GlobalComm Exam #3

Characteristic of Popular Culture

1) Differs from folk culture 2) It is everywhere 3) It is ubiquitous 4) It is produced by culture industries

Law of Jante

10 rules from Switzerland. To make yourself humble and think you are not better than anyone else

Cosmopolitan communication

A notion of ethically working with and through cultural differences and power inequities to achieve understanding, intercultural growth, mutuality, and social and global justice through critical self-transformation

Facilitated intergroup dialogue

A peace-building approach, involving civic leaders and general public, focused on listening and speaking, not to persuade but to clarify.

Sir Elvis

A popular country music singer in Kenya

Attitudes

An individual's opinions and beliefs about people, objects, and ideas—how the person feels about the world.

Intercultural alliances

Bonds between individuals in groups across cultures characterized by a shared recognition of power and the impact of history and by an orientation of affirmation

Compromise Style of Conflict Resolution

Both partners give up some part of their culture

Dialogue

Conversation that is slow, careful, and full of feeling

Cultural imperialism

Dominance of US culture across the world

Cultural Imperialism

Domination through the spread of cultural production

Which of the following is true about forgiveness and intercultural relationships?

Forgiveness can sometimes help reconcile intercultural problems because, after forgiving, people will no longer be consumed by the wrongs that others have done to them.

Cosmopolitan communication

Global binding of people together, makes us more alike, actions of one country affects the others

Why is linguistic knowledge important to intercultural communication competence?

It increases one's empathy for culturally different individuals.

Identify a true statement about facilitated intergroup dialogue.

It involves the general population and civic leaders

Jew in a Box

Jewish person in a box willing to answer questions

Evan Osnos Korean Culture vs Chinese Culture

Korean more successful at making pop culture

Naked tourism

Many tourist get naked in front of different religious statues

Shafia family

Murdered family of four because they moved to Canada and didn't respect muslim background

Cultural texts

Pop Culture messages (TV Shows, magazines, other media)

Tay Tweets

Robot that tweeted out racist stuff

Guanxi

The Chinese practice of building networks for social exchange

Motivation

The desire to make a commitment in a relationship

Conflict

The interference between two or more individuals or group of people who perceive incompatible goals

Similarity principal

The notion that people are attracted to those who are most similar to themselves

Knowledge

The quality of knowing about ones self

How can the practice of dialogue help someone become a better intercultural communicator?

True dialogue reflects feelings of mutual equality and supportiveness that helps us really hear the voices of those who come from other cultures.

Experiences or conversations that move a relationship either forward or backward are known as _____, a theme in intercultural relationships.

Turning points

Unconscious competence

When interaction is going well, but one doesn't have to think about why, as the various aspects of intercultural communication are being used unconsciously

conscious incomptence

When one is aware the conversation isnt going well but they dont know why

Gabrielle Dyer

Wrote about being a Fat woman in France

D.I.E Excersise

a device that helps us determine if we are communicating at a descriptive, interpretive, and evaluative

Intermediary

a negotiator who acts as a link between parties

indirect approach

a view that the best way to approach conflict is to use vague and nonspecific language

restraint approach

a view that the best way to deal with conflict is by hiding or suppressing feelings and emotion

emotionally expressive approach

a view that the best way to deal with conflict is by overt displays of feeling

Direct approach

a view that the best way to deal with conflict is to use precise and specific language

Nonjudgementalism

being open-minded; willing to examine diverse perspectives

obliteration style

both partners attempt to erase their individual cultures in dealing with cultural differences

engagement style

combines the direct and emotional expressive approaches to conflict

discussion style

combines the direct and emotional restrained approaches to conflict

Dynamic style

combines the indirect and emotional expressive approaches to conflict

accomodating style

combines the indirect and emotional restrained manner

Facework

communication strategies used to "save" our own or someone else's "face" or public image

intercultural communication

communication that occurs in interactions between people who are culturally different

intercultural conflict

conflict between two or more cultural groups

Media imperialism

domination or control through media

electronic colonialism

domination or exploitation utilizing technological forms

Lex talionis

eye for an eye

Cognitive consistency

having a logical connection between existing knowledge and a new stimulus

Cultural learning

how socialization occurs within a culture

incompatibility

incapable of existing harmoniously

Culture industries

industries that produce and sell popular culture as commodities

line of sight

information about other people's identity based upon visible physical characteristics

Romantic relationships

intimate relationships that comprise love, involvement, sharing, openness, connectedness, and so on

other-knowledge

knowledge about how people from other cultures think and behave that will also help you be a more effective communicator

Linguistic knowledge

knowledge of other languages besides one's native language or of the difficulty of learning a second or third language

Relational learning

learning that comes from a particular relationship but generalizes to other contexts

interdependent

mutually dependent

Submission style

one partner yields to the other partner's cultural patterns, abandoning or denying his or her own culture

social movements

organized activities in which individuals work together to bring about social change

vespasienne/ uritroittoir

outdoor urinal

Consensus style

partners deal with cross-cultural differences by negotiating their relationship

Who tends to be most influenced by popular culture portrayals of another cultural group?

people who have limited experience with the other group

Reader Profiles

portrayals of readership demographics prepared by magazines (Age, Location, Gender)

Meditation

the act of resolving conflict by having someone intervene between two parties

self-disclosure

the act of revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others High self disclosure:

Pacifism

the belief that any violence, including war, is unjustifiable under any circumstances, and that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means.

High Culture

the cultural patterns of a society's elite

Tolerance for ambiguity

the ease with which an individual copes with situations in which a great deal is unknown

intimacy

the extent of emotional closeness

Globalization

the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.

Transpection

the process of empathizing across cultures

Decoding

the process of interpreting a message

Encoding

the processing of creating a message for others to understand

Stage Model

the view that relationships develop in predictable phases over time

Folk Culture

traditional and non mainstream cultural activities that are not financially driven

self-knowledge

what people believe about themselves

unconscious incompetence

when one communicates without adapting their communication style and not thinking about why it may not be effective

conscious competence

when one is aware that interaction is going well and understands why

Peacebuilding

working toward stability in a region to prevent conflicts from escalating into war

Popular Culture

(Low Culture) Cultural products that most people share and know about (TV, Music, Shows)

Community engagement

active engagement with communities to improve the lives of those in that particular group, by working together

Recognizing and accepting that another person might have beliefs, perceptions, and attitudes different from our own is part of _____, a challenge in intercultural relationships.

affirming another's cultural identity

The critical approach to intercultural communication competence reminds us that:

an individuals' competence must be viewed within larger political, economic, and historical forces.

Empathy

an understanding of another's feelings