個體為了適應及被地主社會所接納，會嘗試消除各方面的疑慮。本研究主要在探討嫁給台灣人的韓國女性如何適應台灣這個新環境，這些韓國女性又是如何在適應過程中消除疑慮。人類總是在不斷地遷徙和移動之中，兩個不同文化的成員，若有直接或間接的接觸，時常會造成其中一個或甚至兩個社會的變遷，並引起文化特質逐漸地散佈。因此，這種變遷的過程，稱為「傳播」。 對於日增多行的跨文化婚姻，雖然韓國和台灣隔著海洋，但如今嫁給台灣人的韓國女性可以擁有更多消息（資訊），且可與原有國家文化社團或社會組織保持連絡。這對來台灣之後的學習及適應台灣的新環境文化，會不會更困難或者反而更有助於適應台灣這個新環境文化呢？ 本研究是以深度訪談，探討以下各問題：這些韓國籍的台灣媳婦在適應另一環境文化時如何消除疑慮？嫁給台灣人的韓國女性在日常生活中的傳播工具使用行為對自身的疑慮消除有何影響?跨文化婚姻的韓國女性如何運用不同的疑慮消除策略來消除疑慮？傳播媒體在嫁給台灣人的韓國女性疑慮消除策略中所扮演的角色為何？ / This study takes the Korean women who married to Taiwanese as examples to explore how they adapt into new cultural environment and reduce their uncertainty。 This research, used in-depth interview method, is to discuss the following questions：1. How Korean women who married to Taiwanese reduce their uncertainty while adapting a new culture environment？ 2. How these Korean women use different uncertainty reduction strategies to reduce their uncertainty（passive、active or interactive strategies）? 3. What is the role of mass media in their uncertainty reduction strategies?

本研究主要透過質化研究深度訪談法，描繪越南籍女性配偶在台生活使用媒體行為與對本地文化適應情況。訪談結果歸納整理出以下若干：第一、受訪者使用媒體的時間與平日所持家務的繁重程度及與夫家的態度有關。第二、受訪者夫家對其媒體使用並未加以過份干涉。第三、受訪者使用屬於母國媒體產品主要為舒緩思鄉情緒，消除對環境的不確定疑慮。第四、受訪者期望台灣媒體對母國之報導多採正面態度。 / The study mainly described the behavior of mass-media-using and cultural adaption among Vietnamese women living in Taiwan through interracial marriage. In-depth interview was conducted in this study. The findings of research were showed as follows: 1.There are relationship among mass-media-using time and daily household tasks and the allowing from husband’s family toward the interviewers. 2.It was not overly to interfere with interviewers using mass media by husband’s family. 3.The interviewers used mass-media products at husband’s family to ease homesickness and reduce uncertainty on environment about their living. 4.The interviewers wish that Taiwan’s media reported positive things about Vietnam as could as possible.

本研究共訪問二十位來台唸書的陸生，試圖透過深度訪談了解陸生在台灣所面臨的文化衝擊以及文化適應方法，以及臉書在陸生文化適應扮演的角色。從訪談與線上觀察了解陸生使用臉書表現，探究臉書對於陸生認識台灣與交友的影響，並歸納陸生使用臉書所採用的疑慮消除策略。 研究發現，多數陸生在台灣面臨的壓力為學業壓力、人際關係、意識型態與政策限制。由於受訪者多為碩博士學生，剛來台灣就感受到龐大的學業壓力，直接進入文化衝擊期。多數的文化衝擊，陸生都能透過自我調適或尋求人際管道、大眾媒體調整自我，融入台灣社會。另外，在使用臉書的疑慮消除策略上，多數陸生皆採取被動策略與互動策略。隨著在台時間越久，對台灣社會越熟悉，人際網絡越牢固，陸生使用臉書改採被動策略。由此可知，臉書對於陸生初進入跨文化社會時，提供一個方便觀察與認識台灣的管道。 / By conducting 20 in-depth interviews with Mainland students studying in Taiwan, this research aims to investigate the culture shock that Mainland students are confronted with and their cultural adaptation in Taiwan. Moreover, the role of “Face-book” in cross-cultural adaptation for Mainland students is also a subject of the study. Based on the interviews and online observation, this research seeks to understand the behavior of Mainland students’ using Facebook, and explore how Facebook affects Mainland students’ understanding of Taiwan and interpersonal relations with Taiwanese. Finally, the research attempts to conclude what uncertainty reduction strategies Mainland students adopt with their using Facebook. The research finds that Mainland students are most pressured by academics, interpersonal relations, ideology and policy restrictions for their study in Taiwan. The 17 interviewees are all graduate students, owing to which they experience“culture shock stage”with enormous academic stress in the early days of their living in Taiwan. Most culture shocks could be overcome and they integrate themselves into local society by self-adaptation, interpersonal communication and mass communication. Moreover, most Mainland students use passive and interactive strategies to reduce their uncertainty in Facebook using. The longer they stay in Taiwan, the deeper they understand local society and the stronger they stay in Taiwan, the deeper they understand local society and the stronger their friendship network grows, and then they turn to passive strategies in uncertainty reduction. Therefore, Facebook provides Mainland students with a channel of observing and understanding Taiwan on the initial stage of entering a new culture.

旅居者在進入新文化社會時，往往面臨著跨文化適應的議題。而社群媒體的出現與滲透，也改變著旅居者流動於原文化與主文化之間的樣貌。本研究透過深度訪談探究背負著特殊脈絡的馬來西亞僑生，在進入台灣社會過程中所歷經的文化衝擊與跨文化適應歷程，並以新傳播科技臉書社群平台的角度切入，分析線上管道對馬來西亞僑生的疑慮消除及雙邊文化連結的影響，試圖描繪出臉書在旅台馬來西亞僑生跨文化適應經驗中所扮演的功能與角色。 研究發現，多數馬來西亞僑生在來台前透過人際與媒體管道的接觸而對台灣有著美好的印象，因此進入台灣社會即面臨著種種的文化衝擊，其中包含：生活、語言溝通、學業、人際關係、意識型態與價值觀等五個方面的適應問題。其跨文化適應歷程呈現壓力－調適－成長的螺旋上升模式。在旅居新文化社會台灣的初期，由於擁有較劇烈的衝擊，因此會在臉書採取主動、被動與互動的疑慮消除策略兼用的方式適應台灣，有助於初期龐大壓力的調解；而隨著時間的積累，雖然他們仍會面臨新議題事件的碰撞，但由於日常人際網絡日趨穩固以及跨文化經驗的提升，因此轉向被動策略的臉書使用。 整體來說，臉書為馬來西亞僑生在台灣的跨文化生活所提供的助益包括：資訊獲取與整合、情感支持、維繫關係與發展關係。在旅居初期如同橋樑一般，提供馬來西亞僑生在台灣社會中凝聚與跨越雙邊文化網絡的管道，讓流動於不同脈絡的他們，可以同時發揮不同連結人際網絡的潛力，將衝突化為成長的奠基，從而達到更好的跨文化適應階段，並在成長過後，更加自如地運用臉書作為生活的調味料，點綴其旅居生涯，成為更深層的跨文化能動者。 / Sojourners often come across the issue of cultural adaptation when they step into a new social environment. However, the presence of social media and its penetration change the way sojourners shift between host and ethnic culture. This study is about the cultural adaptation of Overseas Malaysian Chinese students in Taiwan’s social environment, through the social media platform, Facebook. This research analyzes in which way Facebook affects uncertainty reduction and bilateral culture context of the students, therefore demonstrating the functions and the role of Facebook in the cross-cultural adaptation of Overseas Malaysian Chinese students in Taiwan. The study is done through in-depth interviews with the students. This research shows that before most Overseas Malaysian Chinese students arrive, they have a remarkable impression of Taiwan. All these made up through social and media exposure of the country. It is also the reason they encounter culture shock upon their arrival, adaptation problems include living, communication, academic, social relationships, personal ideology and values. The stress – adaptation – growth model shows a rising spiral pattern during the period of adaptation. Due to severe culture shock during the early stage of the sojourners’ arrival, they tend to actively, passively and interactively utilize uncertainty reduction strategies to adapt Taiwan, it is effective to accommodate the high level of stress faced by them. In time, although they would still bump into new issues, they could passively make use of Facebook because they have stronger social networks and more cross-cultural experiences. To conclude, the benefits of Facebook toward Overseas Malaysian Chinese students in Taiwan include, gathering and compiling information, emotional support, sustaining and developing relationships. In the early stage, Facebook acts as a connecting bridge, providing a channel that bonds and breaches bilateral culture contexts, at the same time unleashing the potential their social relations among different ties. Eventually this will improve the cross-cultural adaptation process as conflicts are transformed into a foundation for growth. Subsequently after the growth, they are more casually utilizing Facebook being a condiment in their lives, to enhance the living in the country, as well as being an experienced cross-cultural agent.