SAGE Journal Articles

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Jameson, D. A. (2007). Reconceptualizing cultural identity and its role in intercultural business communication. Journal of Business Communication, 44(3), 199-235.

Discussion Questions:

  1. What limitations of past intercultural communication models of cultural identity does the author identify?
  2. What is the author’s model of cultural identity?

 

Dorsey, E.R., Steeves, H. L., & Porras, L.E. (2004). Advertising ecotourism on the internet: commodifying environment and culture. New Media & Society, 6(6), 753-779.

Discussion Questions:

  1. How do the authors define cultural tourism and cultural commodification?
  2. What words do the authors identify as being used to describe ecotourism in print publications?
  3. In what ways is Internet advertising of ecotourism different?

 

Burns, P. M. (2004). Six postcards from Arabia: A visual discourse of colonial travels in the Orient. Tourist Studies, 4(3), 255-275.

Discussion Questions:

  1. How can postcards reflect othering?
  2. What examples of othering does the author see in the sample postcards?
  3. What could have been the effect of these postcards on intercultural communication?

 

White, K.R., (2009). Scourge of Racism: Genocide in Rwanda. Journal of Black Studies, 39(3), 471-481.

Discussion Questions:

  1. More than 800,000 Rwandans were killed in the government-directed ethnic cleansing of Tutsis and Hutus during 1994.  How did colonialism change the identity of the Hutu and the Tutsi?
  2. How did colonialism lead to the 1994 genocide?
  3. Would establishing a Rwandan national identity over a Tutsi or Hutu identity improve relationships?

 

Prieler, M. (2010). Othering, racial hierarchies and identity construction in Japanese television advertising. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 13(5), 511-529.

Discussion Questions:

  1. Begin with the footnotes to determine what the author means by “Others” and compare that to othering.
  2. What do the observations made about Japanese television commercials say about intercultural communication with the Japanese?
  3. What does this author say about Yonsama (discussed in Chapter 1)?