Culture and Communication in Thailand (Communication, Culture and Change in Asia)

Mindfulness is clear comprehension or being aware of our own thinking, verbal actions, and deeds. Practicing mindfulness helps u ...

(3) Viriya sumbojjamkam (energy). This means the forthrightness to face obsta- cles, hard work, and dangers. (4) Piti sumbojjamk ...

feeling (vedana), perception (sanna), mental formation (sankhara), and conscious- ness (vinnana). Then, come the clinging and at ...

Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, the renowned Buddhist Thai monk, explained his inter- pretation of the cycle of Dependent origination as fol ...

Thefirst Noble Truth is Dukkha or suffering because of“self.”The second Noble Truth is Samudaya (the origin of suffering) as exp ...

Thus, mindful communication calls for nondiscriminatory and nonviolent social change. Adhering to the Precept Five (refrain from ...

By practicing the four principles of Brahmavihara: metta (loving-kindness), karuna (compassion), mutita (sympathic joy), and ube ...

7.6.1 Selfless Journalists as Actors/Agents/Propellers for Social Interactions and Social Change Should journalists report truth ...

(3) visual bias: biased toward visual depiction of news; (4) bad news bias: biased toward selecting of only bad news; (5) narrat ...

and philosophy without having to convert to Buddhism. Meditation is the strength that Buddhism offers world citizens to observe ...

Singer, M. R. (1987).Intercultural Communication: A Perceptual Approach. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall College Div. Serv ...

Chapter 8 Human Trafficking in Thailand: A Culture of Corruption Abstract Human trafficking continues to be a significant proble ...

8.2 Sex Trafficking in Thailand............................. The rapid expansion of sex tourism in Thailand is largely to blame ...

rationalize their own conduct. Managers of venues catering for sex commerce thus typically usefictive kin-terms in everyday spee ...

Thailand is of course not included as one of these four countries, despite Chiang Mai, a big city in the north of Thailand, bein ...

Children in Travel and Tourism, it is common in Thailand“for child victims to be confined after their rescue in highly restricti ...

based on a three-tier system. The Thai government continues to insist that they are working diligently to stop human trafficking ...

act as kingpins, agents, and entrepreneurs in the sex services trade, working with traffickers and even engaging in commercial s ...

Chuensuksawatdi, P. (2015). Govt trafficking responses familiar.Bangkok Post, June 18, 2015 Available at:http://www.bangkokpost. ...

Servaes, F. (2015). Sex trafficking issues in Thailand: The case of Urban Light. paper presented at International Conference“Com ...