Dr. Matelski has been at Boston College since 1978. She has authored/co-authored fourteen books, combining her interests in intercultural/international communication, cultural diversity and media studies.
(See my biography page for more information).
| Reconceptualizing the United Nations: Social Change in the Age of Globalization | |||
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This essay focuses on the influence of American foreign policy on UN deliberations in world affairs, using Kenneth Burke’s dramatistic theory and pentadic analysis. |
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| China's Second “Cultural Revolution”: The Cyberspace Challenge | |||
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Internet use in the “new” China has prompted dramatic challenges to national identity and information exchange. This essay addresses some of these issues. |
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| Minorities in the Mainstream: Preserving Roma Cultural Identity in Hungary Through Radio “C” | |||
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Mass media can contribute significantly to the cultural sustainability of nomadic cultures, as evidenced with Budapest Radio C's inception in 2001. This essay traces the community station's evolution and impact. |
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| The Funhouse Mirror: U.S. Soap Opera Images Abroad | |||
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This essay explores the predominantly unintended cultural portrait of the United States through soap opera exportation, using the frameworks of cultivation theory and selectivity. |
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| The Web of Confucius: Evolution and Revolution in Chinese Higher Education | |||
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Extrapolating, adapting, and charting Confucian ideals through several historic eras, the authors use a systems theory-based web model to demonstrate cultural influences on Chinese higher education. |
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