Semi Flashcards
FORMS OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION:
Interracial Communication.
Interethnic Communication.
International Communication.
Intracultural Communication.
Interpreting and sharing of meanings with individuals from different races.
Interracial Communication
Interactions with individuals of different ethnic origins.
Interethnic Communication.
Communication between persons representing different
International Communication.
Interaction with members of the same racial or ethnic group or co-culture as yours
Intracultural Communication.
Who is the Communication Theorist
Charles Berger
Charles Berger outlines three strategies for moving forward to a more mindful, competent style of intercultural communication:
Passive Observation
• Active Strategies
• Self-disclosure
Characteristics of Intercultural Communication
Motivation
Tolerance for Ambiguity
Open-mindedness
Knowledge and Skill
To be competent in intercultural communication, individuals must understand the social customs and the social system of the host culture.
Cultural Awareness
Effective Communicators must be able to acclimate to new environments.
Psychological Adjustment
Individuals must be competent in verbal and non-verbal behaviors.
Communication Skills
The main personal traits that affect intercultural communication are self-concept, self-disclosure, self-monitoring, and social relaxation.
Personality Strength
4 Communication Approach to Intercultural Communication
Personality Strength
Communication Skills
Psychological Adjustment
Cultural Awareness
GUIDELINES ON DEVELOPING INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE
ADAPTION TO NEW CULTURES
Cultural integration-
Cultural Assimilation
Multiculturalism
Cultural Accommodation
Separation
when one cultural group refuses to interact or join the dominant culture, this attitude is called separation; members of this group prefer to interact with the members of their own culture, so they are often known as outsiders
Separation
refers to the process by which individuals 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
Cultural Accommodation
The counterpart to cultural assimilation is multiculturalism, in which cultural diversity is encourage and valued as beneficial to society.
Multiculturalism
when members of one cultural group adopt the language, practices, and beliefs of another group often losing aspects of their traditional culture in the process
Cultural Assimilation
in which one group assumes the beliefs, practices, and rituals of another group without sacrificing the characteristics of its own culture
Cultural integration
physical object
MATERIAL CULTURE
non physical
NON-MATERIAL CULTURE
the learned and shared behavior of a community of interacting human beings”.
Culture
best express what culture
Banks and McGee(1989)
shared patterns of behaviors and interactions
Minnesota
people who pay respect to the cultural differences.
multiculturalists
Types of Globalization
Financial Globalization
2. Economic Globalization
3. Technological Globalization
4. Political Globalization
5. Cultural Globalization
6. Sociological Globalization
7. Ecological Globalization
8. Geographical Globalization
It is the communication and assimilation among individuals, ethnicities, race, institutions, governments of various nations supported by technology and compelled by international trade.
Globalization
