Negotiation of Identities in Intercultural Communication

JANÍK, Zdeněk. Negotiation of Identities in Intercultural Communication. In International Association for Intercultural Education: Mobilities, Transitions, Transformations. Intercultural Education at the Crossraods. Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest. 2016. ISBN 978-963-284-809-9.

Basic information

• Original name: Negotiation of Identities in Intercultural Communication
• Name in Czech: Vyjednávání identit v interkulturní komunikaci
• Authors: JANÍK, Zdeněk.
• Edition: International Association for Intercultural Education: Mobilities, Transitions, Transformations. Intercultural Education at the Crossraods. Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, 2016.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Conference abstract
• Field of Study: 50300 5.3 Education
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Organization unit: Faculty of Education
• ISBN: 978-963-284-809-9
• Keywords (in Czech): etnocentrismus; interkulturní komunikace; kulturní identita; stereotypy; teorie managementu identit; vyjednávání identit
• Keywords in English: cultural identity; ethnocentrism; identity management theory; intercultural communication; negotiation of identities; stereotypes
• Tags: International impact

Abstract

The goal of the study herein presented was to find out whether interactants in intercultural communication view themselves and others primarily as members of different national cultures or assertion of their identities varies depending on the context of IC. The partial study results do not allow to arrive at a definite conclusion that identities in IC are multiple and subject to negotiation among the interactants in IC. Nonetheless, the findings suggest that initial interactions of intercultural communicators,their experience with stereotyping, ethnocentrism, and cultural misunderstandings arising in IC influence their communication and negotiation of their identities.The study draws on the theory of of identity negotiation and identity management theory. The research data were gathered so far from over two-hundred and sixty international students of over 20 different nationalities who attended the class of Intercultural Communication at Masaryk University, Czech Republic in 2010 – 2016. Using the method of content analysis , the research analyzed over thirteen hundreds essays in which the students self-reported on their intercultural experience during their one-semester stay in the Czech culture.

Abstract (in Czech)

Cílem prezentované studie bylo zjistit, jestli mluvčí v interkulturní komunikaci vnímají sami sebe či druhé jako příslušníky národních kultur, nebo prezentace jejich identit se mění a závisí na daném kontextu interkulturní komunikace. Dosavadní výzkum prozatím odhalil, že mluvčí v interkulturní komunikaci vyjednávají svou identitu v situacích obsahující zkušenost se stereotypy, etnocentrismem a kulturním nedorozuměním. Studie vychází z teorií vyjednávání identit. Data byla sesbírána od více než 260 studentů různých národností, kteří absolvovali předmět interkulturní komunikace v letech 2010-2016. Za využítí metody obsahové analýzy bylo analyzováno přes 1300 sebereflektivních esejí, ve kterých studenti psali o své interkulturní zkušenosti v české kultuře.