May 27, 2022 Quarter Deck
Paper Presentations
9:00-9:15 am Welcome
Session 1: 9:15- 10:30am Session title: Adaptation and acculturation
Session Chair: Dr. Juana Du
- Intercultural adaptation and hybridity: A phenomenological study of Filipino international students
Presenter: Crislynne Mae S. Huerta - The museum as platform for intercultural communication: A theoretical approach
Presenter: Jennifer Rosado - The plight of overseas Filipino mothers who have children left behind
Presenter: Chrissen Jean Abigayle Galang - Impact of stereotypes on the adaptation process of international students in Canada
Presenter: Precious S, Asiimwe
Session 2: 10: 45- 12:00pm Session title:Language and cultural identity
Session chair and discussant: Dr. Deniz Ünsal
- The impact of the English language on economic development
Presenter: Asadu Zaman Nur - Impact of ICT on Indigenous knowledge communication in Canada
Presenter: Guo Lingji - Linguistic binarism and discrimination of linguistic minorities in North America
Presenter: Magalie Pouliot – Maillette - Cultural and language identity and its effect on Globalisation
Presenter: Laura Natasha
Lunch break & Poster Session
(voting for Students’ Choice Award for Best Poster Presentation)
Session 3a: 13:00- 14:30pm Session title: Social media and public culture
Session chair and discussant: Dr. Yasser Abdelrahim
- How has digital activism affected cultures: A look into activism and slacktivism
Presenter: Shaun Fisk - How does social media facilitate intercultural communication and cultural identity formation?
Presenter: Chan, Janice Hei Man - President AMLO’s populist use of communication strategies and polarization
Presenter: Karen Iturbide Tarrab - Impact of social media on Activism
Presenter: Oyiyechi Imala - The impact of social media on social movement
Presenter: Daniella C. Daniels
14:30-14:45: Break
Session 3b: 13: 00- 14:30pm Session title: Power, communication and multiculturalism
Session chair and discussant: Julie Ng
- Conspiracy Theory in Vaccination Persuasion
Presenter: Jiazheng Duan - Starbucks’ survival in the Chinese market: Ethnocentrism and attitudes toward foreign companies
Presenter: Liu Xingchen - Communication, culture and the complex ‘Period Poverty’ in India
Presenter: Varsha S. Devakumar - The role of social media in bringing social change
Presenter: Surbhi Sharma
14:30-14:45: Break
Session 4: 14:45- 16:00pm Session title: Culture, communication and development
Session chair and discussant: Dr. Deniz Ünsal
- Cultural hegemony: A subtle way of dominating subalterns
Presenter: Mohammed Rijas Ambalathveettil Kabeer - Intercultural communication future development: IC research on a global scale
Presenter: Xi Guo - Cultural identity and globalization
Presenter: Nwamaka Jacynthia Echiagu Ahuekwe - Examination of multilingualism with respect to the Indian social and cultural fabric
Presenter: Akriti Tyagi
16:15-16:45pm Closing Ceremony: Best Paper Award and Students’ Choice Award for Best Poster Presentation