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Is It A Small World After All?: Mapping Intercultural Competence in Computer Mediated Communication Users in Spanish Campus

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  • Lifen Cheng

    (Department of Sociology and Communication, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain)

  • Maria Eugenia González

    (Department of Journalism and Communication, Institute of Technology of Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico)

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The use of computer-mediated communication has led researchers to contradictory argumentations on information and communication technology (ICT) influences on users' engagement in their societal concern. The present study was focused on exploring the intercultural communication competence in terms of developmental model of intercultural sensitivity in netizens among Spanish college students. For this purpose, a pilot study was given to 64 volunteered respondents in order to assess comprehensiveness of a survey questionnaire dealing with popular conceptions of intercultural competence. After some minor adjustment and refinement, the improved questionnaire was used as instrument for research in which 398 university student participants were recruited to participate. Finding data were used to map the way the participants' intercultural competencies are positioned. Moreover, some significant regression coefficient outcomes were fitted into models in attempt to examine direct and indirect effect produced on internet ICT users' intercultural competence produced by the prediction and mediation variables considered for analysis in the present research.

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  • Lifen Cheng & Maria Eugenia González, 2014. "Is It A Small World After All?: Mapping Intercultural Competence in Computer Mediated Communication Users in Spanish Campus," International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals (IJHCITP), IGI Global, vol. 5(3), pages 47-64, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jhcitp:v:5:y:2014:i:3:p:47-64
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