Communication and Culture

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Acknowledgements. About the Contributors. D. Ray HEISEY: Introduction: Communication and Culture Influencing Each Other. PART I: CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES. Wenxiang GONG: The Role of Ethics in Persuasive Communication - A Comparative Study of Aristotle's Ethos and the Confucian Correctness of Names. Shijie GUAN: The Prospects for Cross-Cultural Communication between China and the West in the 21st Century. Yihong GAO: Translatability of Cultural Perspectives: A Case Presentation. Akira MIYAHARA: Philosophical Issues in Cross-Cultural Research on Communication Competence between Asians and Westerners. Rita MEI CHING NG: The Influence of Collectivism-Individualism on Persuasion in Chinese and American Cultures. Joyce Y.M. NIP: Clash and Compatibility of Journalistic Cultures: Mainland China and Hong Kong. Yew MENG CHENG: Gender Representation and Postmodernism in Hong Kong Advertisements. PART II: INTERNATIONAL AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION. Xiangming CHEN: Campus Culture Across Cultures - Chinese Students' Relational Life in U.S. Universities. Mei ZHONG: Perceived Intercultural Communication Competence in Cross Cultural Interactions between Chinese and Americans. Suzanne SCOLLON: Identity Through the Embodiment of Authoritative Gesture: The Practice of Taijiquan in Hong Kong. Ron SCOLLON: The Depicted Watch: Cross-Cultural Variation in Media Pictures of People Watching Others in Hong Kong and China. Eric B. EASTON: Values, Borders and the Internet: A Case Study. John R. RIDER: The Role of Mass Media in Nation Building. PART III: MEDIATED COMMUNICATION. Catherine COLLINS and Patricia VARAS: Constructing/Deconstructing/Reconstructing: Chinese Film and the (Re)presentation of Women for the West.