business, and current events, as well as from interviews with persons of multicultural backgrounds. The categories are explained, and many are illustrated with anecdotes. Part II applies the framework of obstacles outlined in Part I to the differences in cultural units of the United States and Mexico. This application demonstrates how these cultural differences create misunderstanding and ineffectual communication in commonly occurring business and social situations. Part III prescribes an effective approach to intercultural communication between any two cultures, using the framework of potential obstacles to efficiently obtain results. We can act consciously to transcend the rules with which our own culture grips us." (Preface)
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"Dieses Buch ist als abgeschlossene Bilanz der letzten fünf Jahrzehnte (1955–2000) der bundesrepublikanischen Literaturgeschichte zu verstehen. Die verschiedenen Beiträge zeigen, dass Einwanderung, Exil und Repatriierung sämtliche Bereiche im Leben der Republik auf unerwartete Weise geprägt, j
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a verändert haben. Die Verfasser/innen der verschiedenen Beiträge möchten den Blick dabei auf Entwicklungen lenken, die für die Zukunft des Landes von wachsender Bedeutung sind." (Vorwort)
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"This yearbook compiles research findings on children and youth and media violence from the perspective of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The thematic focus of this yearbook is on what is being done to combat gratuitous media violence. It presents information on media educ
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ation and children's media participation. Section 1 of the yearbook, "Children's Access to Media and Media Use," presents research on media access and use for children in Europe and worldwide. Section 2, "The Image of the Child in the Media," details how children are presented in news and entertainment media, and in advertising, in various countries. Section 3, "Media Education," provides information on media education programs in Canada, South Africa, Australia, the Nordic countries, the UK, India, and Latin America. Section 4, "Children's Participation in the Media," includes articles describing programs from various countries in which children and youth participate in media production, such as videotapes, television, radio, the Internet, and magazines. Section 5 contains several international declarations and resolutions concerning children and the media. Section 6 provides information on organizations worldwide concerned with children and the media, and a compilation of Internet addresses by and for children." (https://files.eric.ed.gov)
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"This book intends to engage readers rather than trying to teach them about ethics or how to be ethical. It is questionable that ethics can be taught as academic subject matter, or that such instructions will result in meaningful applications in the daily lives of students. By considering specific c
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hallenges affecting ethical behavior in various intercultural and international interactions, and by suggesting interactive, dialogic behavioral models as well as examples, the authors seek to create an atmosphere of involvement and discussion which will lead researchers to consider the ethics undergirding their own lives, as well as any resulting ethical or unethical practices." (Publisher description)
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