Chapter 1 – Culture and Communication The Importance of Learning about Culture * Two importanat reasons for understanding culture are to learn how others make sense of their environment and the prevent mistakes and miscommunication 1. Make Sense of Our World 2. The works if Becoming Increaseingly Diverse 3. People around the world ARE different * People from different cultures are different (as well as similar) in how they see the world. * Cultures are the products of
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Andy Teng 1302.95 25 September 2014 Culture and Experience Enrichment by Visiting Europe If students have never experienced with another culture‚ their knowledge become bounded. They would only see and interpret lives through their very own ways. European cares about saving energy than Americans because they value energy as precious. In America‚ people have a big refrigerator in their homes. However‚ each home has a smaller cooler because of high energy cost. Also‚ Americans go to the supermarket
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Culture and Education The institutions of education which are shaping the minds of todays ’ youth do not all teach the same facts and curriculum. Throughout the world there are differing opinions on what‚ when‚ and how certain facts‚ theories‚ and concepts should be taught. Not all children are taught the same truths; this statement might sound unfair‚ or maybe incomprehensible. How‚ one may ask‚ could accepted truths not be taught as such; and what decides whether they will be or not? Cultural
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Culture and Identity Outline‚ what the term ‘Culture’ may be taken to mean and then explain the ways in which it is transmitted by the wider society and the effects that this may have for individual members of the society . Introduction: Society and Culture are interlinked‚ thus sociology defines society as two or more people who interact in such a manner as to share a common culture. Therefore culture is seen as a vital factor of sociology. Culture can be defined as common beliefs‚ behavior
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What is Culture? Culture expresses the national identity of one society. It is the human activity and symbols that gives individual culture unique and symbolic. Filipino people have 3 (three) main principles of culture; the ideas‚ norms and resources. The ideas represented religious beliefs‚ attitudes‚ scientific knowledge‚ behaviour‚ proverbs‚ literature‚ riddles‚ legends and myths‚ philosophy and anything came from ideas. The norms or the Filipino ways of doing such thing like habits
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Korea under Japanese Rule The Korea’s colonial period spans a time frame of 35 years from 1910 to 1945 until Japan was defeated in World War II. It started with the Eulsa Treaty also known as Japan-Korea Protectorate treaty which is signed between Empire of Japan and the Korean Empire on 17 November 1905 by the influence of Russo-Japanese War. This treaty effectively made Korea a protectorate of Japan. Immediately after that‚ on 22 August 1910 the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty was signed‚ which
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Influences from A Dominant Culture A dominant culture‚ which is characterized by its wide prevalence and strong influences‚ always exerts huge influence and imposes pressure upon minority cultures. In the memoir‚ When I Was Puerto Rican‚ Esmeralda Santiago recalled her childhood both in Puerto Rica and America‚ and revealed how American culture affected Puerto Rican culture and traditions. In the 1940s‚ people in Puerto Rica experienced intensive cultural impact from their powerful neighbor country
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Globalization of culture has negative effects that result in the disintegration of local cultures and the loss of cultural diversity in the world. Name: DENG Sili(Samuel) Class: 5A EFS Date: T9 2010 Cultural Globalization Currently‚ cultural globalization has become a primary trend of development‚ because of the development of communication and technology; therefore culture can be easily communicated. With the development of cultural globalization‚ the negative consequences of globalization
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world with their own unique cultures which include their own customs among other things. Rice University is a great example of a college with its very own unique culture compared to other universities. E.B. Tyler defined culture as “…that complex whole which includes knowledge‚ belief‚ arts‚ morals‚ law‚ custom‚ and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society” (Howe “Culture” lecture 2011). This is only one of many definitions of culture that have been thrown around
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Culture is our way of life. It includes our values‚ beliefs‚ customs‚ languages and traditions. Culture is reflected in our history‚ in our heritage and in how we express ideas and creativity. We can see that in the world we have many countries‚ many societies therefore we have many cultures in the world. Many factor such as‚ Environment‚ Belief‚ Religious‚ and Popularity. At present every country in the world has more stronger relationship because of high technology. There are many people who have
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