Real Communication An Introduction

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Physical Appearance 107

Space and Environment 108

Communication Across Cultures: What Nurses Wear 109

Evaluating Communication Ethics: The Job Killer Tat 110

Touch 111

Time Orientation 113

Influences on Nonverbal Communication 113

Culture and Nonverbal Communication 114

Mediated Nonverbal Communication 115

Wired for Communication: War Games Without Weapons, Sometimes

Without Words 116

The Situational Context 116

REAL REFERENCE: A Study Tool 119

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chapter 5 Communication and Culture 121

Understanding Culture 122

Culture Is Learned 122

Culture Affects Communication 123

Intercultural Communication Matters 124

Communication and Cultural Variations 126

High- and Low-Context Cultures 126

Real Communicator: Vanessa Gonzalez 127

Collectivist and Individualist Orientations 128

Comfort with Uncertainty 129

Masculine and Feminine Orientations 130

Approaches to Power Distance 131

Time Orientation 131

Value of Emotional Expression 132

What About You? Cultural Values Assessment 133

Understanding Group Affiliations 134

Co-Cultural Communication 134

Social Identity and Intergroup Communication 136

Wired for Communication: Online Gamers: Women are Hard-core, Too 137

Communication Across Cultures: The It Gets Better Project 138

Intercultural Communication Challenges 139

Anxiety 140

Ethnocentrism 140

Discrimination 141

Improving Intercultural Communication 142

Be Mindful 142

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