Malay-Chinese Interethnic Communication: An Analysis of Sensemaking in Everyday Experiences

This dissertation explores everyday communication patterns among ethnic Malays and Chinese in multicultural Malaysia. Specifically, the study examines communication strategies and the concept of sensemaking (Weick, 1969, 1979, 1995) in interethnic interpersonal communication processes. Because inter...

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Main Author:	Minah, Harun
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng
Published:	2007
Subjects:	HE Transportation and Communications
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/2094/1/Harun_Minah.pdf
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spelling	my-uum-etd.20942013-07-24T12:14:22Z Malay-Chinese Interethnic Communication: An Analysis of Sensemaking in Everyday Experiences 2007-03 Minah, Harun College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Scripps College of Communication HE Transportation and Communications This dissertation explores everyday communication patterns among ethnic Malays and Chinese in multicultural Malaysia. Specifically, the study examines communication strategies and the concept of sensemaking (Weick, 1969, 1979, 1995) in interethnic interpersonal communication processes. Because interethnic communication requires individuals, as social organisms (Blumer, 1969), to possess intercultural sensitivity (Condon & Yousef, 1975; Orbe, 1995), the notions of ethnicized knowledge and sensemaking in interactions involving different Asian groups merit further examination. In order to engage in this work, researchers must get inside the defining process of the socially diverse actors to further understand their symbolic (inter)actions (Blumer, 1969). This study demonstrates how ethnic sensemaking is co-constructed and represented through the dynamics of negotiated strategies including tactical ambiguities in interpersonal interethnic relationships. Data for the study were collected through a qualitative interpretive approach which included in-situ observations in a natural setting and in-depth interviews among selected individuals from two ethnic groups, and a study of relevant government documents and media coverage on the subjects. The data were analyzed using a rhetorical framework that focused on sensemaking. The study demonstrates that an understanding of interethnic communication as a social phenomenon is very critical in programs promoting societal integration in multicultural contexts. 2007-03 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/2094/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/2094/1/Harun_Minah.pdf application/pdf eng public http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1172258388 Ph.D. doctoral Ohio University
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
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spellingShingle	HE Transportation and Communications Minah, Harun Malay-Chinese Interethnic Communication: An Analysis of Sensemaking in Everyday Experiences
description	This dissertation explores everyday communication patterns among ethnic Malays and Chinese in multicultural Malaysia. Specifically, the study examines communication strategies and the concept of sensemaking (Weick, 1969, 1979, 1995) in interethnic interpersonal communication processes. Because interethnic communication requires individuals, as social organisms (Blumer, 1969), to possess intercultural sensitivity (Condon & Yousef, 1975; Orbe, 1995), the notions of ethnicized knowledge and sensemaking in interactions involving different Asian groups merit further examination. In order to engage in this work, researchers must get inside the defining process of the socially diverse actors to further understand their symbolic (inter)actions (Blumer, 1969). This study demonstrates how ethnic sensemaking is co-constructed and represented through the dynamics of negotiated strategies including tactical ambiguities in interpersonal interethnic relationships. Data for the study were collected through a qualitative interpretive approach which included in-situ observations in a natural setting and in-depth interviews among selected individuals from two ethnic groups, and a study of relevant government documents and media coverage on the subjects. The data were analyzed using a rhetorical framework that focused on sensemaking. The study demonstrates that an understanding of interethnic communication as a social phenomenon is very critical in programs promoting societal integration in multicultural contexts.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Ph.D.
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Minah, Harun
author_facet	Minah, Harun
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title	Malay-Chinese Interethnic Communication: An Analysis of Sensemaking in Everyday Experiences
title_short	Malay-Chinese Interethnic Communication: An Analysis of Sensemaking in Everyday Experiences
title_full	Malay-Chinese Interethnic Communication: An Analysis of Sensemaking in Everyday Experiences
title_fullStr	Malay-Chinese Interethnic Communication: An Analysis of Sensemaking in Everyday Experiences
title_full_unstemmed	Malay-Chinese Interethnic Communication: An Analysis of Sensemaking in Everyday Experiences
title_sort	malay-chinese interethnic communication: an analysis of sensemaking in everyday experiences
granting_institution	Ohio University
granting_department	College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
publishDate	2007
url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/2094/1/Harun_Minah.pdf
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Malay-Chinese Interethnic Communication: An Analysis of Sensemaking in Everyday Experiences

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