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GLOBALIZATION Flashcards

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refers to the “processes through which local and regional ideas, products, and practices are transformed into worldwide ideas, products, and practices

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GLOBALIZATION

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2
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has helped erased the notion of territorial boundaries between countries, gradually eroding the idea of the term nation

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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

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3
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Smoke signals, habemus papam, pigeon post

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THE VISUAL ERA

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4
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printing press

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Johannes Gutenburg (1950)

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5
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telegraph (1838)

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THE WIRED ERA

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6
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telephone

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Alexander Graham Bell (1876)

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7
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first videophone

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Georg Oskar Schubert (1930)

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8
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xerox fax machine

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Alexander Bain (1964)

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9
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first handheld mobile phone

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Motorola (1973)

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10
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first mobile (cellular) phone network

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1981

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11
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persons respectful of and engaged with people from distinctly
different cultures.

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MULTICULTURIST

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the recognition and valuing of the difference, encompassing such
factors as age, gender, race, ethnicity, ability, religion, education,
marital status, sexual orientation and income.

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DIVERSITY

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13
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lacking understanding of cultural difference

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CULTURALLY CONFUSED

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14
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interaction with individuals from different cultures

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INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

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15
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interactants are of different races

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INTERRACIAL COMMUNICATION

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16
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communicating parties
have different ethnic origins

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INTERETHNIC COMMUNICATION

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17
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communication between persons
representing political structures or nations

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International communication

18
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Knowledge, beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts
that are acquired, shared, and used by its members within a
culture as a whole

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CULTURES

19
Q

Composed of members of the same general culture who
differ/similarities in some ethnic or sociological way from the
parent culture

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CO-CULTURES

20
Q

Group members feel like outsiders

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MARGINALIZED
GROUP

21
Q

Being perceived as the majority of the
population and having a significant presence in
institutions relating to communication,
education, artistic expression, law, government
and business

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DOMINANT
CULTURE

22
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STRATEGIES OF CO-CULTURE TO JOIN THE DOMINANT CULTURE

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assimilation, accomodation, separation,

23
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is the lens through which we see the world

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CULTURE

24
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see one’s own culture as superior to all

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ETHNOCENTRISM

25
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adherence to the principle of cultural relativism
They advocate respect for uniqueness, tolerance for difference,
and adherence to the principle of cultural relativity

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CULTURAL PLURALISM

26
Q

Cultures in which individual
goals are stressed; cultivates
individual initiative and
achievement ; “I”

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INDIVIDUALISM

27
Q

Cultures in which group goals
are stressed; tend to nurture
group influences; “We”

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COLLECTIVISM

28
Q

A tradition-bound communication
system which depends on
indirectness

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HIGH CONTEXT COM

29
Q

A system that encourages
directness in communication;
exhibits a more direct
communication style

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LOW-CONTEXT COM.

30
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A culture that gives great
deference to a person of
authority

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HIGH POWER DISTANCE CULTURES

31
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A culture that values the equal
treatment of everyone

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LOW POWER DISTANCE CULTURES

32
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In a masculine culture, men are
expected to be assertive,
competitive, and focused on material
success.

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H.MUSCULINE C

33
Q

“Femininity stands for a society
in which women are supposed to
be modest, tender, and
concerned with the quality of
life.”

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H FEMININE CULTURE

34
Q

refers to the way of presenting themselves

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GENDER ROLES

35
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socially constructed; share experience of oppression

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RACIAL AND ETHNIC IDENTITY

36
Q

has to do with belief in faith issues

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RELIGIOUS IDENTITY

37
Q

related to the widening gap between the ultrawealthy, and middle and lower
classes

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SOCIOECONOMIC IDENTITY

38
Q

refers to the legal status or citizenship

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NATIONAL IDENTITY

39
Q

mental images or pictures that we believe in; shortcuts (positive or
negative) that guide reactions

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STEREOTYPES

40
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typically refers to the negative aspects of the stereotype.

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Prejudice

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