Ryo TATSUMI    Department   Kyoto Junior College of Foreign Languages  , Department of English Studies for Careers    Position   Assistant Professor-lecturer
Language	Japanese
Publication Date	2021/03
Type	Academic Paper
Peer Review	Peer reviewed
Title	Questions of Identity in International Support and Cross-Cultural Communication: From Cultural Point of Views
Contribution Type	Single author
Journal	Studies in International Cooperation and Education
Journal Type	Japan
Publisher	Research Society for International Cooperation and Education
Volume, Issue, Page	pp.1-8
Total page number	8
Details	We always face the problems of identities when considering cross-cultural communication or multiculturalism. In addition, the discussion of identities closely concerns international supports because cross-cultural communication skills and understanding identity problems are fundamental for the supports. The COVID -19 has caused not only medical and physical problems but also social and cultural matters. These problems have already become the global issues: a moral panic caused by fear of others. Therefore, the study makes an attempt to seek ways to understand others through perspectives of identity politics and cultural points of views. Since identity is produced by media practices in which we make our reality, the paper examines the media mechanism. After that, I conclude that the deconstruction of the process of producing identities is an essential element in international supports and cross-cultural communication.