Chapter 2 Communication Accommodation Theory A cross-disciplinary discourse-sensitive framework Until I am free to write bilingually and to switch codes without having always to translate‚ while I still have to speak English or Spanish when I would rather speak Spanglish‚ and as long as I have to accommodate the English speakers rather than having them accommodate me‚ my tongue will be illegitimate. I will no longer be made to feel ashamed of existing. I will have my voice: Indian‚ Spanish
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The Ten Forces That Flattened the World These are the ten factors describing how the world is becoming “flat” or globally interconnected‚ thereby allowing businesses all over the world to compete on a more equal playing field. 1. The New Age of Creativity (the fall of the Berlin Wall) This event “tipped the balance of power across the world toward those advocating democratic‚ consensual‚ free-market-oriented governance‚ and away from those advocating authoritarian rule with centrally planned economies
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calls “the triple convergence‚” or the way the ten flatteners converged to create an even flatter global playing field. The first convergence encompasses how the ten flatteners came together in such a way that they created a global‚ Web-enabled platform that allows for multiple forms of collaboration. The second convergence is the appearance of a set of business practices and skills that make the most of the ten flatteners‚ thus enhancing the flatteners’ potential. The third convergence is the entrance
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as ‘remediation’‚ where new media ‘repair the inadequacy of the media that it now supersedes’. Media convergence refers to the relationship between ‘existing analogue technologies and media industries with new digital distribution methods’ (Comyns 2012). It has seen a substantial increase in online media content on ‘an increasing array of connected devices and screens’ (Media Convergence and the Transformed Media Environment 2013). The arrival of Web 2.0 has marked a framework of convergent
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Boundaries Six related trends describe the mass media world at the turn of the twentieth century. 1 media fragmentation 2 audience segmentation 3 distribution of products across media boundaries 4 globalization 5 conglomeration 6 digital convergence. MEDIA FRAGMENTATION: This term refers to the increase in the number of mass media and mass media outlets that has taking place the past two decades. Media fragmentation encourages audience erosion‚ a decrease in the percentage of the population
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Exhibits Exhibit I: Samsung Group of Companies Exhibit II: Samsung’s Design Approach Exhibit III: The Samsung Wordmark Exhibit IV: Samsung DLP TV Exhibit V: Idea Winners between 2001 and 2005 Exhibit VI: Design Awards Exhibit VII: Convergence Products Exhibit VIII: The World’s Largest Plasma TV Exhibit IX: Improving Design Skills in the Electronics Industry Exhibit X: Worldwide Sales (Revenue Percentage) Exhibit XI:
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looking to other countries for exemplars of HRM to import. Such issues raise important questions: Are there any HRM best practices? Can they be transferred? The search for best practice in comparative management research relates to the debate on convergence toward common practices that apply to all countries versus continuing or even growing divergence practices. Many Asian economies do share common features‚ for example‚ fast economic growth‚ social development‚ surge in foreign direct investment
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COMMUNICATION ACCOMMODATION THEORY By Irfan and Kais It’s also called the CAT ◦ …. But not this kind of cat CAT? When speakers interact‚ they adjust their speech‚ their vocal patterns‚ and their gestures to accommodate others. What influenced the birth of the theory? Social Identity Theory A theory that proposes a person’s identity and is shaped by the groups to which he or she belongs (Tajfel & Turner‚ 1970). Communication Accommodation Theory In-groups ◦ Groups in which a person feels
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The Korean Media Landscape Changes in the Korean Media Landscape Current Changes in Korean Media 1. 1948~1960: Seung Man Lee’s government Outlawed leftist newspapers Closed moderate newspapers Arrested reporters and publishers 2. 1964~1972: Chung Hee Park’s government Dictatorship Closed all but fifteen of Seoul’s 64 daily newspapers Using its own radio and news agencies to promote its official line The Press Ethics Commission Law 3. 1980~1988: Doo Hwan Chun’s government
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Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) are currently working together on a short-term international convergence project to remove a variety of individual differences between United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ( U.S. GAAP) and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) (Schroeder‚ Clark‚ & Cathey‚ 2005). U. S. GAAP are the
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