437 Copyright © 2013, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited. Chapter 23 DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3966-9.ch023 INTRODUCTION In the globalised world, we find at least three dimensions within which contemporary inter- national project management exists. The first one is the theoretical collision around notion of culture. The second dimension is transcultural- ity, which is defined as being “in-between.” The final dimension linked with the previous one is ICT-mediated communication which reflexes cultural differences in the process of decision- making, technology acceptance, and more. Most people have some opinion, drawn from their own culture’s folk psychology, regarding the concept Oxana Karnaukhova Southern Federal University, Russia Networking Through Cultures: Communicative Strategies in Transnational Research Teams ABSTRACT Transnational communication is a natural efect escorting activities of research teams throughout the world. We understand this phenomenon not as a new-born process mediated by technologies, but the process of cross-border dissemination of opinions, information, ideas, and toolkits. We also recognize that while so-called “new” information and communications technologies (ICTs) have created their own speciic problems and concerns, it should be remembered that all forms of communication are capable of causing tensions and latent conlicts (Cupach, 1997; Ribeiro, 1998). The study concerns networking and ICT-mediated collaboration in transnational research teams with Russian participation afected by cultural diferences. The core interest lies in investigation of communicative strategies and efects of visual and interactive techniques, including video-conferencing, participatory social media, podcasting, and others--and, to collaboratively construct, interpret, and theorize participants’ accounts of cooperation.