Differences in the Framing of Group Membership

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This paper is concerned with to what degree Japanese students are involved in American communities of practice. Through the analysis of contextualization cues and the frames they signal, it will show framing differences related to community of practice membership. The initial findings suggest framing differences in the classification of communities of practice centered on attendance. In Japanese communities of practice, the group is expected to explicitly invite individual members to regular social gatherings. Members, in turn, have an obligation to regularly attend these group events, irrespective of personal desires. This contrasts with American communities of practice where individuals have more personal choice regarding attendance. This difference can make American communities of practice appealing to Japanese students. At the same time, because individual members are not specifically invited to attend social gatherings, Americans can appear cold and selfish from a Japanese perspective. With the increase of globalization, successful intercultural communication requires that interlocutors understand specific aspects of other cultures that are different from their own and resist falling back on broad generalizations and stereotypes. Frame theory provides a method of identifying these differences and heightening peoples' awareness.
名古屋文理大学の論文
2005-03-31