GLOBALIZATION Flashcards
refers to the “processes through which local and regional ideas, products, and practices are transformed into worldwide ideas, products, and practices
GLOBALIZATION
has helped erased the notion of territorial boundaries between countries, gradually eroding the idea of the term nation
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
Smoke signals, habemus papam, pigeon post
THE VISUAL ERA
printing press
Johannes Gutenburg (1950)
telegraph (1838)
THE WIRED ERA
telephone
Alexander Graham Bell (1876)
first videophone
Georg Oskar Schubert (1930)
xerox fax machine
Alexander Bain (1964)
first handheld mobile phone
Motorola (1973)
first mobile (cellular) phone network
1981
persons respectful of and engaged with people from distinctly
different cultures.
MULTICULTURIST
the recognition and valuing of the difference, encompassing such
factors as age, gender, race, ethnicity, ability, religion, education,
marital status, sexual orientation and income.
DIVERSITY
lacking understanding of cultural difference
CULTURALLY CONFUSED
interaction with individuals from different cultures
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
interactants are of different races
INTERRACIAL COMMUNICATION
communicating parties
have different ethnic origins
INTERETHNIC COMMUNICATION
communication between persons
representing political structures or nations
International communication
Knowledge, beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts
that are acquired, shared, and used by its members within a
culture as a whole
CULTURES
Composed of members of the same general culture who
differ/similarities in some ethnic or sociological way from the
parent culture
CO-CULTURES
Group members feel like outsiders
MARGINALIZED
GROUP
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
DOMINANT
CULTURE
STRATEGIES OF CO-CULTURE TO JOIN THE DOMINANT CULTURE
assimilation, accomodation, separation,
is the lens through which we see the world
CULTURE
see one’s own culture as superior to all
ETHNOCENTRISM
adherence to the principle of cultural relativism
They advocate respect for uniqueness, tolerance for difference,
and adherence to the principle of cultural relativity
CULTURAL PLURALISM
Cultures in which individual
goals are stressed; cultivates
individual initiative and
achievement ; “I”
INDIVIDUALISM
Cultures in which group goals
are stressed; tend to nurture
group influences; “We”
COLLECTIVISM
A tradition-bound communication
system which depends on
indirectness
HIGH CONTEXT COM
A system that encourages
directness in communication;
exhibits a more direct
communication style
LOW-CONTEXT COM.
A culture that gives great
deference to a person of
authority
HIGH POWER DISTANCE CULTURES
A culture that values the equal
treatment of everyone
LOW POWER DISTANCE CULTURES
In a masculine culture, men are
expected to be assertive,
competitive, and focused on material
success.
H.MUSCULINE C
“Femininity stands for a society
in which women are supposed to
be modest, tender, and
concerned with the quality of
life.”
H FEMININE CULTURE
refers to the way of presenting themselves
GENDER ROLES
socially constructed; share experience of oppression
RACIAL AND ETHNIC IDENTITY
has to do with belief in faith issues
RELIGIOUS IDENTITY
related to the widening gap between the ultrawealthy, and middle and lower
classes
SOCIOECONOMIC IDENTITY
refers to the legal status or citizenship
NATIONAL IDENTITY
mental images or pictures that we believe in; shortcuts (positive or
negative) that guide reactions
STEREOTYPES
typically refers to the negative aspects of the stereotype.
Prejudice
