Cross-culture communication in Japan Facts and statistics of the ‘Land of the rising sun’. Location: Eastern Asia‚ island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan/East Sea‚ east of the Korean Peninsula. Capital: Tokyo Population: 12‚57‚30‚287 (Aug 2013) Ethnic Make-up: Japanese 99%‚ others 1% (Korean 511‚262‚ Chinese 244‚241‚ Brazilian 182‚232‚ Filipino 89‚851‚ other 237‚914) Religions: observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%‚ other 16% (including Christian 0.7%) How are Japanese
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Cross-Cultural Observation: Macy’s Department Store In order to observe the interactions between individuals from different cultural background‚ my partner: Gina Nguyen and I went to the Macy’s department store‚ located downtown Boston. We selected this store because of the size and their reputation of having a diverse workforce. Gina and I started our observation at 3:30pm on Wednesday‚ October 24‚ 2012 and finished it at 4:20pm. We were observing the interactions between the coworkers‚ as
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ostracizing homosexuals from the limelight (Bynum). Directors in the 1930s decided to disregard the production code and shock the audience with violence‚ gender nonconformity‚ and scenes of passion in order to increase revenue. Notably‚ The Sign of the Cross‚ released in 1932‚ was a biblical epic that stunned the audience with the king’s implied relationship with a slave boy‚ erotic dancing between two women‚ and frequent nudity (Presley & Viera). As a result of World War II‚ directors made homosexuals
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NO! My life has been anything but simple to the point that even common sense doesn’t apply to me anymore so when I died during a car accident‚ I wasn’t even the least surprised that out of all the people in the world‚ it happened to me‚ Logan Cross. When I died‚ I thought to myself ‘It can’t get any worse than this right?’ but I was wrong… So wrong that I was in disbelief myself. After my death‚ I noticed that‚ even though I had died‚ I still felt ‘alive’ but that shouldn’t have been possible
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Introduction: The Cross-Cultural Approach Myth: is a story or example believed as true from a religion or culture group (usually an origin story) (The Prophet Mohamad PBUH is true for all Muslims) -myth comes from the greek word “muthos” which means word: -“muthos” are not literal words (they are metaphors) -“logos” are literal words The difference between Myth‚ Legends‚ Fairytales Myth: origin stories Legends: stories that may or may not be believed Fairytales: stories that starts with
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Cross-Cultural Communication Research Paper Bulgaria versus Japan Ivan Ivanov November 30‚ 2011 MBA 501: Business Communications & Research Methods According to Benjamin Whorf’s theory (1956)‚ the nature of the language we speak affects and determines our behavior and way of thinking. Japanese is a very good example of how this theory works. Japanese people use their language in a completely different way from anyone else and their behavior makes sharp contrast to the rest
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Seventh Edition INTERNATIONALEDITION INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT MANAGINGACROSSBORDERS AND CULTURES TEXTANDCASES Helen Deresky Professor Emerita‚ State University of New York-Plattsburgh Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto Delhi Mexico City Sao Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Taipei Tokyo PART OUTLINE Chapter 1 Assessing the Environment—Political‚ Economic
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THE GRIP OF CULTURE: EDWARD T. HALL Edward T. Hall is an anthropologist and one of the founders of intercultural communication study. His works have played a key role in describing how people’s view of the world and behavior are largely determined by a complex grid of unconscious cultural patterns. In The Silent Language (1959) Hall outlined a broad theory of culture and described how its rules control people’s lives. In The Hidden Dimension (1966) he introduced proxemics‚ the study of our
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The impact of cultural differences on interactions and communications is large to a certain extent. Culture refers to the refinement of individuals‚ usually though educations. It also refers to one’s ideas and beliefs‚ to make their environment better‚ consequently‚ their lives better. Different countries‚ race‚ and religion give people different cultures. When interacting with people of varying cultures‚ we might say wrong things that are offensive towards them and unknowingly subsequently getting
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Q.1 Write a note on specific Vs diffused Culture. Ans. A specific culture is one in which individuals have a large public space they readily let other enter and share and a small private space they guard closely and share with only close friends and associates. A diffuse culture is one in which both public and private spaces are similar in size and individuals guard their public space carefully‚ because entry into public space affords entry into private space as well. Austria‚ the UK‚ the US
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