The Comparative Study of Privacy between China and Western Countries 英语专业毕业论文.docVIP

　 　　 　　　 　 The Comparative Study of Privacy between China and Western Countries 　　 　　　 　　 By 　 　 A Thesis　　 Presented to College of Humanities and Foreign Languages　 Xi’an University of Science and Technology　　　 In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements　 For the Degree of　 Bachelor of Arts　 　　　 　　　 Thesis Supervisor: 　 　　 June 2012　 Abstract　 　 With the deepening of global economic integration, the field of intercultural communication gradually extends to all aspects of social life. Due to different history and cultural traditions and social customs in countries and ethnic, intercultural communication is facing a lot of communication barriers. For privacy issue, China and English-speaking countries have different perception, thus it is hard to ignore it in intercultural communication. 　 With the introduction of group privacy view and individual privacy view observed by different cultures, this paper compares the specific manifestation of these two different privacy view in verbal, nonverbal and other behaviors. Verbal behaviors includes the greeting, age and income. Nonverbal behaviors includes the difference in space and time. Other behaviors includes correspondence, hospital, public area and personal emotion.　 Based on a collection of theoretical results of the Chinese and Western privacy research and exploration of the reasons behind privacy issues, this study provide the reference and ideas for avoiding the communication conflicts.　 　 Key words: privacy; intercultural communication; Chinese and western culture　 　 　 　　 摘 要　 　　 随着全球经济一体化程度的加深，跨文化交际的领域也开始逐步扩展到社会生活的方方面面。可是由于不同国家和民族之间不同的历史文化传统和社会习俗，跨文化交际面临着许多交际障碍。隐私问题在中西方文化中差异甚大。对于强调个人隐私的西方文化和强调集体隐私的中国文化，隐私问题已经成为中西方文化交流中一个难以忽视的交际障碍。　 本文通过了对群体隐私观和个体隐私观的引入，对比这两种不同的隐私观在言语行为，非言语行为以及其他行为下的具体表现。言语行为包括问候语、年龄、收入上的不同，非言语行为包括时间空间上的不同，其他行为则涵盖了信件，医院，公共场合以及个人感情的不同。　 最后通过探究中西方隐私问题背后的原因，为交际的顺利进行提供可参考的意见和建议。　 　 关键词：隐私；跨文件交际；中西方文化　 　　　 　　 　 　　 Contents　　 　 Abstract……..........................……………….……………………………….....…………..........