Abstract

Privacy is a mechanism for people to control and regulate the interaction with others. In the current process of cultural pluralism and globalization, privacy issue has become the big issue of growing concern. Due to the differences of Chinese and Western background, Chinese and Westerners have different values. Thus the meaning of privacy, the scope of management, solution and the awareness of the maintenance of privacy are different. In intercultural communication, people's different views on privacy due to cultural differences between east and west result in communication barriers. This paper focuses on the analysis of the specific manifestations and reasons of the differences between Chinese and Western concept of privacy, so as to reduce the conflicts of culture, and promote international exchanges and communication which is carried out smoothly.

Key words: China; western countries; the concept of privacy; differences；reasons

摘要

隐私是人们控制及调节与他人交往的机制，在当前文化多元化和文化全球化的进程中，隐私问题已成为人们日益关注的问题。在跨文化交际中，由于中西方文化差异而引起的人们的隐私观的差异，中国人和西方人持有不同的价值观念，因而对于隐私的含义、范畴的理解以及维护隐私的意识也不相同，在国际交往中难免因此产生冲突。本文重点分析了中西方隐私观差异的具体表现形式及原因，以减少文化的冲突，推动国际交流顺利进行。

关键词：中国；西方国家；隐私观；差异；原因