September 19, 2006, Number 9538Communication Research and Theory Network a service of the NationalCommunication Association www.natcom.org/CRTNET ———————————————————————China Continuing: Mao: The Unknown Story (Michael Prosser)————————————————————————————————-From: Michael Prosser michaelhprosser@yahoo.comOn September 9,, 2006, the thirtieth anniversary of Chairman Mao's death seemedto attract little notice. In a lecture to post graduate students which Igave on that day, I asked wh[......]
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Some books that have touched/helped me develop as an individual. As a Roman Catholic Christian, the Bible is naturally at the top of the list, and in that collection of books, the New Testament would be most important for me. At Mass on Sundays, we have weekly coordinated readings from the Old Testament, one of the 150 psalms, a reading typically from the letters, especially of St. Paul, and a reading from one of the 4 Gospels. Second for me would be the complete collection of Shakespeare which I have with me also in China.. Starting in high school, I have probably seen at least two do[......]
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The Lima Peru "Uniting the Americas" Conference, August 3-5, 2006 (MichaelProsser)——————————————————————–From: Michael Prosser A distinct advantage of attending conferences in countries foreign toone's own is the rich culural texture which surrounds these events astheoretical and practical case studies of intercultural communication.For me recently, for example , my attendance at 7 conferences in China, (2001, 2003, twice in 2004, twice in 2005, once in 2006), India (aconference on the UN Convention of the Child, 2003), two conference[......]
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The Third Russian Communication Conference, 2006Michael Prosser (michaelhprosser@yahoo.com)July 20, 2006From June 12 to 16, at the State Educational Center in St. Petersburg, the Russian Communication Association, the North American Russian Communication Association, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg State University M.A Bonch-Bruevich State University for Telecommunications, St. Petersburg Institute of Foreign Economic Relations, Economics and Law, and the Nevsky Institute of Language and Culture co-sponsored the Third Russian Communication Association Conference.Local universit[......]
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The McDonaldization, Disneyfication & colazation of SocietyMichael Prosser, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor,Department of English,Shanghai International Studies UniversityEmail: michaelhprosser@hotmail.comWebsite: www.michaelprosser.com International Trade Leading multinational US corporations in 2001: Boeing, American Airlines, Nike, Pepsi Co., Coca Cola, Dow Chemical, Bank of America, IBM, Microsoft, General Electric, AOL Time Warner, McDonalds, Wal-Mart, Met Life, Mariott International, Procter and Gamble, UPS, General Motors, Exxon Mobil.McDonalds in Beijing 1992: McDonald s first restau[......]
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China Continuing: Review of The Man Who Changed China: The Life and Legacy of Jiang Zemin by Robert Lawrence KuhnMichael Prosser (michaelhprosser@yahoo.com) Kuhn, Robert Lawrence (2004). The Man Who Changed China: The Life and Legacy of Jiang Zemin. New York: Crown Publishers, 712 pages.Since I have come to China in 2001, I have had the opportunity to read or reread substantial parts of or all of the following books related to China. I point this out because while I have learned no Chinese, I have made great efforts to learn as much and as widely as possible about contemporary Chinese culture[......]
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Reaching out to International ScholarsMichael Prosser (michaelhprosser@yahoo.com) In Dan O'Hair's NCA presidential column in Spectra for June and July, 2006, he calls for "Reaching out to our international colleagues." He correctly notes that NCA’s outreach is limited because of such conditions as its name, one incidentally, which ICA used before it became the International Communication Association. He also notes that NCA has never had a conference outside the United States. When Bill Howell was an officer in the late 1960's, he made powerful arguments for holding the fi[......]
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Meeting China’s People for the First TimeMichael Prosser In Yangzhou in 2001-2002, my first Chinese living experience, I was delighted to meet my students, some who became very good friends. On the streets, friendly young teenagers would say, "'Hello, how are you? I am fine, thankyou, and you?" I began to call Yangzhou the "hello" city because so many young people greeted me in this way. Foreigners were not so unusual there as in other smaller cities that I visited in China during my first year. I became a friend of an 11 year old boy whose father had a photo shop near[......]
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India: More observationsMichael Prosser (michaelhprosser@yahoo.com) 1. Our host in Lucknow, India, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Reader in Political Science, Lucknow University writes the following about my “China continuing: Crosscultural observations with India ” for CRTNET.February 15, 2006…Your description/analysis about India is quite objective and worth reading. I agree to almost all what you say and also agree that China, more than any other country, today should become for us a role model of development . Insipite of our humiliating defeat at the hands of China in 1962, I have always held China in[......]
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China Continuing: Power and Control of China’s Internet and Instant Messages In 2001, there were 80 million internet users in China; now in 2006, there are 111 million users. We can expect this number to increase by another 30 million within the next two or three years. Additionally, there are now 450 million mobile phone users in China, and about 300 million wired phones. More than 2 billion short or instant messages are now sent every year, with the daily average received and sent in the range of thirty for many young university, college, and even secondary students. This exponential gro[......]
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