Communication Between Cultures

name in large, bold letters, with organizational position under the name in smaller type. These illustrations offer insight into ...

Cyberidentity and Fantasy Identity Our lives increasingly focus around the Internet. On a near daily basis, we spend time online ...

we have not examined the role of religion, which occupies a significant place in the lives of many people. To illustrate, New Yo ...

Ethnic identity search, the second stage, begins when individuals become interested in learning about and understanding their ow ...

culture, and increase their association with minority culture members. Achievement of the fourth and fifth stages, redefinitiona ...

lectures about the biracial experience.^58 As another example, the Hapa Project strives to“promote awareness and recognition of ...

adulthood.^66 In some underdeveloped societies the rite can involve a painful physical experience, such as male or female circum ...

Globalization and Cultural Identity There is no denying that the contemporary world social order is increasingly char- acterized ...

Issues of identity can be expected to remain complex—and perhaps become more so—as globalism and multiculturalism increasingly c ...

arelikelytobedifferent,theparticipants will have to search for a middle ground, and this search will require flexibility and ada ...

Concepts and Questions Why is an awareness of identity important in your personal life? What are some of the situations in whic ...

CHAPTER 8 Verbal Messages: Exchanging Ideas Through Language A language is a part of a culture, and a culture is a part of a lan ...

Because this book examines communication and culture, it should not be surpris- ing when we assert that language and culture are ...

these events would be possible. Language allows you to speak, read, write, listen to others, and even talk to yourself—or to thi ...

often with a selective interpretation. Because the past is an important means for teaching children their culture’s normative be ...

carries an unimaginable weight in each society, it also influences how they are perceived by that society. They can be viewed as ...

to call to mind the common domestic pet, or sometimes a larger wild animal, such as a tiger, lion, or leopard. It is also common ...

these differences in perception, many of them subconscious, have an influence on how people think and use language. This cultura ...

ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. The worlds in which different societies live ...

Language Variations In addition to the differences discussed to this point, cultures are also characterized by a number of inter ...