language and culture final presentation
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This is a presentation on intercultural communication and conflict that I recently gave in my Language and Culture Class.TRANSCRIPT
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FaceIn action in
Intercultural Communication and
Face-Negotiation Theory
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What it means to ‘Save Face’
Face: Self-image presented to world
- Identity Respect Self-Construal: independent vs interdependent self
Facework: Restoring Face Protect from Judgment
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Cultural CharacteristicsChina and Japan:
- Collectivist- High context- Complacent, Indirect, likely to Avoid
US and Germany - Individualist- Low Context - Dominant, Direct, likely to Conflict
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Cross-Cultural Conflicts
Appropriate Conflict Conduct in Cultural Environment
Use of face can result in CONFLICTIncompatibility over substantial
issues Miscommunication, Face is not savedConflict Management Style Leads to Face Negotiation Theory
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Face Negotiation TheoryFace is mechanism for conflict
managementNegotiate face in all communication Situated Identities questionable Cultural, Individual, or Situational
variablesFive Conflict Styles:
- Avoidance - Compromise - Integration - Oblige - Domination
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Specific Studies
US and Germany vs China and JapanPurpose: FACE is the explanation for
culture’s influence on conflict behaviorProcess
- Hypothesis, QuestionnaireResults
- Cultural features had direct effect - Situational Scenarios low impact
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Specific Studies China vs Japan Purpose: To test
shared face, social debt, and independence
•Results:Cultural conflict recognized for integration
•Method: Qualitative Data from structured interviews
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What does it all mean?Results not conclusive
Identity Based Goals- Confirmation/Rejection- Respect/Disrespect- Approval/Disapproval
Unresolved Identity Conflicts
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Solutions?Face Identity Respect Knowledge of Facework
Taxonomies- Face Concerns - Face Movements or Patterns - Facework Interaction Strategies
Change in Tendencies - Conflict Communication Styles - Face Content Domains
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Implications for Modern World
SocietiesPolitics WorkforceWar and Conflict EconomyIdentities of Countries in Global Market
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Conclusion
“God had given you one face, and you make yourself another.”
-Hamlet, William Shakespeare
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BibliographyGudykunst, William B. Theorizing about intercultural communication . Thousand
Oaks, CA : Sage, 2005. Print.
Matsudaira, Tomomi "Cultural Influences on the Use of Social Support by Chinese
Immigrants in Japan: 'Face' as a Keyword." Qualitative Health Research
13.3 (2003): 343. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 12 Nov.
2009.
Oetzel, John G., and Stella Ting-Toomey "Face Concerns in Interpersonal Conflict:
A Cross-Cultural Empirical Test of the Face Negotiation Theory."
Communication Research 30.6 (2003): 599-624. Academic Search Premier.
EBSCO. Web. 12 Nov. 2009.
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Questions?