Miike, Y 2007, “Asian Contributions to Communication Theory: An introduction”, China Media Research, vol. 3, no.4.
Communication can be defined in many ways for which it involves a communicator, communicant, noise, medium and feedback. Also, communication is a process whereby people assign meaning in a language. In “Asian Contributions to Communication Theory: An Introduction”, highlights that Communication Theory is not based on the Eurocentric ideas but also it includes the Asians perspectives that resulted in multicultural ideas. The author considers the East, South, West and Southeast Asia culture of Buddhist, Confucian, Hindu, and Islamic perspectives (p.2). Hence, it covers all the Asian perspectives. Furthermore, Asian perspectives hold a stronger meaning because it ties with family values and religion. Without exploring the Asian concepts in the language, there would not be Asians theories in communications (p.4). Additionally, in order to create a communication theory, it is essential to develop the understanding of its Asian language. The article addresses that communication theories of humanity and diversity are required to have several points to express clear communication from the cultural expressions. By exploring several essay of different Asian countries, enable the author to further study the interpersonal interaction and its nonverbal cultural communication. Seemingly, the author uses a lot of evidence to prove his theory. As a result, it convinces the reader that his argument covers all section in humanity in diversity and communication that impact the intercultural interactions on the human condition in the age of globalization and localization.
