“Wait…did you just call me fat”: A multimethod study of U.S. Americans’ facework in an intercultural face-threatening act.
New Series Vol. 1, No. 11 A non-Chinese learning about Chinese culture often soon finds out that Chinese culture puts a high premium on saving face—not being embarrassed or humiliated by others, and not embarrassing or humiliating others. For example, Chinese people avoid saying that a co-worker is incompetent. Because…
Navigating connectivity expectations and work-life boundaries through sensemaking in global teams
New Series Vol. 1, No. 10 Globalization, or our increasingly interconnected world, has created a social environment in which working in global teams is possible, but with many considerations that are unique to work in this context. These authors explore connectivity expectations, or normative expectations to be logged in and…
Camera perspective and skin color: Biased reactions to viral body worn camera videos of police violence
New Series Vol. 1, No. 9 For centuries, citizens received only descriptions of crimes, crime scenes, police pursuits and arrests. Then news media started printing and eventually broadcasting images of suspects and crime scenes, sometimes including live video of pursuits such as of O.J. Simpson and his infamous white Bronco….
Misogynoir and the Public Woman: Analog and Digital Sexualization of Women in Public From the Civil War to the Era of Kamala Harris
New Series, Vol. 1, No. 8 Black women face a unique combination of anti-Black racism and misogyny (i.e., hatred of women), the combination of these oppressive forces referred to as misogynoir. Similarly, women who claim space in the public sphere, especially Black women, are often subject to a centuries-long trope,…
“This is America”: repurposing the white gaze through imitation
New Series, Vol. 1, No. 7 Childish Gambino’s (a.k.a. Donald Glover) viral music video, “This is America,” received both praise and criticism upon its release on May 5, 2018 for its visual and political messaging and representation of unresolved Black pain and death. While many called the work “iconic,” critics…
TikTok and Black political consumerism: Investigating how TikTok use is linked to Black Americans’ activism and identity
New Series, Vol. 1, No. 6 TikTok is a fast-growing, highly political, and identity-centric platform for information gathering and political engagement. Historically marginalized populations (e.g., racial minorities in the U.S.) may turn to platforms like TikTok due a deep mistrust of mainstream media outlets and formal political processes because of…
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Experiencing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Children, Peace Communication and Socialization
Yael Warshel, Cambridge University Press Over the last eighty years there has been a global rise in u201cpeace communicationu201d practice, the use of interpersonal and mass communication interventions to mediate between peoples engaged in political conflict. In this study, Yael Warshel assesses Israeli and Palestinian versions of Sesame Street, which…