Emerging issues in doing cross-cultural research in multicultural and multilingual societies

Henry Been Lirn Duh, Vivian Hsueh Hua Chen

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Abstract

Cross-cultural research is one of the emerging areas in HCI field lately. There have been fruitful discussions on issues of using measurement or doing field work to address HCI issues 'across countries' or 'across-cultures' . However, methodological concerns in conducting research in multicultural and multilingual society have not been fully explored. This paper reviews research work done and outlines problems and concerns in doing cross-cultural research in multicultural and multilingual society/country. Consequently, we propose a conceptual framework/procedure as a starting point for further development of measurements or field strategies.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUsability and Internationalization
Subtitle of host publicationHCI and Culture - Second International Conference on Usability and Internationalization, UI-HCII 2007. Held as Part of HCI International 2007, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages65-73
Number of pages9
EditionPART 1
ISBN (Print)9783540732860
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd International Conference on Usability and Internationalization, UI-HCII 2007 - Beijing, China
Duration: 22 Jul 200727 Jul 2007

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 1
Volume4559 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Usability and Internationalization, UI-HCII 2007
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period22/07/0727/07/07

Keywords

  • Cross-cultural measurement

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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