Publication details
Self-concepts and Views of Others in Intercultural Communication
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | Our self-concepts and views of others are derived from our views of ourselves as members of cultures and from how we view ourselves and others in particular situations. In intercultural context we step outside our cultural frames and the frames of reference we customarily use to view the familiar are tested and revised in light of the new and unfamiliar we encounter in intercultural situations. The study herein presented was designed with the following objectives: to determine the context of intercultural situations which influence the self-concepts of members of different cultures interacting within one host culture (1), to find out how ones’ self-concepts and views of others can change as a result of their interaction with members of other cultures in intercultural context (2). The data representing the results of the study were gathered by means of discourse interpretation of approximately five hundred Reflective Journals in which over one hundred international students of various nationalities reflected on their intercultural experience while studying at Masaryk University. Although generalizations are avoided, the study brought interesting findings about the U.S. American students and their self-concepts and views of others in comparison to the views of the students of other nationalities. |