Culture convergence due to ‘modernization’ or ‘globalization’ Since early days‚ time and distance has become borderless as business entities begin to grow and spread their roots all over the world. It becomes unavoidable for one country without being any related to other countries in any business. Each and every individual have their own culture and being proud of it‚ but when the relation between two entities (individuals or countries) happens‚ the cultures may converge due to obtain mutual understanding
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The Media Imperialism debate started in the early 1970s when developing countries began to criticise the control developed countries held over the media. The site for this conflict was UNESCO where the New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO) movement developed. Supported by the MacBride report‚ "Many Voices‚ One World"‚ countries such as India‚ Indonesia‚ and Egypt argued that the large media companies should have limited access to developing countries. This argument was one of the
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According to Holden (2002)‚ participative competency is an ability to be involved in and be a part of interaction – even in a nonnative language. Along the same line‚ Fantini (2000) includes the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately without changing the significance of the message as a cross-cultural competency. Koehn and Rosenau‘s (2002) transnational listening requires that native speakers understand non-native speakers‚ even when they do not use the language
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By Frederik Balfour Guanxi. It’s the first word any businessperson learns upon arriving in China. Loosely translated‚ guanxi means "connections" and‚ as any China veteran will tell you‚ it is the key to everything: securing a business license‚ landing a distribution deal‚ even finding that coveted colonial villa in Shanghai. Fortunes have been made and lost based on whether the seeker has good or bad guanxi‚ and in most cases a positive outcome has meant knowing the right government official‚ a relationship
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of people always use five fundamental taste elements when they’re cooking. For Vietnamese people‚ salt is used as the connection between the worlds of the living and the dead. Cooking and eating play an extremely important role in Vietnamese culture. The word ăn (eat) is included in a great number of proverbs and has a large range of semantic extensions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_cuisine#Cultural_importance Vietnamese cuisine is reflective of the Vietnamese lifestyle from the
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Shang Dynasty? This dynasty constructed its kingdom in the place of my hometown; it has a history of over 3300 years. Now Anyang is famous for its cultural relics which have been the world culture heritage. Especially‚ the biggest bronze in the world was dug out here by archaeologist in 1939. There are other culture relics and history sites. Anyang‚ as one of the eight ancient capital of China attracts lots of visitors from all over the world every year‚ such as‚ the old city ruins‚ Zhou Yi‚ Tai Ji
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teaching‚ we are not only taught the Mother Tongue but also we are taught the culture of that nation. Cultural and language are closely related‚ inseparable. Language is a mean of culture transportation and culture contained in language. It has been said and written that language is the crystallization of national culture‚ through language and texts‚ culture values are handed down. In the future‚ thanks to language‚ culture will have chances to have development. The transformation and development of
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Culture and Education Culture itself is neither education nor law making; it is an atmosphere and a heritage. —Henry Louis Mencken Lucinda Zmarzly‚ my Mathematics professor and also my interviewee‚ was born in 1973‚ Lincoln‚ Nebraska. Then she went to public schools here. She started her college education in North-west University‚ studying chemical engineering. In her second year‚ she transferred to UNL and majored in Mathematics. I had an interview with her and let me use it to interpret how culture
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Culture exists in every society. It is the specific learned norms based on attitudes‚ values and beliefs. Culture is often based on long standing traditions that have been passed from elders to the younger generation. It can be evolved through societal and religious influences. Changing culture‚ though difficult‚ can be done through choice or imposition. When cultures are isolated they tend to stabilize and change is slow or ceases. When culture makes contact with other cultures‚ a type of cultural
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Culture USA The culture of the United States is a Western culture originally influenced by European cultures. It has been developing since long before the United States became a country with its own unique social and cultural characteristics such as dialect‚ music‚ arts‚ social habits‚ cuisine‚ and folklore. Today‚ the United States of America is an ethnically and racially diverse country as a result of large-scale immigration from many different countries throughout its history. American culture
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