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Intercultural Communication
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Communication
Undergraduate 4
09/29/2009

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Term
Technological Imperative
Definition
  • Global Village
  • (1) identity, culture and technology
  • (2) Greater information access
  • (3) More contact w/ people similar & different to ourselves
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Demographic Imperative

(1) Characteristics of population

Definition
Class, age, sex, orientation ability
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Demographic Imperative

(2) Evolving US Demographics

Definition

-Ethic minorities increase sustainability

-By 2025, 50% will be minority groups in Hawaii, Cali, New Mexiaco and texas

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Demographic Imerative

(3) Greater Diversity in Employment

Definition

-Age

-Language

-Ethnicity

-Gender

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Immigration Patterns

-Historical Patterns

Definition

-Voluntary/involuntary immigration

-Indentured Servitude (ie. Hawaii)

-Japanese Interment camps in WWII

 

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Immigration Patterns

-Current Immigration Issues

Definition

-Education

-Helthcare

-Finances

-Politics

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Economic Imperative

 

Definition

-Myth of a "class less" society

-Recession has more impact on minority groups

(Healthcare/living conditions. Education/ career options (networks). Quality of Life)

-Ethics-Human Environment

(US and Mexico)

-Business Transactions

(Us and China: Hand shake)

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Peace Imperative

History of Disharmony

Definition
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Peace Imperative

-History of Colonialism

Definition

-Global Dominance of US values

(West/Muslim)

-Cultural Dominance of US Values

-Race, Ethnic and Class Conflict in US

(Ex: Gang Warfare)

 

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Self Awareness Imperative

 

Definition

-Adler-Journey to other/self culture

(realize diferences and similarities)

-Involvment in current system

-Acknowledgeing position=learning

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Ethical Imperative

 

Definition

-Ethics regulate behavior among people

-Ethics are often culturally bound

(EX: honor killings in Iraq communities)

 

Term
Early developments
Definition

-Post WWII era

-1946 Foreign Service act/institute

-Edward Hall "Pre-departure courses"

-The Businessmen getting trained only cared about necessity-language etc.

 

Term

Cross Cultural Training

 

Definition
Training people to become familiar with other cultural norms and to improve their interactions with people of different domestic and international cultures
Term

 

 

Proxemics

Definition
Personal Space
Term

 

Haptics

Definition
Touching
Term

 

Oculesics

Definition
How we use our eyes
Term
Diversity Training
Definition
Facilitates intercultural comm among members of various gender, ethnic, and racial groups, mostly in the corportate or government workplace
Term
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
Definition
exlores phenomena such as the use of formal and informal pronouns
Term
paradigms
Definition

worldview of researchers

diferent paradigms assume different interpretations of reality, human behavior culture and comm

Term
Social Science
Definition

-Learned and shared

-collective experience (Family, neighborhood, education, sorority/frat)

-Culture influences comm

-changing portrayal of adolescents in media since 1950 (popular music, television)

 

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Interpretive
Definition

-Historically transmitted

-Symbolic verbal and non verbal meaning

-Symbolic significance = meaning

Religion as a cultural system

Language ideologies (standard english/indigenous speech)

 

Term
Critical
Definition

-Culture is heterogeneous-not homogeneous even if it looks like it is

-Assuming similarity over looks rish diversity

-Cultures are dynamic and evolving

-culture is contested (rejecting your culture;sexuality, race, gender, class)

Term
Six dialectics of I/C Comm
Definition

-Cultural-Individual

-Personal-contextual

-Differences-Similarities

-Static-dynamic

-History/Past-Present/future

-Privilege-Disadvantage

Term

Antecedents of Contact

-Prior experience and attitudes

Definition

-people bring childhood experiecies to their interations

-Historical myths (jewish people are sectretly in control of the US gov.)

-Different languages

-People are affected by recent, vivd events

 

Term
Contact Hypthoesis
Definition
-The notion that better communication between groups of people is facilitated simply by bringing them together and allowing them to interact
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Regulations of contact hypothesis
Definition

-Members should be of equal status

-Institutional support for contact to help provide and positive interacton

-Voluntary

-Have potential to extend beyond the immediate situtaion

-Programs should maximize cooperation within groups and minimize competition

-Equalize numbers of the group members

-Promote individuation of group members (down play things like race and language)

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