2013, Washington DC

JUCA programs (Minutes)

Thu, 11/21: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Constraint, Conflict and (Mis)Appropriation: Cross-Cultural Communication Involving Japan and the U.S.

Marriott Wardman Park

Room: McKinley - Mezzanine Level

In this session, scholars use the lens of cross-cultural communication to study Japan and the U.S. in several contexts, including popular media, consumer behavior, otaku phenomena, and social predicaments.

CHAIR: Rick Kenney, Florida Gulf Coast University

RESPONDENT: Rose G. Campbell, Butler University

PRESENTATIONS

1. Everyday Experience of Account-Making Process among Japanese and American Students: The Effects of Offense Severity and Reproach on Accounts

AUTHORS:

Takuji Shimada, Tenri University

Carl L. Thameling, University of Louisiana, Monroe

2. Self-Construals and Interactive Constraints on Consumer Complaining Behaviors in Japan

AUTHORS:

Min-Sun Kim, University of Hawaii, Manoa

Ayano Yamaguchi, Reitaku University

Satoshi Akutsu, Hitotsubashi University

3. The “Spirited” World is Imported to the U.S.: Examining How American and Japanese Audiences Interpret a Japanese Film

AUTHOR:

Emi Kanemoto, Texas State University, San Marcos

4. To Serve Japan: The Owning of Maid Culture by a US Maid Café

AUTHOR:

Joshua Nelson, Michigan State University

Fri, 11/22: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Japan-U.S. Communication Association Business Meeting

Marriott Wardman Park

Room: McKinley - Mezzanine Level

PRESENTER: Akira Miyahara, JUCA President, Seinan Gakuin University

Fri, 11/22: 6:00 PM

JUCA Social

LOCATION TBA

Sat, 11/23: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Historical Texts and Conflict: Connecting Japan’s Past and Present

Marriott Wardman Park

Room: McKinley - Mezzanine Level

Sources of communication conflict and tension in Japan are explored in multiple contexts, including international relations, immigration, politics, and identity management.

CHAIR: Max Saito, Westfield State University

RESPONDENT: Takeshi Suzuki, Meiji University

PRESENTATIONS

1. From ‘Kankoku’ to ‘Korean’: Poststructuralist Analysis on Zainichi Korean Hybridity in Japan*

*Top Student Paper

AUTHOR: Fumi Sakata, York University

2. Discerning Connections: Proletarian Elocution, Rhetorical Invention, and Trans-Pacific Communication

AUTHOR: Satoru Aonuma, Tsuda College

3. International Justice during the Time of Imperialism: The 19th Century Press Coverage of the Shimonoseki Indemnity Imposed on Japan

AUTHORS:

James Mueller, University of North Texas

Koji Fuse, University of North Texas

Jia Zhao, University of North Texas

4. Female Masculinity in the Anime

Sat, 11/23: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Health Communication Challenges in Japan: Connecting Interpersonal, Cross-Cultural, and Media Contexts

Marriott Wardman Park

Room: McKinley - Mezzanine Level

Health communication issues in Japan are explored through a variety of contexts and methods, including doctor-patient communication, self reflections on mental health, and media portrayals.

CHAIR: Akira Miyahara, Seinan Gakuin University

RESPONDENT: Donald Jung, Southeast Missouri State University

PRESENTATIONS

1. Transnational Dis-ease: The Biohazard / Resident Evil Franchise as an Archive of U.S.-Japanese Anxieties of Race, Nation, and Global Terrorism*

*Top Paper

AUTHORS:

Robert Mejia, College at Brockport

Ryuta Komaki, University of Illinois,

Urbana-Champaign

2. (De-)legitimizing Medical Professional Discourses: Evaluations from Foreign English Teachers in Japan

AUTHOR:

Nathaniel Simmons, Ohio University

3. Making Ambulance-to-Hospital Connections in Japan: Conversational Features of Succinct vs. Verbose Pre-arrival Telephone Notifications of Inbound Traffic

Accident Victims

AUTHORS:

Naomi Sugimoto, Keio University

Shingo Hori, Keio University

Yuichi Iwano, Keio University

Masaru Suzuki, Keio University

4. Levels of Self-Criticism and Self-Compassion in Depression among College Students in Japan

AUTHORS:

Ayano Yamaguchi, Reitaku University

Min-Sun Kim, University of Hawaii, Manoa

Satoshi Akutsu, Hitotsubashi University