A Fraught Exchange? U.S. Media on Chinese International Undergraduates and the American University.

Autor/inn/en	Abelmann, Nancy; Kang, Jiyeon
Titel	A Fraught Exchange? U.S. Media on Chinese International Undergraduates and the American University.
Quelle	In: Journal of studies in international education, 18 (2014) 4, S. 382-397Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch; englische Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1028-3153; 1552-7808
DOI	10.1177/1028315313479852
Schlagwörter	Internationalisierung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Chinese; Student; China
Abstract	In this article, we analyze the U.S. media discourse on Chinese international undergraduate students, the largest international student group since 2009. The discourse describes a market exchange, but reveals a struggle between: on the one hand, "a fair exchange" - between excellent Chinese students and world-class American liberal education; and, on the other hand, a "faltering exchange" - between ethically suspect and inassimilable Chinese students and a mercenary and possibly mediocre American university. We argue that this media reporting builds on long-standing seemingly contradictory images of an alluring China market and a threatening "Yellow Peril." We suggest that this media contest indexes the challenges of campus internationalization; just as the media questions real value on both sides of the exchange, so too is the campus encounter fragile and fraught. (HoF/text adopted).
Erfasst von	Institut für Hochschulforschung (HoF) an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Update	2015/1