The Impact of “Bridge Population” on Chinese Brands Cross-cultural Communication

ZHAO Yunze, TENG Muying, ZHAO Hanting, MENG Die, LIU Xuan

Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2015, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (10) : 65-78.

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Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2015, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (10) : 65-78.

The Impact of “Bridge Population” on Chinese Brands Cross-cultural Communication

  • Zhao, Yunze is an associate professor at the School of Journalism & Communication of Renmin University of China, he is also a research fellow at the Research Center of Journalism and Social Development, Renmin University of China. Email: yunzezhao@vip.sina.com; Teng, Muying, Master Degree Candidate student at the School of Journalism & Communication of Renmin University of China; Zhao, Hanting, Meng, Die, Liu, Xuan are undergraduate students the School of Journalism & Communication of Renmin University of China.
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The thesis, which adopts the research method of in-depth interview, conducted in- depth interviews with 80 foreigners in China about the cognition and external transmission on Chinese brands. The interviews found that cross-cultural communication of brands is the process of establishing relationship and conveying meaning between enterprises and audiences. Foreigners in China, act as the bridge of Chinese brands cross-cultural communication, are the key links of resolving cultural barriers. They accept brand information under the Chinese cultural background, and then transmit it to foreign audience abroad, converting “information flow” to “influence flow”. They are “opinion leaders” in cross-cultural communication of Chinese brands, who play vital important roles in reshaping foreign audiences’ cognition on Chinese brands. Thanks to their cross-cultural identity, foreigners in China could understand the culture of host country through direct and indirect experience. In the meantime, they do not abandon their existing position and view. Namely, they do not approve the brand advertisements of host country, which admire high cultural identification. Their “authentic, immediate, interactive brand experience” take the place of “indirect, external, symbolic brand experience”.

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Cross-cultural Communication / Foreigners in China / Brands

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ZHAO Yunze, TENG Muying, ZHAO Hanting, MENG Die, LIU Xuan. The Impact of “Bridge Population” on Chinese Brands Cross-cultural Communication[J]. Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication. 2015, 37(10): 65-78

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This thesis is the periodical result of Study of the Chinese' Brand Cross-cultural Communication, which is founded by the China's National Fund of Social Science (Approval Number is 12BXW038).
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