A Colombian-U.S. Communication Lexicon of Images, Meanings, Cultural Frames of Reference.

Autor/inn/en	Szalay, Lorand B.; und weitere
Institution	Institute of Comparative Social and Cultural Studies, Inc., Washington, DC.
Titel	A Colombian-U.S. Communication Lexicon of Images, Meanings, Cultural Frames of Reference.
Quelle	(1982), (396 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Area Studies; Comparative Analysis; Cross Cultural Studies; Cultural Awareness; Cultural Differences; Cultural Traits; Economic Climate; Education; Family (Sociological Unit); Foreign Culture; Friendship; Health; Intercultural Communication; International Education; International Relations; Religion; Self Concept; Sex; Social Attitudes; Social Science Research; Social Values; Colombia; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Landeskunde; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Kultureller Unterschied; Wirtschaftslage; Bildung; Erziehung; Familie; Fremdes; Freundschaft; Gesundheit; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Internationale Erziehung; Internationale Beziehungen; Selbstkonzept; Geschlecht; Geschlechtsverkehr; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung; Sozialer Wert; Kolumbien; USA
Abstract	Intended to promote mutual understanding and communication between Colombia and the United States, this lexicon shows how the two countries differ in their perceptions and evaluations of dominant themes and issues. The associative group analysis method was used in the study. One hundred American and 100 Colombian undergraduate students were instructed to list 15 important domains of life and then to write as many associative responses as possible to each of the items on their list. The high frequency responses from each group served as the basis for selecting the 120 stimulus themes used in the main data collection phase. The students' spontaneous free associations responses to these themes were then analyzed. Comparative findings, with the use of semantographs and text, are reported for the following areas: international relations and education, family and self, friendship and understanding, community and society, love and sex, religion and morality, health and well-being, education and upbringing, and economy and money. The general findings show that on certain psychocultural variables, such as perceptions, meanings, and value orientations, the intrasocietal/intracultural variations are distinctly smaller than variations between cultures. (RM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC