Intercultural Experience Communications 1 My friend Julie invited me to go to a family gathering with her and her boyfriend. I was a little reluctant to go because her boyfriend is Chinese and I was afraid I wouldn’t have anything in common with the people there. Eventually I decided to go. This is my experience: There is a difference in nationality‚ since I am an American. There are also distinct differences in religion (I am a Christian and they are Buddhists) and language (they speak Chinese
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Intercultural Contact Essay Introduction I have chosen the movie “Crash” seen in class as the subject of my intercultural contact essay (Haggis‚ 2004). Following a brief summary of movie‚ I will discuss the terms learned from intercultural communication course at George Mason University and apply them to various scenes in the movie‚ highlighting the cultural insensitivity characters portray towards members within their ethnic community and those who come from a different ethnic background. Brief
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Kilgard 10/1/12 Film Analysis Paper #1 Crash This movie Directed by Paul Haggis who also directed Academy Award Winning "Million Dollar Baby" and had also won an Academy Award for this movie as well puts a twisted story in this film. This movie symbolizes what goes on in the world today in regards to racism and stereotypes. He tries to make a point on how societies view themselves and others in the world based on their ethnicities. This movie intertwines several different people’s lives‚ all different
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Intercultural Paper I interviewed Kotryna Klizentyte‚ who is from Lithuania. Kotryna’s family is from Lithuania‚ where she was born. Unfortunately‚ when Kotryna was young‚ her parents separated and got divorced‚ her mom went to America with $50 and made it and was able to save enough and start a new life bringing Kotryna and her sister over to America. Kotryna was about three years old when she came to America. Though she has lived in America for the majority of her life‚ she feels attached
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promoting or researching among the parties concerned or involved some understanding‚ amelioration‚ adjustment‚ or settlement of the dispute or situation”(Lall‚ 1966) What lead to a conflict could be the basic differences in values‚ beliefs‚ communication styles and interests. It is important to know when operating internationally that there exist cultural differences‚ because people tend to think everybody operates in the same way and think that their way is always the best way. That is called
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I went to the Irish Festival downtown for this intercultural assignment. I spent well over an hour at this festival because it was actually very enjoyable. From what I’ve been told Irish people are not heavily religious. Me being a Christian‚ I didn’t know how different this experience was going to be or if I would feel uncomfortable or out of the loop. I wanted to avoid those negative feelings so I did some research to be prepared for this experience. Walking through the festival I heard loud
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focuses more on trust‚ less on legal systems‚ more on relationships‚ and less on principles‚ which is more on 1.2 Intercultural Communication Intercultural communication affect the models of publics relations as the different culture will affect the way of public relation practitioner do their job.(R.S Zahara‚ American University‚ 2001) Example‚ ‘Intercultural harmony’ communication campaigns such as “Merdeka Day” is always practice in Malaysia and Singapore. Being big companies‚ especially multi-national
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Intercultural Conflict and Organizations During our lifetime‚ we are bound to become part of an organization. With America becoming more and more diverse‚ it has led to a rise in intercultural organizations. Anytime you have individuals of different ethnic backgrounds‚ there is a chance for some type of communication conflict. When people from different areas of the world engage in conflict‚ they often have different expectations of how the conflict should be dealt with. Conflict is a clash of
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How Danone adapted his products? The chairman of the board of Shanghai Danone Biscuits Foods Company Limited‚ Mr Peng Qin‚ said‚ “We do not change the consumer‚ we adapt.” So Danone has adapted his products to local tastes. The most important for Chinese consumers is that the products are good for health. For example‚ they made the cookie Prince with more iron. The Chinese government announced 3 or 4 years ago that the population suffered from a lack of calcium and vitamins and encouraged
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Actual Intercultural Events It was my very first time in Malaysia and a failed intercultural communication occurred when I joined my college here. By someone in the International office at my college where I was informed that I will be required to get my medical check-up done together with other three students who were waiting in the student lounge for the person who was going to take all of us to the clinic. Whilst waiting with the other three students‚ one of the male students looked at me with
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