1-4 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION COMM 1502 Alexandra MacMurdo May 14‚ 2013 Chapter 1 1. Why is it important to think beyond ourselves as individuals in intercultural interactions? It is important to think beyond ourselves as individuals in intercultural interactions because the world is a melting pot filled with many people of different cultures living amongst other cultures. This makes intercultural communication inevitable to everyone. Additionally‚ having an intercultural interaction
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International and Intercultural Communication Ashford International and Intercultural Communication BUS600 July 27‚ 2014 International and Intercultural Communication International and Intercultural Communications have been of great interest to the Hofstede Centre for many years. In fact Geert Hofstede’s dimensions of culture have been the most widely disseminated of all theories. Hofstede’s five cultural dimensions are‚ “1) Power Distance‚ 2) Individualism or Collectivism‚ 3) Masculinity-Femininity
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Meaningful communication implies that the sender and the receiver of a message must share a mutual opinion of the meaning of the message (Reynolds & Valentine‚ 2011). Thus‚ much is required to reach a mutual understanding in a communication process‚ especially when the sender and the receivers of the message come from different cultures. A culture can defined as something that unites people of with common interests. The idea of culture is closely related to concepts such as common sets of values
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national awareness or because of whatever reason to approach different cultures‚ people undertaking the study of communication with respect to the culture shall have in mind differences in the perception of the world: attitude systems civilizations have formed along centuries‚ particular beliefs‚ values and world views. 8.1 Types of Awareness Why study intercultural communication? The modern society feels more and more acutely the need of cross-cultural contacts and interaction. Hence
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Intercultural Communication Slide 1: Introduce the topic Slide 2: Introduce the outline of the report Slide 3: First and foremost we need to start by giving a working definition of the term Intercultural Communication. What are we describing when we utter this term? We are of course very much familiar with communication. However for this term the concept “Intercultural” is added. Now‚ we can break down this word into its basic parts: Inter‚ a Latin prefix‚ which means between or among
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members of the team? • In your opinion‚ what is going to happen? Do you think this is a winning team? Grant Douglas 2014-2015 Stumbling blocks in intercultural communication • Language differences • Assumptions of similarity • Tendency to evaluate • Preconceptions and stereotypes • Non-verbal communication • High anxiety • Less effective communication‚ unsatisfactory relationships and generally bad business ! Tendancy to Evaluate • • • • • ODIE Observe Describe Interpret/identify Evaluate • Kilsontcons
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Intercultural communication is communication between people with different cultures such as Americans and Europeans. It is used as a means for global communications and businesses. Intercultural communication can be used for communications between people of different religious‚ social‚ ethnic‚ and even educational backgrounds. Body language and history are also a major part of the intercultural communications within different countries. Intercultural communication is important in today’s workplace
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Chapter 1 Studying Intercultural Communication * This chapter offers six reasons or imperatives for studying intercultural communications * Economics * The workplace * Businesses must be more attentive to diversity issues * As the workforce becomes more diverse‚ their will be more problems * Benefits * Speaking different languages * Seeing new business markets * Marketing products to different
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awareness of intercultural communication is also required.” Do you agree or disagree with his opinion? In a well-structured essay explain your ideas using clear examples to support your ideas. Distance and time are no longer the biggest obstacles to doing business‚ as result of human innovation and technological progress. And with the development of communications and wide-spread cooperation all over world‚ more and more companies are exploring the international market. (Johnson 2012) Intercultural communication
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Language as a barrier to intercultural communication Intercultural communication refers to the transmission of verbal messages with people of different cultures‚ which is challenging. Language is a set of symbols that a cultural group agreed upon to help them bring meaning to objects‚ events‚ emotions‚ experiences‚ places‚ etc. Language is one the most important differences between many cultures and one of the greatest barriers. Differences in language make intercultural interactions difficult
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