New Media and Intercultural Communication Competence New Media Usage and the Intercultural Communication Competence among Hospitality Students in Surakarta

Abstract

This paper aims to address the readiness of hospitality students to face the challenges in the mul­tina­tional trade and business environment by analyzing the level of Intercultural Communication Compe­tence (ICC) among the students and how the use of new media for intercultural communication activities impacts on the development of ICC.

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