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International Students' Cross-cultural Communication Accommodation through Language Approximation and Topic Selection Strategies on Facebook and Its Relationship to the Students' Acculturation Attitude, Psychological Adjustment, and Socio-cultural Adaptation

机译:通过Facebook上的语言近似和主题选择策略为国际学生提供跨文化交流适应,以及与学生的适应态度,心理适应和社会文化适应的关系

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Language use and communicative behaviors are important indicators of sojourners' adjustment. The current research was conducted to understand international students' communication behavior on Facebook during their adjustment period in the US and its relationship to the students' acculturative attitude (identification with heritage and mainstream culture), current psychological adjustment level, socio-cultural adaptation level, and target audience on Facebook. Two main theories provided the theoretical framework of the study: Giles' communication accommodation theory (1973) and Berry's acculturation model (1984). Snowball and convenience samples were used to recruit 178 international students from different universities across the US. A mixed approach of online survey and content analysis was used to test the hypotheses and research questions. The results showed that during the stay in the US, international students accommodate their language and topic choice towards their American peers on Facebook. Particularly, it was found that language accommodation levels increase as the students' length of stay in the US increases. The results also demonstrate that international students use Facebook mainly to communicate with friends who reside in the US. When students had higher levels of mainstream identification, they were likely to target American friends as their audience on Facebook and thus have more language and topic accommodation. Additionally, acculturation attitude (heritage and mainstream identification) predicted the students' language accommodation level. Lastly, the study showed that there is a positive relationship between language accommodation and sociocultural adjustment. The findings of the study not only expand the scope of communication accommodation theory and acculturation model, but also enhance understanding of international students' online communication patterns, their purposes, and practical consequences upon their adjustment in the US. This is important because it can be useful in finding ways to improve the students' experience in the US.
机译:语言使用和交往行为是居者适应的重要指标。当前进行的研究旨在了解国际学生在美国调整期间在Facebook上的交流行为,以及与学生的适应态度(与传统文化和主流文化的认同),当前的心理适应水平,社会文化适应水平,并在Facebook上定位受众。两种主要的理论为研究提供了理论框架:吉尔斯(Giles)的交流适应理论(1973)和贝瑞的适应模型(1984)。滚雪球和便利样品被用来招募来自美国不同大学的178名国际学生。使用在线调查和内容分析的混合方法来检验假设和研究问题。结果显示,在美国逗留期间,国际学生可以在Facebook上针对美国同龄人适应他们的语言和主题选择。特别是,发现随着学生在美国停留时间的增加,语言适应水平也随之提高。结果还表明,国际学生主要使用Facebook与居住在美国的朋友交流。当学生具有较高的主流认同水平时,他们很可能将美国朋友作为他们在Facebook上的听众,因此具有更多的语言和话题适应性。此外,适应态度(遗产和主流认同)可以预测学生的语言适应水平。最后,研究表明,语言适应与社会文化适应之间存在正相关关系。该研究结果不仅扩大了交流适应理论和适应模型的范围,而且增进了对国际学生在线交流模式,他们的目的以及在美国进行调整后的实际后果的了解。这很重要,因为它在寻找改善学生在美国的体验的途径时可能会很有用。

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    Kim Sara;

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