OralDefenseOnFamilyValuesBetweenChinaandtheWestPresentedby:ZhanWenjingSupervisedby:MiYoumeiNumber:20121801310048OutlineQuestionsandAnswersMainBodyReasonsandSignificanceLiteratureReviewReasonsandSignificanceInterestTheoreticalvaluePracticaluse•RichardE.Porter•Galvin&Brommel•LiLu&ZhangXuLiteratureReviewFamilyCommunication:CohesionandChangeHarmoniousyetDifferentinCulture:aComparativeStudyoftheSupportingModelsBetweenChinaandtheWestCommunicationBetweenCulturesMainBodyFamilyValueFamilyPensionModeHomeEducationFamilyLifeDefinitionandConnotationConclusionDiscussionPotentialCausesManifestationsandDifferences“family”,“value”,“familyvalue”,“collectivism”,“individualism”•IndependenceVSdependence•Differentmarriage•Differentlifestyle•Differentfinancialstyle•Differentpublicfestivals•Filialpiety,familyties,patriarchalclansystem•Christiancivilization,corefamily,city-statesystem•Socialreasonfamily-orientedandgroup-orientedideascapitalism-individualinterests•CulturalreasonlandcultureVSoceanculture•IdeologicalreasonConfucianism(loveandbenevolence)Christianity(democraticnotion)PotentialCausesQuestionandAnswerWelcomeYourCommentsandQuestionsThanks