Social Construction of Reality in the Context of Intercultural Communication and its Implications for Practice of Public Diplomacy - Investigation of Beliefs about Americans and their Government among Polish High School Students...(Research Brief)

Education [1]
Research Support [2]
Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) [3]
Europe [4]
Poland [5]
Document [6]
Fellows Research [7]

The objective of this study was to investigate to what extent specific patterns of intercultural communication among Polish adolescents determine the image they construct of other countries and societies. Specifically, but not exclusively, the study attempted to ascertain the key drivers that influence the process of attitude and belief formation about Americans and their government.

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Piotr Dworak, of Boston University, was a 2002-03 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) [8] fellow.

Author:

Piotr Dworak

Publication Date:

September 30, 2003

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Social Construction of Reality in the Context of Intercultural Communication and its Implications for Practice (26KB.pdf) [9]

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[8] http://www.irex.org/../../project/individual-advanced-research-opportunities-iaro
[9] http://www.irex.org/sites/default/files/Dworak.pdf