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Perspectives on Communication in the People's Republic of China »

Authors: James A. Schnell
ISBN-13: 9780739100134, ISBN-10: 0739100130
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
Date Published: March 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: James A. Schnell

Book Synopsis

Having been to China nine times, Schnell (communications, Ohio Dominican U., Columbus) argues that the country is wearing a cloak of modernity over a traditional body steeped in a feudalistic past that is neither better nor worse than the western world of the US, but very different. He addresses subjects in politics, education, and health, and concludes by describing Clinton's 1998 visit as high-context diplomacy balancing on low-context issues expressed through high- context channels. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

	Introduction
Sect. 1	Politics
1	Bourgeois Liberalization: The Labeling of Unwanted American Influences	3
2	Sovereignty and Reunification Controversy: China's Efforts to Influence Perceptions	13
3	Using C-SPAN to Analyze U.S. Reaction to the Chinese Pro-democracy Movement	21
4	The Lack of Political Cartoons in the People's Republic of China	25
5	High Context Messaging in Chinese English-Language Mass Media	31
6	East Meets West in News Reporting: A Comparison of China Daily and China News Digest	37
7	Lei Feng: Government Subsidized Role Model	43
Sect. 2	Education
8	Academic Departments in China	51
9	Intercultural Communication Education in the People's Republic of China	59
10	The Need for Listening Theory When Teaching English as a Second Language	67
11	The Need for Nonverbal Communication Theory When Teaching English as a Second Language	73
12	The Developmental Speech Sequence Model in Public Speaking Instruction	77
13	International Media Events as Instructional Tools in the Basic Communication Course	89
Sect. 3	Health
14	The Merging of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine in China	95
15	A Cross-Cultural Interpretation of China's One-Child-Per-Family Campaign Using Burke's Rhetoric of Transcendence	101
	Conclusion: President Clinton's 1998 Trip to China: High Context Diplomacy Balancing on Low Context Issues Expressed Through High Context Channels	113
	Index	123
	About the Author	125