COMM 10, 2nd LE

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to reflect the true meaning as it already
exists in the world.

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Reflective Approach

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who imposes his or her unique meaning on the world through language.

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Intentional Approach

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Meanings are constructed by readers themselves and reality is subjective and multiple.

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Constructionist Approach

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study of social production of meaning from sign systems, analysis of anything that can stand for something else.

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SEMIOTICS (SAUSSURE)

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is a system of signs.

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Language

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‘father of modern
linguistics’

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Ferdinand de Saussure

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the word or more generally, the physical object(such as drawing or traffic lights) that we use to represent our thoughts.

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SIGNIFIER

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the thought or idea that is represented.

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SIGNIFIED

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resembles what it represents

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Icon

Question 10

Has no relationship or resemblance to what it represents but its meaning is agreed upon by people

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Symbol

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Has a logical or natural relationship to what it represents

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Index

Question 12

the mutual creation of meaning

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Communication

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a generalization about how a group of people coordinate meaning and action among themselves (worldview).

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Culture

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is the study and practice of communication across cultural contexts. * the mechanism whereby people of different groups perceive and try to make sense of one another.

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INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

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indirect rather than explicit.

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HIGH-CONTEXT COMMUNICATION

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explicit and detailed.

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LOW-CONTEXT COMMUNICATION

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from UP College of Mass Communication coined the term Filipino Communicative Behavior (FCB)

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Jose Lacson

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-is a matrix of contexts and perspectives, illustrating the multiple layers of thinking which precede and determine communicative behaviors.

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Filipino Communicative Behavior

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• study of people’s use of space as a
  special elaboration of culture

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PROXEMICS

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• Most externally obvious code of
  nonverbal behavior. It may indicate age,
  gender, nationality, ethnicity, education,
  economic status, lifestyle and attitude.
  Appearance also carries certain universal
  elements. Across cultures, appearance is
  the basis for judging beauty and different
  culture groups decorate their body with
  various adornments(e.g tattoos). How we

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APPEARANCE

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• study of meanings, usage, and
  communication of time. Different
  cultures have different concepts of time
  manifested in terms of punctuality and
  pace

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CHRONEMICS

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Includes posture, gestures, and facial
expressions.

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KINESICS

Question 23

• also called tactile communication,
  _______ varies in amount, location, type,
  and public or private manifestation.
  _______ or touch communicates specific
  emotions like anger, fear, disgust, love,
  gratitude, and sympathy (Matsumato &
  Hwang, 2012)

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HAPTICS

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• the study of messages sent by the eyes
  including eye contact, blinks, eye
  movements, and pupil dilation

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OCULESICS

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• refers to nonverbal elements of the voice,
  the way we speak or the tone of our voice

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VOCALICS OR PARALANGUAGE

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A mere background of speech, ________ is a
complex and powerful element of human
interaction that is culturally determined
and which communicates certain aspects
of a culture

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SILENCE

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Study of interpersonal communication via
smell. _________ are cultural in two ways:
first, certain smells are connected to diet,
bodily rituals, and geography; and second,
the ability to smell and give valence to
certain types of smell are also culturally
conditioned

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OLFACTICS

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• Anxiety
• Assuming similarity instead of difference
• Ethnocentrism
• Stereotyping
• Prejudice/Prejudgement
• Discrimination

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INTERCULTURAL CONFLICTS
CAUSED BY VERBAL/NONVERBAL
COMMUNICATION

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• Inquiry
• Framing
• Positioning
• Dialogue
• Reflection
• Action

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OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO
INTERCULTURAL
COMMUNICATION

Question 30

According to _______________, it is the
“in-between” space in the clash between
cultures where meaning and representation
are negotiated and cultural identity can be
re-imagines

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Homi Bhaba

Question 31

• a “place” where different cultures try to
  establish a common ground of
  understanding, one that allows all parties
  involved to listen, learn, and adjust.

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THIRD SPACE