Communication in a Multicultural Setting

Question 1

two developments that ushered interconnectedness among countries in terms of economy and communication making people of different races and cultures move around and interact.

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Globalization and digital technology

Question 2

• Communicators who fail to realize that people from different cultures may not look, think, or act as they themselves do may run the risk of being judged as

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insensitive, ignorant, or culturally confused (lacking an understanding of cultural difference)

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necessary knowledge and skills to be able to embrace cultural diversity.

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cultural-difference awareness and effective communication

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the process of interpreting and sharing meanings with individuals from different cultures. Aside from the language, intercultural communication gives emphasis on the social attributes, thought patterns, and cultures of different groups of people.

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Intercultural communication

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Interaction among members of the same racial, ethnic, or other co-culture groups

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Intracultural Communication

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Communication with/among individuals of different races

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Interracial Communication

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Communication with/among individuals of different ethnic origins

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Interethnic Communication

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the system of knowledge, beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts that are acquired, shared, and used by its members during their daily living

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Culture

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composed of members of the same general culture who differ in certain ethnic or sociological ways from the parent culture.

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Co-cultures

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In interacting with a dominant culture, co-culture members who may feel like outsiders may use these strategies

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Accommodation, Assimilation, Separation

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Co-culture members attempt to maintain their cultural identity while striving to establish relationships with members of the dominant culture – they may take on values and beliefs of the host culture and accommodate them in the public sphere while maintaining the parent culture in the private sphere.

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Accommodation

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Co-culture members attempt to fit in or join with members of the dominant culture – they give up their own ways in an effort to assume the modes of behavior of the dominant culture.

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Assimilation

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Co-culture members resist interacting with members of the dominant culture

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Separation

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individuals accept diversity to be able to process other cultures’ influences and communicate with each other in a meaningful way

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Cultural Relativism

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the tendency to see their culture and its practices as superior compared to others

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Ethnocentrism

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4 variables to distinguish cultures.

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1. Individualism vs. Collectivism
2. High Context vs. Low Context
3. High Power Distance vs. Low Power Distance
4. Masculine vs. Feminine

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reveals how people define themselves in their relationship with others

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Individualism vs. Collectivism

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reveals a culture’s communication style

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High Context vs. Low Context

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measures the extent to which individuals are willing to accept power differences

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High Power Distance vs. Low Power Distance

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reveals attitudes toward gender roles; the value placed by members on something, e.g. material possession

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Masculine vs. Feminine

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To reduce the strangeness of strangers, communicators have to try doing away with

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biases, stereotypes

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• their preconceived opinions not based on reason or experience

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biases

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the fixed images/ideas, labels when they communicate with individuals having different cultures and bear in mind that their culture is not superior than that of others.

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stereotypes