Field Research Paper 2010-11-11 INTB-311 Diversity and Intercultural Communication Daniel Plouffe 1686200 The International Cultural Battle Composed by Daniel Plouffe In our world of expanding technology and shrinking geography‚ people of different cultures have increasing frequency of contact and need for effective communication on a daily basis. Whether through travel‚ immigration‚ or international business‚ having the ability to communicate across many different cultures is an
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I selected the movie Crash to discuss the intercultural barriers in film for my paper. First of all‚ it is one my favorite movies so it was an easy decision. Crash is set in Los Angeles‚ California. The city is a melting pot of cultures; an ideal setting to highlight the racial and social tensions within the large cast of characters. The cast intersects in and out of each other’s lives throughout the story’s plot. The movie starts with a cop played by Don Cheadle is in a car accident with his
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low-context culture‚ speakers in a high-context culture seem to talk around a subject and never get to the point. This movie is related to four countries‚ Japan‚ American‚ Mexico and Morocco. In the four countries‚ Japan is the high-context country‚ American is the low-context country. Japan is a typical high-context country; now let’s talk about the high-context culture in the movie. When the film appeared a Japanese deaf-mute girl‚ no matter the background is noisy or quiet‚ the dialogue is always
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At home and in class‚ we have watched 3 videos related to intercultural communication problems that can happen in real-life. We also read about Barna’s Stumbling Blocks in Intercultural Communication which is deeply related to the videos. The first video on the baseball player eating with a Japanese coach’s family had many examples of the “stumbling blocks.” First of all‚ there is the assumption of similarities from the beginning of the video‚ which is the first and the longest stumbling block
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Intercultural Interview [Student’s Name] [Institution’s Name] Intercultural Interview Introduction This specific paper is based on interviewing two individuals who belong to different religions‚ which is the cultural characteristic in question as far as this paper is concerned. The individuals that were consulted for this specific paper belong to Muslim and Christian religions. The paper and the specific questions which were asked
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Jillian Terlonge Intercultural Comm. Japanese Humor Masculinity & Femininity There are many factors in which effect one’s sense of humor in each particular region. Certain things and instances may reflect humor in a different way for each individual. Humor also varies in the sex of the individual also‚ because something a male would find funny a woman would find repulsive or vice versa. In Japan there are several instances in which humor is used either positively or negatively
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significance were the challenge of leadership‚ managing virtual aspects of communication and developing trust. Sub-themes consisted of managing the task‚ managing people‚ managing language and cultural issues and‚ lastly‚ managing the matrix. Practical implications – These include attention to the selection of leaders‚ continued facilitation of face-to-face communication in a virtual age and investment in language and intercultural training. Originality/value – Future research might investigate the
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This essay reviews a wonderful speech by Rae Ann Ianniello about nonverbal communication skills in intercultural settings‚ which was delivered at Ohlone College on Oct. 1‚ 2010‚ from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. According to Professor Ianniello’s speech‚ she first explained how culture dictates one’s nonverbal behaviors and mannerisms. One’s communicative behaviors are largely dependent on the culture in one has been raised. She imagines that culture is like an iceberg which has a visible section above
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important communication can be in a life or death situation. This film also demonstrates many concepts and examples from our textbook‚ IPC3. Throughout this paper‚ I will discuss specific examples from the film and apply it to IPC3’s concepts (highlighted in bold) to demonstrate the knowledge from which I have acquired during this summer course. I will be discussing six different interpersonal communication areas in this paper‚ which are: close relationships‚ conflict‚ nonverbal communication‚ emotion
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Cited: Business Communication Today Chp III 52-63 http://www.vcsun.org/~battias/class/356/olm/9.html http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:19488131&refid=ink_overture_hlth
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