Category: About CID

CID Has Left Twitter

About CIDIf you used to follow the Center for Intercultural Dialogue on Twitter, please read! We have left the platform, so you should follow us elsewhere.

Over the past few weeks we warned that we would be leaving Twitter. If you did not notice those posts, but have just realized that you can no longer follow us on Twitter, that’s because we did, in fact, delete our account on that platform. Please switch to another platform and follow us there. We have a Facebook group, a LinkedIn group, and a YouTube channel (though obviously only videos appear there, not all daily posts). In addition, a popular choice is to follow us directly on the website, by providing your email (in the box on the right side of the page if you view the website on a computer; use the triple bar (≡) at top left if you view it on a phone). That gets you an email daily or weekly, your choice.

Hoping to see you on other platforms. (None of the other options currently available, such as Mastadon or Threads, seem appropriate, but if you have strong feelings about where this community should be located, do send an email about that.)

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

CID Leaving Twitter

About CIDIf you follow the Center for Intercultural Dialogue on Twitter, please read! We are leaving the platform, so you should follow us elsewhere.

Several weeks ago we sent out a request for emails if anyone would be inconvenienced by CID leaving Twitter. In response, we only received two emails, both in favor of the move. While the ads on the site disappeared for a day, they are now back in significant numbers, 99% of them ads of no interest to us. Therefore, as of  this Friday, 28 July, we will stop posting to or following others on Twitter.

If you are one of the 753 people or organizations currently following us on Twitter, please switch to another platform and follow us there. We have a Facebook group, a LinkedIn group, and a YouTube channel (though obviously only videos appear there, not all daily posts). In addition, a popular choice is to follow us directly on the website, by providing your email (in the box on the right side of the page if you view the website on a computer; use the triple bar (≡) at top left if you view it on a phone). That gets you an email daily or weekly, your choice.

Hoping to see you on other platforms. (None of the other options currently available, such as Mastadon or Threads, seem appropriate, but if you have strong feelings about where this community should be located, do send an email about that.)

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

Whether to Leave Twitter

About CIDIf you follow the Center for Intercultural Dialogue on Twitter, please read! We are considering leaving the platform, and need to hear from anyone that would inconvenience.

CID has been on Twitter for a decade and currently has 657 followers there, but the promoted tweets are starting to take over our feed. The Center also has a Facebook group (2,001 members), and a LinkedIn group (612 members). It is also possible to directly follow the website as 1,442 people do now by providing your email (in the box on the right side of the page if you view the website on a computer; use the triple bar (≡) at top left if you view it on a phone). Presumably most of our followers on Twitter will be able to follow one of the other platforms.

If you would find that terribly inconvenient (because you’re not on FB or LI, or you don’t wish to receive notifications of posts via email), you need to let us know by sending an email before July 17, 2023. If leaving Twitter would cause difficulty for a sizable group, we will stay – at least for the time being (we cannot promise more). But if we do not hear an outpouring of objections, we will be leaving that platform, and asking you to follow us using any of the other options.

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

Happy New Year 2023

About CIDHappy New Year 2023 from the Center for Intercultural Dialogue. Wishing peace, happiness, and good health to all our followers in the coming year. May this be an easier year for everyone than the last several have been.

handmade tile with sun from Albuquerque NM
handmade tile with sun seen in Albuquerque NM

Thank you to all those who have supported CID over the past year, and over the past 13 years. Our work would not be possible without the considerable contributions of scholars and practitioners around the world. See the acknowledgments for specific names, but you know who you are. Your time and effort are much appreciated.

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

Casey Man Kong Lum, Associate Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

Happy New Year 2022

About CIDHappy New Year 2022 from the Center for Intercultural Dialogue. Wishing peace, happiness, and especially good health to all our followers in the coming year.

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Thank you to all those who have supported CID over the past year, and the past 12 years. Our work would not be possible without the considerable contributions of scholars and practitioners around the world. See the acknowledgments for specific names, but you know who you are. Your time and effort are much appreciated.

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

Photo taken in Shelburne, Vermont, in November 2021, by Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz.

Happy New Year 2021

About CIDHappy New Year 2021 from the Center for Intercultural Dialogue. Wishing good health and happiness to all our followers in the coming year.

Thank you to all those who have supported CID over the past year, and the past 11 years. Our work would not be possible without the considerable contributions of scholars and practitioners around the world. See the acknowledgments for specific names, but you know who you are. Your time and effort are much appreciated.

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

Photo taken at the Tết Festival, the Vietnamese New Year celebration, in San Diego, January 25, 2020, by Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz.

Happy New Year 2020

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Happy New Year 2020 from the Center for Intercultural Dialogue. May the light shine on all of us in the coming year.

Glasgow mosaic

Thank you to all those who have supported CID over the past year, and the past decade. Our work would not be possible without the considerable contributions of scholars and practitioners around the world. See the acknowledgments for specific names, but you know who you are. Your time and effort are appreciated.

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

This is one small part of a set of mosaics at the Glasgow Central Station (UK), created by Jude Burkhauser in 1989. Photo credit: Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz.

How to “Join” CID

About CIDRecently, more people have been asking how to “join” CID. As there is no membership fee, this turns into a question about how to join the CID community.  More details are provided on the What We Do page, but here’s a brief summary.

To start, learn about the group; read About CID, What is CID?, CID People, What we do, skim through the CID mission, history, and/or read our brochure, FAQ, or Wikipedia entry.

Then, see how the group can be useful to you, and how you can participate in the group. Look over the publications to see if you want to use some of what’s here, or notice a gap where you can contribute something new. If you’re fluent in a language other than English, and want to translate any of the concepts, case studies, or posters, or if you’re able to review translations by others, send an email. Once you contribute something, you earn a profile on the site, which helps others learn about you and your interests. If you’re a student (up to and including doctoral level), submit a video to the CID Video Competition. If you’re faculty, tell your students about the competition.

If this looks like a helpful organization for you, sign up through WordPress directly (through your own WP site if you have one, or through email – top right of page on a computer screen, bottom on a smart phone) or subscribe using social media platform you visit most: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, or YouTube. Any of these ensures you will learn when a new post appears; none of them adds you to a listserve (there isn’t one). None of your information is shared with any other organization.

Study of CID Social Media Followers

About CIDFrom October 2016 to March 2017, Min He conducted research to learn about the social media subscribers of the Center for Intercultural Dialogue. As CID aims to establish connections between scholars active in intercultural communication, understanding the large follower base is important.

The study is based on those subscribers for whom enough details could be obtained, amounting to 967 individuals out of the total of 2802 followers CID had across all social media platforms as of January 11, 2017 when data collection stopped and analysis began. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter were the three major resources for data collection, as they provide the greatest amount of detail about subscribers, either individually (LinkedIn) or as a group (Facebook and Twitter).

The results of the study show that CID has social media subscribers across the globe. The largest single group is based in the USA, but the majority of followers is based in other countries, as the charts below illustrate. The data represent the 967 followers’ countries of residence: in many cases their respective countries of origin are different.

CID subscribers by continent

 

CID subscribers by country

As CID especially aims at serving scholars, it is not surprising that most followers in the subset have substantial education: almost three quarters have completed a master’s degree, and almost 40% a Ph.D.

Not surprisingly, the majority of the followers in the subset are based within academia (58%), with most of the rest being professionals of various sorts (37%). For either group, most persons are active in the discipline of Communication. The following charts show the exact distribution.

CID followers by discipline

Within Communication, the single largest specialization is Intercultural Communication, for obvious reasons.

CID subscribers within Communication

In conclusion, the study shows that the followers of CID form a large and varied group of persons engaged with intercultural dialogue on different levels. As the CID embraces diversity and integrates multicultural members drawn from around the world into a single network, it builds a borderless online community for scholars and practitioners alike. To that end, the CID LinkedIn group has proven particularly appropriate for helping to establish connections.

Changes to Social Media for CID

About CIDAs a result of the efforts of Min He over the past 6 months to learn about the followers of the Center for Intercultural Dialogue on various social media, it has become obvious that there is very little activity on either Google+ or Pinterest, with only a few dozen followers on each site (compared to the hundreds on LinkedIn and Twitter, and over a thousand who are currently members of the CID Facebook group). The CID accounts on both of these platforms will therefore be terminated as of April 15, 2017.

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Please subscribe to CID on any of the other social media platforms: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, or YouTube, either by clicking on these links, or the logos on the right side of the page.

Or subscribe directly to WordPress via email (through the link on the top right of any page). Once you have done that, you can “manage” your subscription, choosing whether you want a daily or weekly update sent to your inbox. (As a general clarification: CID does not manage an email list; each subscriber manages their own preferences.)

If you have any difficulties and want to talk to a person, just email me directly.

My apologies for the time these changes will require.

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

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