Computer-mediated communication across cultures international interactions in online environments /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: St. Amant, Kirk, 1970-, Kelsey, Sigrid.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2011.
• Subjects: Intercultural communication.; Computer networks > Security measures.; Culture; Online communication; E-marketing; Expanding education to underserved areas online; Global digital divide; Global standards; Globalization of online environments; Global online access; Language; Law and policy for international Internet access; Markets; Economics; International E-commerce; Future of global cyberspace
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"This book provides readers with the foundational knowledge needed to communicate safely and effectively with individuals from other countries and cultures via online media"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Culture-laden social engagement: a comparative study of social relationships in social networking sites among American, Chinese and Korean users / Sejung Marina Choi, Shu-Chuan Chu and Yoojung Kim
• 2. e-matchmaker, e-matchmaker, make me a match: indian matrimonial services in the Internet Age / Archana Krishnan
• 3. Playing "nice": what online gaming can teach us about multiculturalism / Melinda Jacobs
• 4. Social information processing theory (SIPT): a cultural perspective for international online communication environments / Bolanle A. Olaniran, Natasha Rodriguez and Indi M. Williams
• 5. Filtering online content in China / Jyh-An Lee
• 6. Culture, online technology and computer-mediated technical documentation: contributions from the field of intercultural communication / Marc Hermeking
• 7. Communicating in the age of Web 2.0: social networking use among academics in Turkey / Tanfer Emin Tunc and Esin Sultan Oguz
• 8. Knowing through asynchronous time and space: a phenomenological study of cultural differences in online interaction / Ping Yang
• 9. Cultural differences in social media usage and beliefs and attitudes towards advertising on social media: findings from Dubai, United Arab Emirates / Sara Kamal and Shu-Chuan Chu
• 10. Discursive manipulation strategies in virtual scams in global contexts / Rotimi Taiwo
• 11. Government monitoring of online media and its influence on netizens' language use in China / Wengao Gong
• 12. Irish identification as exigence: a self-service case study for producing user documentation in online contexts / Andrew Mara and Miriam Mara
• 13. Studying online communication features on international and cross-cultural web pages using websphere analysis methodology / Kathryn Stam, Indira R. Guzman and Dennis Thoryk
• 14. Minimizing cultural differences using ontology-based information retrieval system / Myongho Yi
• 15. Information sharing across languages / Reinhard Schäler
• 16. Linguistic minorities on the Internet / Jaffer Sheyholislami
• 17. The emerging Hispanic use of online health information in the United States: cultural convergence or dissociation? / Nicole St. Germaine-McDaniel
• 18. Language as social practice on the Chinese Internet / Elaine J. Yuan
• 19. Cultural considerations of online pedagogy / Judith N. Martin and Pauline Hope Cheong
• 20. Communicating pragmatics about content and culture in virtually mediated educational environments / Birthe Mousten ... [et al.]
• 21. Using the cultural challenges of virtual team projects to prepare students for global citizenship / Madelyn Flammia
• 22. Studying locally, interacting globally: demographic change and international students in Australian higher education / Angela T. Ragusa and Emma Steinke
• 23. Computer mediated cross-cultural communication: creating cultural exchange through articulated studies / William Klein and Bernard E. La Berge
• 24. New era, new media, and new strategies for cross-cultural collaborative learning / Chun-Min Wang, Jinn-Wei Tsao and Gretchen Bourdeau Thomas
• 25. Maximizing multicultural online learning experiences with the social presence model, course examples, and specific strategies / Aimee L. Whiteside and Amy Garrett Dikkers
• 26. Language abilities and culture clashes in cyberspace: potential problems for ESL/EFL students in hybrid mainstream classes / Anna M. Harrington
• 27. International collaboration and design innovation in virtual worlds: lessons from Second Life / Pete Rive and Aukje Thomassen
• 28. Immigration reform: re[forming] theories and cyber-designs / Barbara Heifferon.