Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Global Economy, Finance and Humanities Research

Encoding, Decoding and Cultural Identity: An Analysis of Culture Communication of Confucius Institutes

Authors
Tianzheng Wang
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Tianzheng Wang
Available Online March 2014.
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10.2991/gefhr-14.2014.17How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Cultural Identity, Culture communication, Confucius Institute, Encoding, Decoding
Abstract

The Confucian culture communication is a process of culture reproduction. The process is the re-encoding on Chinese Culture resources, aimed to strengthen the culture identity in different countries. Different cultural contexts affect culture decoding; culture identity is the result of interaction between cultural tradition and different social forces. This study, through analyzing a sample of Confucius Institutes in the United States, Japan, Russia, Thailand and Lebanon, finds the difference of cultural reproduction of Confucius Institutes in five countries above mentioned is very small, however, the difference of students’ attitude and behavior to Chinese culture is obviously big. The Chinese Culture identity in different culture circles, especially in the Confucian culture circle and non-Confucian circle, differs greatly. It is easier for the students in the Confucian culture circle to understand and approve Chinese culture than the students in non-Confucian culture circle; it is easier for the students in non-Confucian culture circle to absorb Chinese material culture and Chinese behavior culture than Chinese spiritual culture.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Global Economy, Finance and Humanities Research
Series
Advances in Intelligent Systems Research
Publication Date
March 2014
ISBN
10.2991/gefhr-14.2014.17
ISSN
1951-6851
DOI
10.2991/gefhr-14.2014.17How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2014, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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