Cross-cultural analysis of the university website
- Authors: Gurbanova A.M1
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Affiliations:
- University of Tyumen
- Issue: No 11 (2025)
- Pages: 15-22
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2541-8459/article/view/371132
- ID: 371132
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Abstract
in the era of digitalization and globalization, the official website of a university is a key tool of interaction between the university and the audience. The university website provides basic information about the university, its educational and scientific activities and achievements. The author of this paper describes a parametric model of university discourse, that is used to conduct a cross-cultural analysis of the websites of Harvard University and Moscow State University. The model consists of the following parameters: informational, social, axiological, aesthetic, mental, affective. The aim of the research is to test the methodology for cross-cultural analysis of a university website within the framework of the parametric model of university discourse. The websites of Harvard University and Moscow State University are studied within the cultural dimensions by G. Hofstede: Power Distance and Individualism. According to the results of the analysis, the Harvard University website illustrates an individualistic culture with a low power distance, the Moscow State University website represents a collectivist culture with a high power distance. Similarities and differences between the websites are presented as verbal and non-verbal signs and codes. This paper can be applied in a number of spheres: to improve university websites and evaluate their effectiveness; in applied linguistic research related to cross-cultural communication; to promote the university around the world.
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