Author(s)

Yun Chen

Corresponding Author

Yun Chen

Abstract

Ethnic communication refers to the association or the occasional association between individuals or groups belonging to two ethnic groups (ethnic group, race). This paper attempts to summarize the relevant research status of ethnic communication in the western border areas of China in the fields of ethnology, anthropology, sociology and demography, and to sort out the overall situation, causes, mechanisms and influencing factors of ethnic communication in this area, showing the whole state of ethnic communication in the western border areas. In recent years, the academic circles have conducted various researches on the ethnic communication in the border of the western areas of China from the perspective of ethnic relations, and have achieved some results. However, at present, the research on ethnic communication in the border areas is still limited to the perspective of "the ethnic issues", and no ethnic communication research-oriented by "the frontier issues" has been formed. Moreover, the excavation of ethnic communication cases and ethnography writing in the western border areas need to be further deepened.

Keywords

Frontier Study; Ethnic Communication; Frontier Area; Social Communication