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| Intercultural Communication |
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communication between members of distinct social groups.
o Not just between foreign cultures |
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two or more people who share common social identities and common cultural worlds
Culture vs. culture (size of different groups)
East vs. West People who sit in front vs. back roommates
Male vs. Female |
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| Communication is intercultural when… |
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| People interact with each other in terms of their group identification- when an aspect in salient/relevant throughout all parts of your comm. or interaction with another |
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A complex, abstract, and pervasive matrix of socially developed elements that functions as an all-encompassing framework for living, thinking, and acting
- It is inescapable
- It is everywhere |
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-since it’s learned, its able to be passed on from older to younger generation…this is called socialization
-example: pledge of allegiance- never really told that this is so important to our country but they are teaching that it’s important to culture by doing everyday before class |
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- Always changing- opposite to static
- Makes culture difficult because you can never really pin it down
- Example: asking your parents what life was like in their young years |
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| Dynamic because of invention |
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when cultures discover new practices
- Different because of invention-
Example: cell phones- rules for driving or texting now, we can make plan easier with friends
- Road rage is an invention because of our fast paced society now
- Not just 1st time, but invention can be something made popular-
o Example: tattoos- used to be sailors, navy men, and rebel bikers, now everyone has them |
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| Dynamic because of diffusion |
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we borrow a practice from another culture
- Some people don’t like cultural diffusion because it destroys the unique cultural of another- makes every culture the same
- Example: we can go to a foreign country and find a starbucks |
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- Not everything that works for one country will work for another
- Example: people go to island to relax when they cant in their own culture |
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| Culture is interconnected |
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- The different parts all go together
- Example: the U.S consumerist culture |
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- We are all centered on our own culture
- We see our own culture as the right one
- If you don’t feel at one with one culture, you can become another
- One of the problems that lends to a lot of misunderstandings in the world |
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| The Focus of Speech Codes Theory |
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Speech Code: a system of socially constructed symbols and meaning, premises and plates, pertaining to communicative conduct
- Language with in a language
- Only a particular group could understand |
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| Ethnography is a method focused on the description and analysis of culture |
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- Actually becoming part of the cultural group opposed to surveys
- Becoming one with the group |
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| The ethnography of communication is focused in |
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1. Patterns of comm.
• Greeting rituals- hand shakes, etc.
• Appropriate topics to discuss
• Where does comm. take place?
• Who talks to whom?
2. Functions of comm.
• What is it used for?
• What does it accomplish?
• Instrument function → persuasion or emotional expression, or establishing hierarchy/dominance
3. The relationship between comm. and other facets of culture
• Gives insight into history, values and goals |
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| Assumptions of Speech Codes Theory |
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A. Speech codes reveal information about self
B. Speech codes reveal information about society
o A successful ethnography will reveal information about both self and society
C. Speech codes reveal standards for proof and persuasion
o Which techniques work logic, emotion, etc. |
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