Negotiation of Identities in Intercultural Communication

J 2017

Negotiation of Identities in Intercultural Communication

JANÍK, Zdeněk

Basic information

Original name

Negotiation of Identities in Intercultural Communication

Name in Czech

Vyjednávání identit v interkulturní komunikaci

Authors

JANÍK, Zdeněk (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

JoLaCe Journal of Language and Cultural Education, Berlin, WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH, 2017, 1339-4045

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14410/17:00096325

Organization unit

Faculty of Education

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jolace-2017-0010

UT WoS

000401829400010

Keywords (in Czech)

činnosti tváře; interkulturní komunikace; kulturní identita; mezinárodní studenti; nápadnost identity; teorie managementu identity; vyjednávání identit

Keywords in English

cultural identity; facework; identity management theory; identity salience; intercultural communication; international students; negotiation of identities

Abstract

V originále

Negotiation of identities in communication entails affirming the identities we want others to recognize in us and ascription of identities we mutually assign to each other in communication. The study of intercultural communication focuses on cultural identity as the principal identity component that defines intercultural communication. In this article, the assumption that cultural group membership factors determine the context of intercultural communication is questioned. The article examines how intercultural interlocutors negotiate their identities in various intercultural interactions. The aims of the research presented in this paper are: 1) to examine which identities - cultural, personal, or social - intercultural interlocutors activate in intercultural communication; 2) to determine whether interlocutors’ intercultural communication is largely influenced by their cultural identities; 3) and to identify situations in which they activate their cultural identities (3). The research data were collected from 263 international students studying at Masaryk University in Brno in the years 2010 - 2016. Although the research results are not conclusive, they indicate that cultural identities predominate in the students’ ethnocentric views and that stereotypes constrain the students’ cultural identities and affect the negotiation of identities in intercultural communication.

Citovat

JANÍK, Zdeněk. Negotiation of Identities in Intercultural Communication. JoLaCe Journal of Language and Cultural Education. Berlin: WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH, 2017, vol. 5, No 1, p. 160-181. ISSN 1339-4045. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jolace-2017-0010.

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JANÍK, Zdeněk. Negotiation of Identities in Intercultural Communication. \textit{JoLaCe Journal of Language and Cultural Education}. Berlin: WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH, 2017, vol.~5, No~1, p.~160-181. ISSN~1339-4045. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jolace-2017-0010.

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