Description
Book SynopsisMass Media and Chinese ESL Students Abroad: Adopting Host Communication and Culture investigates Chinese ESL students' use of host mass media and how such use enables them to acquire host communication competence and acculturation from their perspective. This qualitative study is grounded in Kim's theory of communication and cross-cultural adaptation and the uses and gratifications theory and employs a phenomenography approach. Nine participants at a university in Ontario were involved in this study. Data obtained from media use logs, think-aloud protocols, and follow-up interviews provide a far-reaching and detailed description of the uses, reasoning, and effects of using host mass media for the participants.
This book illustrates that these students used a variety of media as sources of information, language acquisition, culture learning, entertainment, and communication. Findings suggest that host mass media were the major influence on these students' acquisition o
Table of Contents
Foreword – Acknowledgments – List of Abbreviations – Introduction – Literature Review – Theoretical Framework – Methods – Use of Media – Media as Sources of Information – Language Acquisition and Culture Learning – Factors Affecting Communication Competence and Acculturation – Discussion – Conclusions – Appendices – Appendix A: An Initial Message – Appendix B: Letter of Information – Appendix C: Consent Form – Appendix D: Media Use Log – Appendix E: Think-Aloud Instruction – Appendix F: Sample Interview Guide (Jian) – Appendix G: Sample Data Analysis.
