A Qualitative Study of Intercultural Friendship through New Social Media

Bibliographic Data

ID12634200
AuthorsYanrong Chang (The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume21
Issue1
Pages92-105
Publication date2021-03-30
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Intercultural Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1404-1634 • E-ISSN: 1404-1634
PublisherInternational Collaboration for Research and Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.36923/jicc.v21i1.8
OpenAlexW3193475523
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited19

Applying Casmir’s Third Culture Model (TCM) of intercultural communication (Casmir 1993, 1999), the current study examines the ongoing interaction between two international participants mediated by one social medium: WeChat. It describes the dialogic communication patterns between the participants that enabled them collaboratively to construct a shared and mutually beneficial third culture that brought about a productive intercultural friendship. It demonstrates ways WeChat helped transform their interactions and facilitated their friendship development

Construct (python library · Dialogic · Friendship · Intercultural communication · Pedagogy · Political science · Social media · Sociology · Computer Science · Digital Communication and Language · Knowledge Management and Sharing · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology

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