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