This article provides a critical review of intercultural communication research in or on
'Asia'over the past 20 years. Intercultural communication became a noticeable sub-area of …

Because rhetoric itself is such a problematic concept—one defined differently within every
culture, epoch, and motive and then located so randomly across the disciplines, comparative …

Communication, it is said, is the lifeblood of society. It is vital to the functioning of human
social order. Communication is constitutive of culture. No culture can breathe without …

This essay opens a conversation in the Journal of Multicultural Discourses on cultural
approaches to discourse analysis. Culturally-inclusive approaches to discourse analysis …

Celebrity endorsements, though popular as a means of communicating about products,
carry high risks and may lead to negative consequences for the organizations that solicit …

This article is a dialogue between Chinese and Japanese scholars on the ferment and future
of communication studies in Asia. Questions addressed in the dialogue include: What is the …

What more is 'human communication'than what it has been said to be? It is suggested that
'American'communication theory has conflated itself to the status of 'human'communication …

Critical discussion of Asian communication theory began in the 1980s, fermented in the
1990s, and in recent years was enriched by the criticism of Eurocentrism. Significant …

Based on a case study of a global training team, this article focuses on an important ability
for professional communicators: collaborating with translators. The study confirms the value …

This paper aims to develop a holistic theoretical framework for advancing Chinese
communication research. It purports to stipulate certain unsettled but critical tasks by …