Communicating in a Global Society ttu Exam 2

Where were the two study abroad places that our guest speakers talked about in class?

Barcelona and Manchester

Why does China have the No. 1 box office market?

Because the market size in China is larger than other countries' market sizes

What band was featured in the Moscow Music Festival video shown in class?

Bon Jovi

The notion of individuals moving between organizations with increasing frequency is called:

Boundaryless career

The home country for the movie, The Captain (movie trailer shown in class) is _

China

If you seem to have a natural ability to correctly interpret the unfamiliar or unclear behaviors of people from other cultures or groups, you have:

Cultural intelligence

What are the two things that self-disclosure can vary in:

Depth and breadth

What is the difference between endogamy and exogamy?

Endogamy is when someone marries within one's group while exogamy is when someone marries outside of one's perceived group

Globalization does not have a greater benefit for media corporations and the economies that host them.

False

Mediated communication knows no borders.

False

The Green Belt movement:

Focused on people's relationship to land, family, government, and future

What are portfolio careers?

Job records that balance a portfolio of different and changing opportunities instead of a single, full-time job

Where did the Green Belt Movement begin?

Kenya

If you "acculturate" to a culture, you are:

Learning, in a part or a whole, a culture to which you are travelling

Exogamy is a specific term that refers to:

Marrying outside of one's perceived group

When we talk about global media, we are speaking specifically of:

Message Transmission, Types of Programming, and Specific Content

A nuclear family, according to the text, could be exemplified by:

Mom, Dad, and the kids

What type of organization consists of one dominant, cultural group?

Monolithic organization

The media frame in Hollowood's perspective

Most men of color are portrayed as terrorists

You join a company with that identifies with a single country but recognizes and values local cultural diversity. It is a:

Multicultural organization

Which of the following is not an example of globalization:

Pam Tillis, a U.S. country-western singer, stereotypes Mexican Americans to sell her music video, Mi Vida Loca.

What is assimilation?

Giving up one's own culture to adopt another; that is, accepting both behaviors and underlying ways of thinking

What are the four stages of cross-cultural adjustment?

Honeymoon stage, Crisis stage, Adjustment stage, and Integration

Politics 2.0 refers to:

How social structures maintain their authority- and how the governed consent to it

Which of the following countries is home to the highest number of films produced each year?

India

What is convergence?

A blend of cultural elements experienced differently by the host and an immigrant group

"Diaspora" describes:

A group that has traveled to many places from a single homeland, with groups often retaining elements of the culture of origin

By definition, a social movement is:

Aimed at political criticism or change

What is a change caused by globalization?

An influx of foreign-made products into domestic markets, ease of travel, and cross-cultural business partnerships; Communication and identities are impacted; We are provided with advantages and disadvantages of local cultures

When did media and ideas first start flowing between different parts of the world?

As long as humans have moved around

Self-disclosure is important to understand in intercultural relationships because:

People from different national or ethnic cultures may have different expectations for how much and how deeply to self-disclose

The notion of individual employees guiding their own careers, rather than the organizations doing it, is called:

Protean careeer

What does current research suggest about the U-curve and other stage models?

Research gives small support to the U-curve model-10%-30% might go through the stages in the predicted order and time

Which medium reaches a greater percentage of the earth than other networks?

Satellite TV

The difference in view of time as linear or as fluid and overlapping is:

Sequential-synchronic

Blake Mycoskie, a former Amazing Race contestant and founder of four businesses, became a servant leader by building a corporation that makes, sells, and gives away:

Shoes

Which term refers to someone who travels to another culture for a longer time, but who intends to return home?

Sojourner

According to Kim's Theory, what makes up the adjustment cycle?

Stress, Adaptation, and Growth

What is the brand name of Blake Mycoskie's corporation?

TOMS

Some cultures have unique relational patterns. For example, the Chinese notion of kuan-hsi—similar to a concept in Brazil, Spanish-speaking South America, and the Middle East—refers to:

The building of social networks and connections to help get one through life

What is the definition of interlocalization?

The intersection of international and local influences and meanings.

Tseng provides a list of ways couples in an intercultural relationship might manage difference. One of the approaches, similar to what some call a "third culture" approach, suggests:

The partners might both give up their own cultural ideas on some point to create their own way of being

The most precise definition of globalization is:

The social, cultural, economic, and political integration of different parts of the world

An immigrant is a person who:

Travels to another culture with the intent of staying permanently

Global media flow is often one-way.

True

Organizational communication is shaped by the culture and climate of a specific organization.

True

Poorer countries are receivers of international media because there is a lack of a robust media market.

True

Which of the following is a component of organizations?

Varied levels and nuances of structure

Participation in civic dialogue and making full use of expressive opportunities to influence deliberative democracy is referred to as:

communicative engagement

What are two reasons for the growth of global media flow?

push, pull

Somebody forms a friendship with someone from another group (e.g., interracially). While they love the person, they still hold their same prejudices of the group ("You're not like the other X's"). This is:

refencing

What is a refugee?

someone who leaves their home country, fleeing from violence and oppression, to find freedom in another county