2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28-
| Week | Date | Class Activity | Assignment Due |
| 1 | 01/10 T | · Introduction to course: syllabus, projects, etc. | |
| 01/12 R | · Readings—Intro to cross-cultural communication | ||
| Readings | 1. Hurn, Brian & Barry Tomalin. What Is Cross-Cultural Communication? In Brian Hurn & Barry Tomalin, Cross-Cultural Communication: Theory and Practice (pp. 1-19). London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
2. Li, Mingsheng & Fay Patel. (2011). Overview of Intercultural Communication. In Fay Patel, Mingsheng Li, & Prahalad Sooknanan, Intercultural Communication: Building a Global Community (15-38). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. |
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| 2 | 01/17 T | · Readings—Culture: the danger of generalizations | |
| 01/19 R | · Sample cross-cultural communication case analysis | ||
| Readings | 3. Lovitt, Carl R. (1999). Rethinking the Role of Culture in International Professional Communication. In Carl Lovitt with Dixie Goswami (Eds.), Exploring the Rhetoric of International Professional Communication (pp. 1-13). Amityville, NY: Baywood.
4. Novinger, Tracy. (2001). What Constitutes a Culture? In Tracy Novinger, Intercultural Communication: A Practical Guide (pp. 12-25). Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. 5. Moon, Dreama G. (2008). Concepts of “Culture”: Implications for Intercultural Communication Research. In Molefi Kete Asante, Yoshitaka Miike, & Jing Yin (Eds.), The Global Intercultural Communication Reader (pp. 11-26). New York, NY: Routledge. |
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| 3 | 01/24 T | · Readings—Culture, rhetoric, and thought patterns | |
| 01/26 R | · Cross-cultural communication case analysis (student presentation) | ||
| 6. Kaplan, Robert. (1966). Cultural Thought Patterns in Intercultural Education. Language Learning, 16 (1-2), 1-20.
7. Rogers, Everett M., William B. Hart & Yoshitaka Miike. (2002). Edward T. Hall and the History of Intercultural Communication: The United States and Japan. Keio Communication Review, 24, 3-26. |
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| 4 | 01/31 T | · Readings—Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions | · |
| 02/02 R | · Cross-cultural communication case analysis (student presentation) | · | |
| 8. Marieke de Mooij and Geert Hofstede. (2010). The Hofstede Model: Applications to Global Branding and Advertising Strategy and Research. International Journal of Advertising 29 (1), 85-110.
9. Kermally, Sultan. (2005). Chapter Thirteen: Geert Hofstede (1928-). In Sultan Kermally, Gurus on People Management (pp. 97-100). 10. Bourne, Jennifer Shuying. (2016). Exploring Intercultural Communication Challenges: A Case Study on Chinese-English Interpreting. China Media Research, 12 (1), 14-24. |
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| 5 | 02/07 T | · Readings—Black and African Rhetorics | · Initial proposal |
| 02/09 R | · Cross-cultural communication case analysis (student presentation) | · | |
| 11. Langmia, Kehbuma & Aitza M Haddad Nunez. (2015). Cultural and Rhetorical Traditions of Communication within African / Black Thinking. The International Communication Gazette, 77 (5), 471-486.
12. Tomaselli, Keyan. (2016). Ubuntu and Intercultural Communication: Power, Inclusion and Exclusion. Intercultural Communication Studies, XXV (2), 1-13. |
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| 6 | 02/14 T | · Readings—Hungarian, Romania, Middle Eastern Rhetorics | |
| 02/16 R | · Cross-cultural communication case analysis (student presentation) | ||
| 13. Horvath, Gizela & Rozalia Klara Bako. (2016). Online Artistic Activism: Case Study of Hungarian-Romania Intercultural Communication. COACTIVITY: Philosophy, Communication, 24 (1), 48-58.
14. Meyer, Erin. (December 2015). Getting to Si, Jia, Oui, Hai and Da: How to Negotiate across Cultures. Harvard Business Review, 74-80. |
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| 7 | 02/21 T | · Readings—Mexican Rhetoric | · |
| 02/23 R | · Cross-cultural communication case analysis (student presentation) | ||
| 15. Novinger, Tracy. (2001). The Mexico-United States Cultural Environment. In Tracy Novinger, Intercultural Communication: A Practical Guide (pp. 77-105). Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.
16. Novinger, Tracy. (2001). Some Mexico-United States Cultural Issue. In Tracy Novinger, Intercultural Communication: A Practical Guide (pp. 106-123). Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. |
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| 8 | 02/28 T | · Readings—Chinese rhetoric | |
| 03/02 R | · Cross-cultural communication case analysis (student presentation) | · | |
| 17. Chen, Ling. (2016). Learning the Culture of a People: Chinese Communication as an Example. Intercultural Communication, XXV (1), 53-65.
18. Gu, Baotong. (2009). Introduction: (De)Mystifying the Chinese Culture. In Baotong Gu, From Oracle bones to Computers: The Emergence of Writing Technologies in China (pp. 3-23). West Lafayette, IN: Parlor Press. |
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| 9 | 03/07 T | · Readings—Cross-cultural communication competency | |
| 03/09 R | · Cross-cultural communication case analysis (student presentation) | · | |
| 19. De Costa, Peter I. (2016). Constructing the Global Citizen: An ELF Perspective. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 26 (2), 238-259.
20. Andreyeva, Olga, Sholpan K. Tuleubyeva, Anna A. Ganyukova, & Zhuldyz M. Tentekbayeva. (2016). Creoss-Cultural Communication as a Way of Achievement of Cross-Cultural Communicative Competence. European Researcher, 92 (3), 208-213. 21. Xiao, Xiaosui. (2014). Constructing Common Ground for Cross-Cultural Communication. China Media Research, 10 (4), 1-9. |
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| 10 | 03/14 T | Spring Break—No Classes | |
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| 11 | 03/21 T | · Readings—Cross-cultural communication case studies | |
| 03/23 R | · Cross-cultural communication case analysis (student presentation) | · Progress report | |
| 22. Toegel, Ginka & Jean-Louis Barsoux. (June 8, 2016). 3 Situations Where Cross-Cultural Communication Breaks Down. Harvard Business Review, 2-4.
23. Akcay, Deniz & Bagcan Sarp. (2016). Intercultural Communication and Crisis Management: Ikea Case Study. Global Media Journal TR Edition, 7 (13), 169-187. 24. Ngwira, Flemmings Fishani, Harold Wilson Tumwitike Mapoma, Jianzhong Hong, Sunawan Sariyo, & Wellman Kondowe. (2015). Intercultural Communication Competence and Acculturation among International Students in Central China. Intercultural Communication Studies, XXIV (2), 61-83. |
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| 12 | 03/28 T | · Readings—Technology and cross-cultural communication | |
| 03/30 | · Cross-cultural communication case analysis (student presentation) | ||
| 25. Astvatsaturova, Maya Artashesovna & Elvira Dmitrievna Kondrakova. (2016). Technologies of Intercultural Communication, Interethnic Relations and Civil Participation Competences Formation among Students: Regional Aspect. Global Media Journal, S3 (02), 1-10.
26. Musambira, George & Jonathan Matusitz. (2015). Communication Technology and Culture: Analyzing Selected Cultural Dimensions and Human Development Indicators. International Journal of Technology Management & Sustainable Development, 14 (1), 17-28. |
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| 13 | 04/04 T | · Readings—Social media and cross-cultural communication | |
| 04/06 R | · Cross-cultural communication case analysis (student presentation) | · | |
| 27. Tombleson, B., & Wolf, K. (2016). Rethinking the circuit of culture: How participatory culture has transformed cross-cultural communication. Public Relations Review, 1-12.
28. Yang, K. C., & Kang, Y. (2015). Exploring Big Data and Privacy in Strategic Communication Campaigns: A Cross-Cultural Study of Mobile Social Media Users’ Daily Experiences. International Journal of Strategic Communication, 9 (2), 87-101. |
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| 14 | 04/11 T | · Final project—oral progress report | |
| 04/13 R | · Final project—peer review | ||
| 15 | 04/18 T | · Final project—individual work on final paper |
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| 04/20 R | · Final project—individual work on final paper |
· Final project | |
This schedule is tentative. Deviations may be necessary.