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Design and Evaluation of Place Oriented Internet Radio by the Measurement of Cross-Cultural Understandings

Authors:
Ayaka Ito
Katsuhiko Ogawa

Keywords: place orientation; Internet radio; cross-cultural understanding; measurement; evaluation

Abstract:
The number of foreigners who visit Japan is increasing and it is important to build mutual understanding with people of different cultural backgrounds. In order to enhance foreigner’s visits to Japan, we propose a place oriented Internet radio called Cross-Cultural Radio (CCR). Subsequently, a Cross-Cultural Understanding Scale (CCUS) was proposed and an evaluation experiment was conducted in Tokyo to measure the effectiveness of CCR. Our experimental results illustrate that CCR can be effective in certain aspects of cross-cultural understanding. This paper intends to explore the acculturation process amongst foreign visitors to Japan by analyzing the behavior of participants in the experiment.

Pages: 49 to 55

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016

Publication date: April 24, 2016

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3956

ISBN: 978-1-61208-521-0

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from April 24, 2016 to April 28, 2016