The Association for Chinese Communication Studies (ACCS) Program for the
1998 Convention of the National Communication Association (NCA)

(to be held November 21-24, 1998 in New York City)


COMPETITIVE PAPER PANELS:

CHINESE CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION: TRADITION, TECHNOLOGY AND IDEOLOGY

Chair: Xuejian Yu, Stonehill College
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  • "The Influence of Confucianism on Chinese Conceptions of Power, Authority, and the Rule of Law," Rita Mei Ching Ng, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
  • "The Computer-Mediated Communication Mode As Seen in Chinese Virtual Communities," Dejun Liu, University College of Cape Breton, Canada
  • "An Application of Kenneth Burke's Dramatistic Order in Analyzing China's Cultural Revolution," Xinmei Ge, University of Massachusetts and D. Ray Heisey, Kent State University
  • "East Meets West in News Reporting: A Comparison Between China Daily and China News Digest in Reporting of the 1996 People's Liberation Army Exercises in the Taiwan Strait," Jim Schnell, Ohio Dominican College

Respondent: Minmin Wang, Rider University


INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION IN CONTEXTS: CORPORATE AMERICA, DISPUTE AND FRIENDSHIP

Chair: Meiling Wang, University of Sciences in Philadelphia

  • "Chinese Professionals' Perceptions of Interpersonal Communication in Corporate America: A Multidimensional Scaling Analysis," Sheila Hong-Yu Wang and Hui-Ching Chang, University of Illinois
  • "A Preliminary Study of Argumentativeness of Chinese in Hong Kong," Feng Qi, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
  • "Relational Dialectics in Cross-Sex Friendship: A Cultural Analysis," Ching-chun T. Shih, Fu Jen University, Taiwan

Respondent: Guo-Ming Chen, University of Rhode Island


PROPOSED PANEL PROGRAMS:

  • Chinese Rhetoric: Early Western Influences and Contemporary Political Movements
  • Building Chinese Communication Theory: An Exploratory Step Towards Theorizing Communication with a Chinese Perspective
  • Chinese Communication at the Turn of the Century: Perspectives, Challenges, and Future Directions
  • From Frontlines of Research on Chinese Concepts of Face and Facework
  • The Promise of Chinese Communication Studies at the Start of a New Millenium: In Search of Chinese Communication Research Paradigms
  • Political Discourse and Persuasion in Taiwan and Mainland China
  • Acculturation/Institutionalization: A (Critical) Tale of Academia Culture
  • Rhetorics, Taoism and Martial Arts: Lessons in Cultural Transgression

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