Local and Global Communication in Multicultural Settings Flashcards
What are the Forms of Intercultural Communication
- Interracial communication
- Interethnic communication
- International communication
- Intracultural communication
communicating with people from different races
Interracial communication
interacting with people of different ethnic origin
Interethnic communication
communicating between representatives from different nations.
International communication
interacting with members of the same racial or ethnic group or co-culture
Intracultural communication
____________ often stem from less direct verbal and nonverbal communication, utilizing small communication gestures and reading into these less direct messages with more meaning.
High-context cultures
____________ are the opposite; direct verbal communication is needed to properly understand a message being said and doing so relies heavily on explicit verbal skills.
Low- context cultures
What are the Barriers to Effective Cultural Communication
- Ethnocentrism
- Stereotypes
- Prejudice
- Assumed Similarities
- Anxiety
refers to the belief that a person’s culture (his
‘’in-group’’ culture) is much better than any other group’s culture (an ‘’out- group’’ culture), and the
tendency is for that person to judge any ‘’out-group’’ culture by using the norms of his ‘’in-group’’ culture.
Ethnocentrism
are often generalized negative traits assigned to a group of people (e.g., race, nationality, religion, social class, sexual orientation, age, gender) even if these traits may only reflect a selected few of the group.
Stereotypes
an offshoot of stereotype, is an unfair thought,
belief, or feeling of dislike for a person or group because of race, nationality, gender, sexual
orientation, age, religion, and so on. It is a negative preconceived opinion held by one group toward
members of another group that biases perception and provides a reason for discrimination.
Prejudice
an assumption of similarity is a baseless, unreasonable refusal to see cultural differences where they exist. This happens when members of one group assume that all groups behave the same way they do, that
what is true to their culture is also true to all other cultures. This results to insensitivity to cultural
differences.
Assumed Similarities
intercultural communication anxiety is the fear
or apprehension associated with either real or anticipated communication with people from another cultural group. The fear is often caused by differences in language ability, verbal and nonverbal communication styles, and expression of emotions.
Anxiety
