IM使用策略與認同展現--以在台越南留學生為例

Abstract

跨國留學生們在到台灣這異國求學時，其會因異國社會、政治、經濟的差異而產生許多文化衝突。透過IM的使用本研究在探討越南籍留學生在面對全新的異國環境下的應對策略與認同展現。本文將以訪談及觀察法了解與收集越籍留學生在IM使用上的對策，透過其的個人使用經驗來了解其使用習慣的展現，並且釐清背後的跨文化因素影響，及自我身份認同。 研究發現，越籍留學生在IM使用上展現： IM上語言的身份認同展現：面對當地大眾對其異國身份的好奇與在異地生活的心理壓力，受訪者更注意自己在別人心中的形象。在真實生活也好、在IM上亦然，常使用英語就是能提高個人的價值、身份。 但同時，他們背後還是很重視本國的認同，為了增加與家鄉友人的共鳴與話題。 生涯轉變促使使用習慣的轉變，研究發現女性在使用IM上比男性有更多壓力：結婚後的越籍女性會比婚前少上網、上線，會認為自己應該全心全意去照顧家人、網路是應該留給家裡還在上學的人用。 科技的不斷發達的環境下，使用者有自己的對策：受訪者會結合不同的新傳播科技來達到自己傳達訊息的目的，而非使用單一的科技。

Due to the differences in society, politics, and economy, international students in Taiwan encounter many cultural conflicts. This study explored the strategy and identity of Vietnamese students to face a new environment via their IM use. Both interview and observation approaches were applied to collect database of the samples, using their personal IM use experience to understand their habit consumption, and to clarify the across cultural factor and self-identity. The study found out that: The identity and language: Language is one of the important factors of international students to integrate into the local community. Because of the local public curiousness and psychological stress of living in a foreign country, Vietnamese students are usually sensitive of what local people think about them, and pay more attention to their own image. They often speak English to confirm their value and position in both real life and IM. Simultaneously, they also treasure the culture of their own native country to be recognized by hometown friends. Life course and habit change in IM use, pressure of women in IM use: Vietnamese married women usually have more pressure in using IM as compared to men, and the time they spend on Internet or online less than that of their premarital stage. Since they believe that they should wholeheartedly take care of their family. The Internet and computer is more useful for someone who still goes to school in the family. The continuous development of technology environment, users’ consuming strategy: The users will be combined with new communication technology to achieve their communicating purpose, instead of using a single technology.