Context Of Communication Research Articles

Коммуникативная функция ольфакторных образов в романах П. Зюскинда «Парфюмер» и Т. Салиха «Сезон миграции на Север»

The article deals with the comparison of olfactory images in Patrick Suskind’s novel Perfume and Tayeb Salih’s The Season of Migration to the North in the communication context of Arab and European cultures. The initial theoretical point, based on the existing developments in the field of literary studies and cultural studies, is the idea of olfactory images as an essential component of the poetics of a work of art. The role played by olfactory images in revealing the characters of the two heroes Jean-Baptiste Grenouille and Mustafa Said is considered. Both heroes share similarities: on the one hand, they have a gift, and on the other, they are alienated from society: they feel lonely, their position in the world is that of an outcast. However, for Grenouille, this alienation is due to his personal features, while Mustafa Said’s psychological problems are connected with the colonial past of his homeland, Sudan. With the help of fragrances, both heroes are trying to restore the destroyed communication links – to evoke love to themselves and assert themselves. The article examines the relationship between olfactory images and the image of the homeland of both heroes. In the novel Perfume, the olfactory image of Paris is represented exclusively in a repulsive way. In the novel The Season of migration to the North, smells, by contrast, return the hero to his childhood, help him achieve harmony with himself and with nature. Olfactory images play an important role in revealing the problem of the protagonist’s communication with women. Grenouille artificially creates a fragrance that causes erotic temptation in the people around him. Salih’s novel also shows the connection between olfactory images and the motives of seduction, however, Mustafa Said does not create artificial smells, but uses natural smells to arouse the interest of his potential victims. The article concludes that the communicative functions of olfactory images in both novels are similar, but their differences are determined by the specific features of Arab and European culture.

Application of Problematic Integration Theory in Health Communication: A Scoping Review

ABSTRACT Problematic integration theory is a theory in communication that deals with the processing of messages by humans. It is helpful to study challenges and their solutions in the health communication context to develop effective relationships, treat patients, and, ultimately, ensure the well-being of society. A scoping review was conducted. Three databases were searched following the PRISMA‐ScR statement without a time frame. Independent screening of titles, abstracts, and full texts was performed, and the studies selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria were assessed. The required information was then extracted from the studies and entered into Excel software. A total of 43 studies related to PI theory were identified in the databases. The results indicated that PI theory is used to interpret feelings, beliefs, challenges, concerns, and problematic dilemmas in five thematic categories: elderly care, cancer care, infertility, pregnancy, and childbirth care, illness care, and sexual care. Each of the papers also offers distinctive and valuable considerations for interventions such as communication strategies, coping mechanisms, uncertainty and certainty management, information management, education, training, support groups, and campaigns to improve decision-making and meet the challenges of health communication.

The roles of suprasegmental features in assessing paired speaking tasks in high-stakes language assessment

In the realm of language assessment, the speaking abilities of second language (L2) speakers in communicative contexts have garnered increasing attention, where English is used as a lingua franca in our globalized world. In this communicative landscape, suprasegmental features play a crucial role in shaping interactions. However, our comprehension of how proficient L2 speakers employ these suprasegmentals, particularly in the context of assessment, has been limited. This study investigated the utilization of suprasegmental features by L2 speakers, namely rate, pause, prominence, and pitch, to construct interactions and examines their connection to paired performance in a high-stakes oral assessment. This assessment is evaluated based on five criteria: Sensitivity to Situation, Language Use, Content Delivery, Discourse Management, and Engaging with Interaction. The study scrutinized twenty-five paired interactions from the Cambridge English Language Assessment. The results, derived from mixed-effect modeling and stepwise regression analyses, highlight that rate and pitch measures are significant predictors of overall speaking scores. Furthermore, in-depth analysis identified specific suprasegmental features that contributed to the scores of each criterion: Sensitivity to Situation (rate), Language Use (pitch), Content Delivery (pitch), and Engaging with Interaction (rate). The findings of this study hold significant implications for language learning, speaking assessment, and pedagogy.

The critical role of class tutor in family-school partnership

In the Portuguese school system the class tutor is a teacher who plays a pivotal role in bridging schools and families. The purpose of this study is to describe the innovative project of school-family partnership at class level implemented by a class tutor through an entire academic year. A qualitative case study research focused on the understanding of the relationship processes and of the solutions to the problems identified was adopted in order to grasp the meanings each actor (class tutor, parents, students and class teachers) ascribed to the events and processes related to school-family partnership, while connecting those meanings to the social context in which they lived. The analytical framework was mainly constituted a priori by categories derived from the ecological model of human development (Bronfenbrenner, 1979), the framework of six types of involvement (Epstein, 1997), and the theory of overlapping spheres of influence (Sanders and Epstein, 1998), complemented by data-driven categories and particular auxiliary theories.The findings of this study emphasized the importance of the frequency and diversity of school-family partnership activities in order to accommodate the specific needs of every family. The quality of communication and interpersonal relationships between the class tutor and parents plays a critical role in the development of trust and subsequently in partnership efficacy. Face-to-face contexts of communication are particularly effective.

Interpersonal strategies in international business emails: The intercultural pragmatics perspective

Abstract Business email has a significant impact on commercial activities and organizational image. Intercultural pragmatics is the new development of pragmatics, moving its focus from mono-cultural communication to multi-cultural communication, aiming to describe how communicators seek, activate, and create common ground to complete tasks in intercultural communication contexts. Drawing on 1,477 separate English emails exchanged between a Chinese auto parts export company and its business partners in different parts of the world, we find, from the intercultural pragmatics perspective, that different types of interpersonal strategies, i.e., alliance building, other-caring, and self-enhancing/defending, are employed to construct virtual intimacy and to create and highlight interpersonal relationship dimensions in international business communication. These strategies are intended to facilitate the accomplishment of communication tasks by creating emergent common ground, reflecting the dynamics and interculturality of business communication. This research deepens our understanding of the mechanism of relationship management in international business communication.

CONTEXTUAL COMMUNICATION AS A TOOLKIT FOR INCREASING PROFESSIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

Introduction. The use of various types and forms of communication in communication activities is of certain research interest and can be learned through appropriate procedures. Unlocking the potential of contextual communication for professional and personal communication is the subject of this article.
 Materials and methods. To carry out this research as an effective epistemological practice, a systemic and axiological approach was applied, as well as a set of modern methods for processing scientific information from various fields of social and humanitarian knowledge. These are various variations of the use of the analytical-synthetic method, making analogies and comparisons, mental movement in deductive and inductive ways, generalization of scientific data and theoretical abstraction.
 Research results. The work consistently reveals the goals, objectives, structure, essence and concept of contextual communication based on the need for its implementation in professional activities and other forms of human interaction. It is noted that the main characteristic of contextual communication is its indirectness from direct communication, when the role of “subject-object of an example” is a real-life person, his actions (deeds) or examples of erroneous decisions. Through the mediation of contextual communication, it is possible to effectively transmit goal settings, value formations or epistemological constructs.
 Discussions and conclusions. The construction of work communication processes and the increasing shortage of time resources for personal communication in modern reality actualizes the problems of using increasingly effective and quickly applied communication tools. Such a tool today also includes contextual communication, which is used purposefully or spontaneously both in business interaction between people and in personal subject-subject communication. Knowledge of contextual communication has great cognitive prospects, the achievement of which was carried out in this work.

基于建构主义的专业英语写作混合式教学模式探究

Abstract: The application of constructivist ideas in professional English writing teaching can help students construct meaningful understanding of course content while learning English, thereby improving their English writing and comprehension abilities. It enables students to explore course knowledge more deeply and ensures comprehensive improvement of students' professional English literacy under the influence of blended learning. Therefore, in the process of reforming and innovating professional English writing teaching activities, teachers should reexamine the guidance of constructivist ideas and choose constructivist theory, zone of proximal development theory, and input-output theory as guiding principles. They should explore group cooperative blended learning models, blended learning models in segmented classrooms, and blended learning models supported by communicative context creation. This approach effectively highlights the scientific and rational nature of educational reform and promotes high-quality advancement of professional English writing teaching.

The Effectiveness of Communication Messages in Politics

As social creatures, every person who lives in a community group, in carrying out his daily activities from the time he wakes up in the morning until he goes back to sleep at night, is always involved in communication activities. This journal aims to find out how effective interpersonal communication messages are in a communication context. This journal uses types of research in the form of literature and reflective studies. Communication is said to be effective if what is communicated is understood and carried out by the communicant as desired by the communicator. Barriers to the communication process, small obstacles may be ignored, but too many obstacles can disrupt or disrupt the message from achieving its goal. The effectiveness of communication in politics is very important because it can influence the success of a government program or policy. Effective political communication can increase public participation in the political process.

Solidarity-Based Content Sharing on Social Media: A Closer Look at the Language Style among Millennial Social Platform Users

Social Media platforms have shaped diverse linguistic issues through informal language use, language adaptation and change, linguistic creativity and global communication. The current study reveals the issues about investigating about language style and linguistic form of solidarity expression used by the millennial community on social media platforms. Thirty respondents who aged about 23-43 years old considered as millennial participated in this study and inquired through open-ended questionnaire. The data was probed by using grounded theory proposed by Creswell. The findings exposed that language style were realized for certain communication purposes and based-social context oriented, solidarity expression was shown through a different linguistic form to reveal ideas, feeling, empathy, caring, respect, moral justice and kinds of arguments. after deeply investigated, there were four types of language styles that are dominantly used by millennial on this social media platform, namely formal language style, informal language style, slang language style and colloquial language style, unfortunately, many people abuse social media as a platform for venting their anger and their disappointment by using disrespectful language and behaviors are frequently observed online. Consequently, this scholarly paper also provides advice on the user of social media platform must possess a range of skills including linguistic knowledge, sociocultural knowledge, and the ability to use language in appropriate ways depending on the specific communicative context.

Determining an Effective Language Sample Elicitation Strategy for Early Language Learners Who Speak Using Augmentative and Alternative Communication.

This study evaluates three different language sample elicitation strategies to determine a valid elicitation strategy for early language learners who speak using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Ten children who speak using AAC participated in this study. Language samples were elicited from each participant using three strategies: the Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales (CSBS), a generic play-based elicitation strategy, and automatic data logging. Samples were transcribed and coded. Additionally, each participant's school speech-language pathologist completed a Communication Matrix. Data from coded language samples were correlated with Communication Matrix results to determine the elicitation strategy that yielded the most valid language sample in comparison to Communication Matrix results. Both the CSBS and the play-based strategy yielded clinically relevant information. Because the log lacked communicative context, resulting data from the log was limited. An analysis of variance revealed significant differences in the amount of information elicited from each elicitation strategy. The CSBS repeatedly elicited the most data, followed by the play-based strategy and then the log. Generic play-based strategy results yielded the most correlations with Communication Matrix data. This preliminary data suggest that the play-based elicitation strategy elicited the most valid language sample when compared to the Communication Matrix from early language learners who speak using AAC. Additionally, results suggest that the CSBS may be an effective tool to measure the limits of this population's expressive language abilities.

Crisis Communication: Conceptualizing the Efficacy of Information Source Credibility on Crisis Message Acceptability and Reputation Sustainability

Recent studies have shown that social media users' perception of message acceptance and compliance during a crisis depends on its source credibility, and this has been relatively underexplored in the crisis communication context. The credibility of social media/information sources influences the users' attitudes and information quality, public engagement, and information believability during a crisis. In response to crisis communication, scholars revealed that despite the wide use of SCCT by crisis communication researchers, the theory still has limitations in evaluating factors that could potentially affect an organizational reputation. Response source credibility is a factor that influences crisis response strategies and sustains reputation. During emergencies, unreliable and untrustworthy sources of information and media coverage of content perceived as threatening can elicit aversive emotions, such as distress, depression, and mental damage, and further generate more crises. This study proposes a conceptual model for the efficacy of source credibility on message (crisis response) acceptability and reputation sustainability. To monitor the streams of research conducted on source credibility, the authors used the Scopus database to examine the numbers of research on source credibility in the domain of crisis communication and subject areas. The results revealed that the perceived information source credibility during a crisis influences message acceptance and mediates the relationships between crisis response strategies and reputation. The paper will help the crisis management team appreciate the value of source credibility and save reputation during a crisis.

Proses Psikologis Pembelajaran Bahasa Indonesia di Perguruan Tinggi (Pendekatan Kognitif dan Afektif)

Indonesian learning at the college level demands a deep understanding and proper use in a variety of communication contexts. This study aims to explore the psychological processes involved in Indonesian learning in higher education using cognitive and affective approaches. This study uses a qualitative approach with a case study research method. The study participants consisted of final year students who took Indonesian courses at the Institut Agama Islam (IAI) Qamarul Huda Bagu Peringgarata Lombok Tengah. Data was collected through classroom observation, interviews, and document analysis. The data is then analyzed using thematic analysis to identify patterns of psychological processes that emerge during learning Indonesian. The results showed that the psychological processes involved in Indonesian learning in higher education involve cognitive and affective aspects simultaneously. The cognitive aspect involves understanding grammar, vocabulary, and problem-solving abilities in the context of Indonesian communication. The affective aspect involves intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, attitudes toward Indonesian learning, and levels of confidence in using Indonesian.These findings have important implications in curriculum development and Indonesian learning methods in higher education

Reframing transgender communication in gender-affirming communication care: Comfort and confidence are the main goals

Purpose To understand the communicative participation experiences of transgender people through a qualitative inquiry, and to address similarities and differences in experiences across genders. Method This study was a secondary analysis of interview data gathered for modifying the Communicative Participation Item Bank for use with transgender populations. Fourteen transgender participants attended individual qualitative interviews. During the interview, participants shared their communication experiences in various situations and the availability of social supports related to communication. Qualitative content analysis was used to develop themes and subthemes from the data. Result Three themes emerged from the data: the participants’ priorities for comfort, safety, and authenticity; the use of an internal “checklist” to optimise their communication; and changes in attitudes towards communication over time. Across themes, participants shared core communication experiences regardless of gender identities. Conclusion The findings support prior research on voice-related communication experiences of transgender people. A key finding is the notion that communication success is influenced by sociocultural contexts and the physical environment beyond their communication presentation. To achieve targeted comfort and satisfaction in communication, healthcare professionals need to consider the transgender client’s communication contexts, and incorporate a life-participation approach to gender-affirming voice and communication training.

Retrospective survey of colposcopy experience for wāhine Māori across two time periods (2016 and 2021) in Waitematā and Auckland districts, New Zealand.

To examine wāhine Māori experiences of colposcopy services in New Zealand based on surveys conducted in 2016 and 2021. The surveys included a total of 201 wāhine Māori who had attended one of the three colposcopy clinics in the Waitematā and Auckland districts. Participants were retrospectively surveyed about their experience via telephone using a pre-tested questionnaire. Pre-defined responses were analysed quantitatively, and narrative comments were analysed thematically. Response rates were 27.6% in 2016 and 34.2% in 2021. Prior to their appointment, most women reported receiving the information leaflet and a reminder. At the clinic visit, overall interaction with staff, comfort, listening and explanation of the procedure all scored highly, with maintenance or improvements from 2016 to 2021. Wāhine reported feeling culturally safe. Areas for improvement included content of information, access to Māori community liaison, appointment waiting time and delivery of colposcopy results. The findings indicated that wāhine Māori had overall excellent experiences of colposcopy services, maintained over a five-year period with some suggested improvements to context of information and communication. This provides reassurance for wāhine Māori in the diagnostic and treatment part of the cervical screening pathway ahead of the upcoming change to HPV primary screening.

An Experimental Test of Mediated Supportive Communication and Resulting Outcomes

The present study integrates theories of mediated and supportive communication to investigate the influence of communication context (i.e., channel) and content (i.e., quality) on support outcomes. 162 friend-dyads participated in an experiment by engaging in a supportive conversation that occurred either face-to-face, via video chat, or via text messaging and was manipulated to reflect either low- or high-quality support. Results showed channel richness, as operationalized by perceived synchronicity and bandwidth, varied across all three channels, and significantly predicted support receivers’ cognitive reappraisal and emotional improvement. Moderation analyses offered support consistent with the dual process theory of supportive message outcomes, such that the positive relationship between perceived bandwidth and support outcomes diminished as support quality increased. As one of the few experimental studies of enacted support reflecting varying quality levels across three distinct communication channels in the context of established friendships, implications for mediated supportive communication are discussed.

Sociopragmatic Study of Javanese Oral Discourse in Big City Communities as an Effort to Maintain Indigenous Language

This research delves into the sociopragmatic intricacies of Javanese oral discourse within urban communities, focusing on the role of language in preserving the indigenous Javanese language amidst the pressures of urbanization and language shift. As urbanization accelerates, traditional languages like Javanese face the risk of diminishing usage and cultural significance. This study aims to elucidate how urban Javanese speakers employ their native language in various communicative contexts, examining the sociopragmatic factors that influence language choice and language use patterns. The findings of this research contribute to the fields of sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and language preservation. By shedding light on the sociopragmatic dimensions of language use, the study provides a nuanced understanding of how urban Javanese speakers navigate linguistic diversity and negotiate their cultural identity. This research emphasizes recognizing and supporting indigenous languages within urban settings as communication vehicles and cultural heritage and identity repositories. Ultimately, the study's outcomes can inform language revitalization initiatives and policy-making efforts to foster the enduring presence of Javanese within the rapidly changing landscape of urban communities.

The Influence of Contexts and Orientations on Interlocutors’ Choices of Concept Reiterations

This research investigates whether there are relationships between the choices of concept reiterations and interlocutors’ orientations, between the choices of concept reiterations and contexts of communication, and between affective connotations of paraphrase, interlocutors’ orientations and contexts of communication. The data were collected from four different contexts, namely, the Hotel, Forum, Court, and Debate corpora. The results suggested no clear relationship between interlocutors’ orientations and the choices of concept reiterations but the contexts of communication were likely to influence choices of reiterations, especially in the use of repetitions and the purposeful shift of paraphrase connotations to achieve the professional goals of communication in the Hotel and Court corpora which are the contexts where interlocutors are bound by their social roles.

‘Hey Siri, You’re Dumb!’: Investigating Blurting Instances of Voice-Based Assistants

Abstract Voice-based assistants (VBAs) are transforming how we interact with technology. We rely heavily on VBAs (such as Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant) to manage our daily routines and tasks. The current study extends past research on blurting to the human–machine communication (HMC) context. An online survey (n = 185) was conducted to investigate blurting with a VBA. We analysed open-ended accounts of instances in which participants had blurted during conversations with a VBA. In addition, findings show that blurting with a VBA is related to the less sophisticated views of interpersonal arguments and higher argument seeking, verbal aggressiveness, psychological reactance, extraversion and neuroticism. Our findings suggest that although people blurt with VBAs, in line with the general Computers Are Social Actors paradigm, the reasons are unique to HMC.

Responsive strategies and self-identity construction in “Versailles Humblebragging” on Chinese social media

Abstract Versailles humblebragging is becoming an increasingly pervasive pragmatic and linguistic phenomenon since late 2020 in face-to-face and social media communication in China. Despite its ubiquity, there is a relative paucity of empirical research on this new phenomenon, particularly on the reactions of followers in the digital communicative context and the self-identities constructed by the posters, as well as the theoretical limitations to explicate the social cognitive factors behind the novel pragmatic behavior. This study integrated pragmatic and social cognitive theories to conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses of the responsive strategies followers used and the self-identity the humblebraggers built in this phenomenon. Based on the data retrieved from Chinese social media Weibo, we have found generally two major types of responsive strategies, namely the explicit and implicit. A majority of followers employed the implicit strategies to express their acceptance and liking with a preponderance of clicking the “like” affordance, suggesting that Versailles humblebragging helps to build good interpersonal relationship on Weibo. We have also identified seven types of self-identities and explored the underlying factors from the perspective of social cognition. It might be concluded from the findings that certain social and cultural shared beliefs, values and patterns of life are potent factors in shaping Chinese posters’ interpretation of themselves and other people.

Pura Dalem Betawi: Harmonisasi Komunikasi Antarbudaya Dalam Ikatan Menyamabraya Hindu dan Budha

Pura Dalem Betawi is located in Banjar Jumpayah, Mengwitani Village, Mengwi Subdistrict, Badung Regency, Bali Province, belonging to the concept of siwa-buddha. The uniqueness of Pura Dalem Betawi is the palinggih Gedong Buddha Dewi Kwan Im, and its piodalan coincides with Chinese New Year. The community as the temple caretakers call it Chinese New Year piodalan. Intercultural interaction occurs at Pura Dalem Betawi, because the Chinese New Year piodalan is attended by Chinese people. The purpose of this research emphasizes the context of intercultural communication, namely to bridge the process of community interaction in ethnic, religious and racial differences, so that social conflict does not arise. The research used a qualitative-interpretative approach with the intention of exploring information that describes the existence of the research location, based on community experience and describing it in scientific work. Determination of informants using purposive sampling technique, with the consideration that the informants know and understand the research topic, such as: pemangku, pengempon temple, religious leaders, and temple pengayah from Chinese residents. The data analysis technique uses the Miles and Huberman model, resulting in a picture that intercultural communication has a very important role in the process of social interaction in Pura Dalem Betawi. The intercultural communication approaches applied are: social psychological, intercreative, and cultural dialogic approaches. Humans develop understanding through their mindset, and gain new knowledge through interaction so that they can interpret it to form perceptions. The intercultural communication approach is combined with the concept of menyamabraya that has been inherent in Balinese life. Menyamabraya is ideal, because it views all humans as brothers, so menyamabraya is applied in intercultural interactions at Pura Dalem Betawi when ngayah prepares for the Chinese New Year piodalan. Cultural acculturation in Pura Dalem Betawi runs harmoniously and in line with religious moderation, because it has the same goal in maintaining harmony.