scholarly journals A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON HIGHWAY BRIDGE DESIGN CHECK AND REVIEW SYSTEM IN JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE

2013 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 190-203
Author(s):  
Masao INOUE ◽  
Kazumasa OZAWA ◽  
Yozo FUJINO
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
The United States ◽  
Highway Bridge ◽  
Review System ◽  
Bridge Design

Converging cultures of communication: A comparative study of Internet use in China, Europe, and the United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 1751-1772
Author(s):  
Jacob Ørmen ◽  
Rasmus Helles ◽  
Klaus Bruhn Jensen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
The United States ◽  
Human Communication ◽  
Shared Reality ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
Media Systems

Global Internet use is circumscribed by local political and economic institutions and inscribed in distinctive cultural practices. This article presents a comparative study of Internet use in China, the United States, and five European countries. The empirical findings suggest a convergence of cultures, specifically regarding interpersonal communication, alongside characteristic national and sociodemographic configurations of different prototypes of human communication. Drawing on the classic understanding of communication as a cultural process producing, maintaining, repairing, and transforming a shared reality, we interpret such configurations as cultures of communication, which can be seen to differ, overlap, and converge across regions in distinctive ways. Looking beyond traditional media systems, we call for further cross-cultural research on the Internet as a generic communication system joining global and local forms of interaction.

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