Intercultural Communication

Exam #1; Chapters 1-6

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  • 6 Imperatives for Studying Intercultural Communication
1. peace imperative
2. economic imperative
3. technology imperative
4. demographic imperative
5.self- awareness imperative
6. Ethics imperative
4 building Blocks of Studying Intercultural Communication
1. Culture
2. Communication
3. Context
4. Power
6 factors of Culture
1. learned
2. perceptions and values
3. involves feelings
4. expressed
5. Dynamic and heterogeneous
6. Shared
4 barriers to studying intercultural communication
1. ethnocentrism
2. Discrimination
3. prejudice
4. stereotyping
Political, intellectual, social histories
Political histories- documented
intellectual- transmission and development of ideas
social- everyday occurrences
Family Histories
Occur at same time as other histories
    • Personal level
    • Passed orally
Hidden histories can be revealed through DNA testing
National Histories
Based on past events and figures important to that nation
    • Solidifies sense of nationhood
    • U.S. students rarely learn about histories of other nations
Cultural group history
  • History of cultural group within a nation
  • Includes where group originated, why ppl migrated, development of cultural traits
"grand narrative"
Only one way of looking at past
7 non mainstream histories
      1. 1. Religious
      2. 2. Gender
      3. 3.Sexual orientation
      4. 4. Racial and ethnic
      5. 5. Diasporic- ways in which international culture groups were created through transnational migrations, slavery, religious crusades and other historical forces
      6. 6. Colonial-
      7. 7. Socioeconomic class
6 elements of the definition "identity"
1. created through communication
2. created in spurts
3. multiple
4. influenced by society
5. dynamic
6. different ways in different cultures
U- curve theory
1. excitement
2. culture shock
3. Adaptation
4 components of language
1. phonology
2. semantics
3. syntactics
4. pragmatic
5 functions of language
1. give information- ex: assignment explanation
2. control other's behavior- ex: persuasive
3. communicate feelings- ex: "i love you"
4. Participating in rituals- ex: prayer
5. Execute plans- ex: meeting deligation
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
The language we speak determines our perception of reality

ex: native American languages- no possessive, Spanish formality