Therefore, they use different methods and resources to lessen the shock and to be adjustable in the new culture and community. Moreover, during the globalization era, the number of people who go abroad for studying, doing business and so on has become significantly increased.ĭue to the different culture and community practices, the sojourners always face culture shock when they first get to the host countries. , due to the convergence of new media and globalization, has shrunk the world into a much smaller interactive field. It can be said that cultures around the world have their own values, individual traditions, beliefs and norms which can surely make them unique from each other. Depending on the analysis result, the discussions are openly stated about the impact of social media in cultural adaptation process.Ĭulture, Social Media, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Adaptation, International Students In-depth interviews using qualitative method are applied in this research. This paper attempts to find out how social media shape the intercultural adaptation process and bridge the connection with their home countries while they are in new community analyzing on 15 international students who are currently studying in China with the support of Chinese government scholarship program. The study shows that people use social media to become more adaptable with the new cultures of the host countries and to preserve their connections with home countries. Moreover, social media can encourage the increasing of intercultural adaptation level of people who are facing different cultural experiences in new communities. Social media support the people across the world in communicating, meeting new people, making socialization, sharing knowledge, learning different experiences and interacting with each other instead of distance and separation between persons.
In the globalization era, social media become more popular in everyone’s daily life with its user friendly and effective functions. Received: AugAccepted: SeptemPublished: September 14, 2018
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