The Association for Chinese Communication Studies (ACCS) Program for the
1999 Convention of the National Communication Association (NCA)

(to be held November 4-7, 1999 in Chicago)


PUBLISHING OR PERISHING: SOME PRACTICAL ADVICE

When: Thursday, November 04, 11:00-12:15 p.m.
Where: Rm 904, Ninth Floor, Spertus Institute
Sponsor: Association for Chinese Communication Studies
Chair: Mei-ling Wang, University of the Sciences, Pennsylvania

Panelists:

  • L. John Martin, University of Maryland
  • Randy Kluver, Oklahoma City University
  • Xing (Lucy) Lu, DePaul University
  • Shaorong Huang, University of Cincinnati
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A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON CHINESE COMMUNICATION PATTERNS AND MAINSTREAM AMERICAN COMMUNICATION PATTERNS

When: Thursday, November 04, 2:00-3:15 p.m.
Where: Rm 904, Ninth Floor, Spertus Institute
Sponsor: Association for Chinese Communication Studies
Chair: Michael H. Prosser, Rochester Institute of Technology

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  • "A Comparison of the Chinese View of Emotions and the Social Constructionist View of Emotions in the Contemporary West." Wenshan Jia, Truman State University
  • "How Culture Influences Communication in the U.S. and China." D. Ray Heisey, Kent State University
  • "Chinese Communication in Demystifying Perceptions of the U.S.." Lu Liu, London School of Economics

Respondent: Chung Ying Cheng, University of Hawaii, Manoa


RE-SEARCHING THE INTERNET: A MULTI-PERSPECTIVE REVIEW OF INTERNET COMMUNICATION IN CHINA

When: Friday, November 05, 8:00-9:15 a.m.
Where: Rm 904, Ninth Floor, Spertus Institute
Sponsor: Association for Chinese Communication Studies
Chair: Ringo Ma, SUNY, Fredonia

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  • "Internet Communication and Interconnectivity: A Comparative Study of Cyberpractice in China and USA." Jinguo Shen, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
  • "Visions of Internet in Education: A Comparative Study of Educational Function of Internet in Canada and China." Dejun Liu, University College of Cape Breton, Canada
  • "An Exploration of Internet Use in a Provincial Government Department: A Case Study on the Development of China's Internet Infrastructure." Jin Jianbin, Hong Kong Baptist University
  • "Scapegoating Pornography: Issues of Regulation in Chinese Internet Communication." Changfu Chang, Purdue University

Respondent: Yanmin Yu, University of Bridgeport


COMPETITIVE PAPERS IN CHINESE COMMUNICATION STUDIES: STYLES OF COMMUNICATION

When: Friday, November 05, 12:30-1:45 p.m.
Where: Rm 904, Ninth Floor, Spertus Institute
Sponsor: Association for Chinese Communication Studies
Chair: Becky Yeh, University of Oklahoma

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  • "Self-Disclosure and the Chinese-Canadians: A Case Study." Jianglong Wang, Western Washington University
  • "Masculinity Index and Communication Style: An Asian View*." John C. Hwang, California State University, Sacramento



Respondent: Rueyling Chuang, St. John's University/College of St. Benedict

*Top Paper


INDIGENOUS TERMS, CULTURAL CONCEPTS, AND COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTIONS

When: Friday, November 05, 3:30-4:45 p.m.When: Friday, November 05, 3:30-4:45 p.m.
Where: Rm 904, Ninth Floor, Spertus Institute
Sponsor: Association for Chinese Communication Studies
Chair: Alberto Gonzalez, Bowling Green State University

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  • "The Cultural Connotation and Communicative Function of China's Kinship Terms." Shaorong Huang, University of Cincinnati
  • "The Chinese Concept of Face and a Family of its Related Terms." Wenshan Jia, Truman State University
  • "Native Terms for Chinese Small Talk and Implications for Communication Theory." Shuming Lu, Brooklyn College, CUNY
  • "Old Words and New Meanings in Post-Mao China." Mei Zhang, University of Pittsburgh


Respondent: D. Ray Heisey, Kent State University


POLITICAL DISCOURSE, POWER DYNAMICS, AND PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF CHINA'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION

When: Saturday, November 06, 8:00-9:15 a.m.
Where: Rm 904, Ninth Floor, Spertus Institute
Sponsor: Association for Chinese Communication Studies
Chair: Shuming Lu, Brooklyn College, CUNY

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  • "Leninism in Chinese Political Discourse: Ideology and Power in the Cultural Revolution." Randy Kluver, Oklahoma City University
  • "Rhetorical Themes and Styles of Big-Character Posters During the Cultural Revolution." Xing (Lucy) Lu, DePaul University
  • "Power Struggle, Power Negotiation, and Power Sharing During China's Cultural Revolution Movement from 1966-1969." Shaorong Huang, University of Cincinnati
  • "Cultural Revolution and Chinese Consciousness: An Interpretive Cultural Study of Memoirs of Lived Experiences." Minmin Wang, Rider University


Respondent: David A. Frank, University of Oregon


THE IMAGE AND PERCEPTION OF CHINESE IN AMERICAN MEDIA

When: Saturday, November 06, 2:00-3:15 p.m.
Where: Rm 904, Ninth Floor, Spertus Institute
Sponsor: Association for Chinese Communication Studies
Chair: Ling Chen, Hong Kong Baptist University

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  • "Media Coverage and Cultural Misperceptions: Chinese and Americans at the Centennial Olympic Games." Shuming Lu, Brooklyn College, CUNY
  • "China's Image Seen from the U.S. Media: Why is It Largely Negative." Yanmin Yu, University of Bridgeport
  • "From Ideographic Gestalt to Holistic Ontology: The American Image of Chinese Language and Culture." Zhenbin Sun, Harvard University
  • "Model or Peril? A Content Analysis of Asian American Coverage in the Mainstream Newspapers: 1990-1997." Jung-kuang Sun, SUNY, Buffalo
  • "From the Virtuous Hua Mu Lan to the Bad Boy Jiang Ze-min: The Politics and Political Economy of U.S. Coverage of the Chinese Cultural Group." Mei-ling Wang, University of the Sciences, Pennsylvania

COMPETITIVE PAPERS IN CHINESE COMMUNICATION STUDIES: MEDIA AND CULTURE IN CHINA

When: Saturday, November 06, 3:30-4:45 p.m.
Where: Rm 904, Ninth Floor, Spertus Institute
Sponsor: Association for Chinese Communication Studies
Chair: Michael D. Hazen, Wake Forest University
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  • "Technical Hegemony vs. Cultural Hegemony: Impact of Television on the Sociocentric Chinese Society." Hong Wang, Southern Illinois University
  • "An Analysis of the One-Child-Per-Family Policy in the People's Republic of China." Pei Wang, University of Cincinnati, James A. Schnell, Ohio Dominican College
  • "The Political Nature of the Modern Chinese Press: 1815-1949." Dejun Liu, University College of Cape Breton, Canada

Respondent: Mei Zhong, San Diego State University
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