Guo-Ming Chen - Resume and Abstract

Name	Guo-Ming Chen
Title	Professor Department of Communication Studies University of Rhode Island, US
Brief Introduction	Guo-Ming Chen is Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Rhode Island. He was the recipient of the 1987 outstanding dissertation award presented by the SCA International and Intercultural Communication Division. Chen is the founding president of the Association for Chinese Communication Studies. He served as Chair of the ECA Intercultural Communication Interest Group and at-large member of the SCA Legislative Council, and currently the Executive Director of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies. He is also the co-editor of Intercultural Communication Studies, China Media Research, and International and Intercultural Communication Annual, and serves on the editorial board of different professional journals. His primary research interests are in intercultural/organizational /global communication. Chen has published over one hundred papers, book chapters, and essays, and (co)authored and (co)edited over 20 books and journal special issues.
Recent Publications	Books Chen,, G. M. (Ed.) (2007). Communication and culture in global context [Special issue]. Intercultural Communication Studies, 16(1), 1-262. Chen, G. M., & Starosta, W. J. (2005). Foundations of intercultural communication. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. Chen, G. M. (with W. J. Starosta) (Eds.) (2005). Taking stock in intercultural communication: Where to now? Intercultural Communication Annual, Vol. 28]. Washington, D.C.: National Communication Association. Chen, G. M., & Starosta, W. J. (Eds.) (2004). Dialogue among diversity.[International and Intercultural Communication Annual, Vol. 27]. Washington, D.C.: National Communication Association. Chen, G. M. (2004) (Ed.). Theories and principles of Chinese communication (in Chinese). Taipei: WuNan. Chen, G. M., & Miike, Y. (Eds.) (2003). Asian approaches to human communication. A special issue of Intercultural Communication Studies, 12(4). 1-220. Chen, G. M. (with W. J. Starosta) (Eds.) (2003). Ferment in the intercultural field: Axiology/value/praxis. [International and Intercultural Communication Annual, Vol. 26]. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Chen, G. M. (2003). An introduction to intercultural communication (in Chinese). Taipei: WuNan. Journal Articles Chen, G. M. (2007). The impact of feng shui on Chinese communication. China Media Research,3(4), 102-109. Chen, G. M. (2007). Where to now for communication studies in Chinese societies (zhong hua chuang bo xue wang he chu qu). Communication & Society, 3, 157-174. Chen, G. M. (2006). Asian communication studies: What and where to now. The Review of Communication, 6(4), 295-311. Chen, G. M. (2006). Lun quan qiu chuan bon neng li mo shi (On global communication competence). Zhejiang Social Sciences, 4, 131-139. Chen, G. M., & Miike, Y. (2006). Ferment and future of communication studies in Asia: Chinese and Japanese perspectives. China Media Research, 2(1), 1-12. Chen, G. M. (2005) (with S. Liu). Newspaper coverage of Chinese and group perception of Chinese immigratnts. Australian Journalism Review, 27(2), 135-149. Chen. G. M. (2005). A model of global communication competence. China Media Research, 1, 3-11. Chen, G. M. (2005) (with W. J. Starosta). Where to now for intercultural communication: A dialogue. International and Intercultural Communication Annual, 28, 3-13. Chen, G. M., (2004). The two faces of Chinese communication. Human Communication, 7, 25-36. Chen, G. M., & Starosta, W. J. (2004). Communication among cultural diversities: A dialogue. International and Intercultural Communication Annual, 27, 3-16. Chen, G. M., & Starosta, W. J. (2003). Asian approaches to human communication: A dialogue. Intercultural Communication Studies, 12(4), 1-15. Chen, G. M (with Rueyling Chuang) (2003). Buddhist perspectives and human communication. Intercultural Communication Studies, 12(4), 65-80. Chen, G. M. (2003) (with W. J. Starosta). “Ferment,” an ethic of caring, and the corrective power of dialogue. International and Intercultural Communication Annual, 26, 3-23. Chen, G. M. (2003) (with W. J. Starosta). On theorizing difference: Culture as centrism. International and Intercultural Communication Annual, 26, 277-287. Book Chapters Chen, G. M. (2009). Intercultural effectiveness. In L. A. Samovar, R. E. Porter, & E. R. McDaniel (Eds.), Intercultural communication: A reader (pp. 393-401). Boston, MA: Wadsworth. Chen, G. M., & Starosta, W. J. (2008). Intercultural communication competence: A synthesis. In M. K. Asante, Y. Miike, & J. Yin (Eds.), The global intercultural communication reader (pp. 215-237). New York: Routledge. Chen, G. M. (2007). Intercultural communication studies by ACCS scholars on the Chinese. In S. J. Kulich & M. H. Prosser (Eds.), Intercultural perspectives on Chinese communication. (pp. 302-337). Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education. Chen, G. M. (2007). A review of the concept of intercultural effectiveness. In M. Hinner (Ed.), The influence of culture in the world of business (pp. 95-116). Germany: Peter Lang. Chen, G. M. (with Jensen Chung) (2007). The relationship between cultural context and electronic-mail Usage. In M. Hinner (Ed.), The role of communication in business transactions and relationships (pp. 279-292). Germany: Peter Lang. Chen, G. M., & Starosta, W. J. (2006). Intercultural awareness. In L. A. Samovar, R. E. Porter, and E. R. McDaniel (Eds.), Intercultural communication: A reader (pp. 357-366). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. Chen, G. M. (2004). The eight trigrams of Yi Ching and the development of human relationship. In G. M. Chen (Ed.), Theories and principles of Chinese communication (pp. 203-229). Taipei: WuNan. Chen, G. M., & Chung, J. (2004). The impact of Confucianism on organizational communication. In G. M. Chen (Ed.), Theories and principles of Chinese communication (pp. 245-264). Taipei: WuNan.

Paper:

Beyond the Dichotomy of Communication Studies

Guo-Ming Chen, Professor
Department of Communication Studies
University of Rhode Island
10 Lippitt Road, Davis Hall
Kingston, RI 02881, USA
EmaIl: gmchen@uri.edu

Abstract

The trend of globalization has sharpened the debate on the culture-specific and culture-general approaches to communication studies. As the demand for culture-specific approaches in scholarly research is increasing due to the impact of globalization, the trend of universalizing representations based on culture-general paradigm is as well going stronger. Unfortunately, the countermovement between scholars’ dichotomous positions continues to reflect the limitation and myopia of traditional views, which mirror a full embracing of the local practice on the one side and a blind acceptance of foreign elements on the other side. Hence, how to balance the yin and yang of scholarly research will be a key to developing a sound state of knowledge seeking and making in the future. This paper goes beyond the either-or thinking by taking the stance that the dissolution of the boundary shell should be pursued and the interpenetration and interfusion between yin and yang of communication studies should be sought, while the local identity is still sustained. The concept of miantze (face) and survey research method are exemplified in this paper to support the argument.