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| A Socially constructed and historically transmitted pattern of symbols, meanings, premises, and rules. |
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| Social scientific (objective) approach to culture |
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Culture is something we HAVE.
-homogenous
Culture is viewed as the external independent variable.
other issues( including communication) are taken as dependent variables
i. Insight of objective approach: Prediction of how different cultures are impacted by or perform certain phenomena
EXAMPLE: We can predict how Americans and Japanese will act differently in a business setting. |
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| Interpretive approach to culture |
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Interpretive – Culture is something that we DO. About deep systems of meaning.
Genuinely question and seek to understand the SIGNIFICANCE and MEANING of some cultural practice to a group. “What is the importance of yelling “GO COUGS”?”
-Goal is to understand but not predict. |
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High-->stress implicit (not explicit) verbal and non verbal communication
Low--> Stress explicit direct verbal communication (and not non-verbal) |
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Established rules of what is accepted and appropriate behavior
- Norms are not inherent or instinctive.
- Cultural rules change over time.
- applies to both verbal and non-verbal communication
Our ability to successfully interact in an inter-cultural context is highly correlated with our willingness to admit that OUR NORMS are not necessary. |
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| Valuing individual over group identity, group concerns, group rewards. (United States) |
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| Group over individual identity and obligations, and ingroup-oriented concerns over individual wants and desires (Japan) |
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| Developed through and within certain artifacts- those that we deem significant. |
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| We affiliate certain symbols with culture- assigned & agreed upon meaning |
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