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●● Explain the nature and characteristics of language.
2. Visit the toys section of an online retailer and see if you can identify what are being promoted as “toys for boys” and “toys for girls,” as well as how the categories of “toys for boys” and “toys for girls” are different if at all. What do your observations suggest about what
1. Consider your family as a co-cultural group. First, describe the scope of your family unit. Are you considering your nuclear family, extended family, etc? Who are the people who make up your family group? Now describe some generally held stories that everyone knows. What do these stories tell
4. What are some specific strategies you can employ to improve your intercultural communication competence?
3. What are some barriers to effective intercultural communication you can personally work on to overcome?
2. What are some ways in which cultural norms and values differ?
1. How is cultural identity formed, maintained, and reformed?
3. Develop flexibility. Flexibility is the ability to adjust your communication to fit the other person and the situation. With flexibility, you can use a wide variety of communication skills during an interaction and modify your behavior within and across situations. Being flexible means analyzing
2. Practice intercultural empathy. Intercultural empathy means imaginatively placing yourself in the other person’s cultural world and attempting to experience what he or she is experiencing (Ting-Toomey, 1999). The saying “Don’t judge a person until you have walked a mile in his or her
1. Practice listening. There are cultural differences in how people value and engage in listening. In the dominant culture of the United States, people listen closely for concrete facts and information and often ask questions while listening. In other cultures, such as those in Japan, Finland, and
4. What did you learn from your interviewee, and how did the interview compare to your other sources?
3. How was your understanding enriched from the additional academic sources you read?
2. What did you learn from the encyclopedia article that changed or deepened your knowledge?
1. What did you know about the culture before you began your research?
2. Be open-minded. Open-minded people are aware of their own cultural norms and values and recognize that other people’s norms and values may be different, but not wrong. Resist the impulse to judge the values of other cultures in terms of your own culture. Also, avoid jumping to conclusions
1. Tolerate ambiguity. Communicating with strangers creates uncertainty, and when the stranger also comes from a different culture, we can become anxious about what he or she will expect of us. When communicating, we must be prepared to tolerate a high degree of uncertainty about the other person
3. Immersion. You can learn a great deal about another culture by actively participating in it. When you live or work with people whose cultural assumptions are different from yours, you not only acquire obvious cultural information, but you also learn nuances that escape passive observers and are
2. Observation. You can learn about a culture or co-culture by watching members interact with each other. We call this form of watching nonparticipant observation.As you watch, you can notice how certain values, rituals, and communication styles are similar to and different from your own.
1. Formal study. You can learn about other cultures by reading books, periodicals, and Web sites about them. You can read personal accounts and ethnographic research studies, take courses, and interview members of the group. Rick, for example, was planning to study abroad in China. He began his
6. Incompatible Norms and Values. Sometimes what is considered normal in one culture is offensive in another. To the Vietnamese, dog meat is considered a delicacy.Many Americans might find the practice of eating dog meat disgusting but think nothing of eating beef. However, practicing Hindus may
5. Incompatible Communication Codes. When others speak a different language than we do, it is easy to see that we have incompatible communication codes. But even when people speak the same language, cultural variations can result from belonging to different co-cultures.For example, people from
4. Stereotyping. Recall that stereotyping is a perceptual shortcut in which people assume that everyone in a cultural group is the same. When we interact based on stereotypes, we risk engaging in inaccurate and even unethical communication that is likely to damage our relationships (Photo 3.8). The
3. Ethnocentrism. Ethnocentrism is the belief that one’s own culture is superior to others. The stereotype of the tourist in the host country, loudly complaining about how much better everything is back home, is the classic example of ethnocentrism.Ethnocentrism exists in every culture to some
2. Assumed Similarity or Difference. When we cross into an unfamiliar cultural environment, we might assume that the norms that apply to our culture will also apply in the new one. When traveling internationally from the United States, for example, many people expect to eat their familiar
1. Anxiety. It is normal to feel some level of discomfort when entering a cultural setting whose norms and customs are unfamiliar to us. Most people experience fear, dislike, and distrust when first interacting with someone from a different culture (Luckmann, 1999).
●● Employ strategies to improve your intercultural communication competence.
●● Acknowledge potential barriers to effective intercultural communication.
●● Determine the characteristics of seven dimensions of cultural diversity.
●● Explain the relationships among dominant cultures and co-cultures, cultural identity, and communication.
2. Practicing Perception Checking Sentences For each of the following situations, write a well-phrased perception check.a. When Franco comes home from the doctor’s office, you notice he looks pale, and his shoulders are slumped. Glancing at you with a sad look, he shrugs his shoulders. You say:b.
1. Perception Checking Practice As an individual or with a partner, prepare a perception-checking response to each of the following scenarios. Be ready to share your response aloud if called upon by your instructor.a. Your neighbor Bill usually responds in kind to your “good morning” as you
5. Seek clarification respectfully by perception checking. One way to assess the accuracy of a perception is to verbalize it and see whether others agree with what you see, hear, and interpret. A perception check is a verbal statement that reflects your understanding of another’s behavior. It is
4. Realize that your perceptions of a person will change over time. People often base their opinions, assumptions, and behaviors on perceptions that are outdated.So when you encounter someone you haven’t seen for a while, let the person’s current behavior rather than their past actions or
3. Seek more information to verify perceptions. If your perception is based on only one or two pieces of information, try to collect additional information. Note that your perception is tentative—that is, subject to change. The best way to get additional information about people is to talk with
2. Choose to use conscious processing as you get to know people. When you mindfully pay attention to someone, you are more likely to understand the uniqueness of him or her. Doing so can increase the accuracy of your perceptions.
1. Question the accuracy of your perceptions. Questioning accuracy begins by saying,“I know what I think I saw, heard, tasted, smelled, or felt, but I could be wrong.What other information should I be aware of?” By accepting the possibility that you have overlooked something, you will stop
●● Employ strategies to improve your perceptions of others.
●● Examine how we form perceptions of others.
●● Employ communication strategies to improve self-perceptions.
●● Explain how self-perception is formed and maintained.
●● Describe the perception process.
5. We communicate to influence others. We may communicate to try to convince friends to go to a particular restaurant or to see a certain movie, a supervisor to alter the work schedule, or an instructor to change a grade.
4. We communicate to exchange information. Whether trying to decide how warmly to dress or whom to vote for in the next election, we all communicate to exchange information. We do so through observation, reading, and direct communication with others both face-to-face and virtually.
3. We communicate to develop and maintain relationships. For example, when Beth calls Leah to ask whether she’d like to join her for lunch to discuss a class project, her purpose actually may be to resolve a recent misunderstanding, because she wants to maintain a positive relationship with Leah.
2. We communicate to meet our social needs. Just as we need food, water, and shelter, so too do we need contact with other people. Two people may converse happily for hours about inconsequential matters that neither one remembers later. Still, their communication functions to meet this important
1. We communicate to develop and maintain our sense of self. Through our interactions, we learn who we are and what we are good at.
5. Ethical communicators are responsible. Responsible communicators recognize the power of words. Our messages can hurt others and their reputations. So we act responsibly when we refrain from gossiping, spreading rumors, bullying, and so forth.
4. Ethical communicators demonstrate respect. Behaving respectfully means showing regard for others, including their point of view, their rights, and their feelings, even when they differ from ours.
3. Ethical communicators behave fairly. A fair person attempts to be impartial. To be fair to someone is to gather all of the relevant facts, consider only circumstances relevant to the situation at hand, and not be swayed by prejudice. For example, if two siblings are fighting, their mother
2. Ethical communicators act with integrity. In other words, ethical communicators“practice what they preach.” The person who says, “Do what I say, not what I do,”lacks integrity. We often refer to such individuals as hypocrites. The person who“practices what he or she preaches” acts
1. Ethical communicators are honest. “An honest person is widely regarded as a moral person, and honesty is a central concept to ethics as the foundation for a moral life” (Terkel & Duval, 1999, p. 122). In other words, we should not intentionally try to deceive others.
5. What is something unique about you that most people probably don’t know?
4. What are two personal goals you have for this class and why?
3. What are some of your personal and professional goals after college?
2. What are you majoring in and why?
1. What is your background? (Where were you born and raised? What is the makeup of your family?What else do you want to share about your personal background?)
4. Devise a method for measuring progress: “I will have made progress each time I describe my feelings to my group members about missed deadlines.”Figure 1.4 provides another example of a communication improvement plan, this one relating to a public speaking problem.
3. Outline a specific procedure for reaching the goal: “I will practice the steps of describing feelings. (1) I will identify the specific feeling I am experiencing. (2) I will encode the emotion I am feeling accurately. (3) I will include what has triggered the feeling. (4) I will own the
2. State the specific goal: “To describe my disappointment to other group members about their failure to meet deadlines.” Hint: Be sure to identify a measurable outcome.
1. Identify the problem: “Even though some of the members of my class project group have not produced the work they promised, I haven’t spoken up because I’m not very good at describing my feelings.”
5. What is a competent communicator and what steps can you take to improve your communication competence?
4. What does it mean to be an ethical communicator as related to bright side and dark side messages?
3. What are the key characteristics of communication?
2. Describe the process of communication and how interference may impact it.
1. What is the nature of communication and the role of canned plans and scripts in it?
2. Communicating Over the Internet Consider the advantages and disadvantages of communicating via the following Internet-based mediums: e-mail, newsgroups, Blogs, iChat, Facebook, Twitter, and Skype. Enter your thoughts into a two-column table, with advantages in the first column and disadvantages
1. Identifying Elements of the Communication Process For the following interaction, identify the message, channels, contexts, interference (noise), and feedback:Maria and Damien are meandering through the park, talking and drinking bottled water. Damien finishes his bottle, replaces the lid, and
●● Develop a personal communication improvement plan.
●● Assess messages using the principles of ethical communication.
●● Explain the characteristics of communication.
●● Define key components in the communication process.
●● Describe the nature of communication.
4. If you were romantically attracted to a person you met online and wanted to have a face-to-face date with her or him, what would you do to maximize your safety? Apply what you’ve learned in this chapter by analyzing the following case study, using the accompanying questions as a guide. These
3. If Chris and Brandon meet face-to-face, how will communication on their initial date be different from communication on first dates between people who have not met online? Apply what you’ve learned in this chapter by analyzing the following case study, using the accompanying questions as a
2. Chapter 10 stated that proximity and similarities are the two most significant influences on initial romantic attraction. Does this statement hold true for the online relationship between Chris and Brandon? Apply what you’ve learned in this chapter by analyzing the following case study, using
1. Review Chapter 6, which focuses on listening and responding. Identify examples of ineffective and effective listening and responding on the part of Chris’s mother. Apply what you’ve learned in this chapter by analyzing the following case study, using the accompanying questions as a guide.
3. Larry Browning, Alf Saetre, Keri Stephens, and Jan-Oddvar Sornes (2008) present stories of the ways personal and social media facilitate and hinder work in a range of organizations.Their book shows how theories of media work in everyday life.
2. Dalton Conley’s Elsewhere, U.S.A. (2009)provides a lively and provocative perspective on living technology-saturated lives. Dalton doesn’t argue that technologies are good or bad. Instead, he elaborates on some of their implications for identity, work, and family.
1. Read the most current issue of Wired or a similar magazine that focuses on technologies. Identify technological products and services that are not mentioned in this book, which went to press in the spring of 2012.
3. As a class, discuss similarities and differences between interaction with friends online and face-to-face.
2. As a class or in small groups, discuss cyberbullying and, more generally, hurtful online communication. What about the online environment facilitates mean behavior such as making insults, spreading false rumors, and ridiculing appearance, ethnicity, and other aspects of identity? Could the
1. How do relationships between people who never meet face-to-face differ from relationships between people who can see each other? What are the advantages and limitations of forming and sustaining relationships each way?
4. What are the democratic and nondemocratic potentials of digital media?
3. How can you be a critical, refl ective user of digital media?
2. In what ways do digital media change how we think?
1. What are digital media?
4. Are you more in agreement with Charles or with Tina about whether toys teach important lessons to children? Apply what you’ve learned in this chapter by analyzing the following case study, using the accompanying questions as a guide. These questions and a video of the case study are also
3. How does this scenario illustrate the process of mainstreaming? Apply what you’ve learned in this chapter by analyzing the following case study, using the accompanying questions as a guide. These questions and a video of the case study are also available online at your CourseMate for
2. Are Charles and Tina Washington teaching Derek to be a critical viewer of mass communication? Apply what you’ve learned in this chapter by analyzing the following case study, using the accompanying questions as a guide. These questions and a video of the case study are also available online at
1. Identify an example of puffery in the advertisement for the Power Zapper. Apply what you’ve learned in this chapter by analyzing the following case study, using the accompanying questions as a guide. These questions and a video of the case study are also available online at your CourseMate for
2. Robert McChesney. (1999). Rich media, poor democracy: Communication politics in dubious times. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. This book makes a convincing argument that the concentration of media ownership in the hands of a few corporations has undercut the democratic potential of mass
1. Embrace the challenge advanced in this chapter by taking an active role in responding to mass communication. Write a letter to the editor of a local paper, or write to a manufacturer to support or criticize its product or the way it advertises its product. Visit the Web sites mentioned in the
3. As a class, select the current issue of two mainstream magazines. Carefully go through the magazines, both content articles and advertising.After reviewing the magazines, answer this question: If an alien had only these two magazines as evidence of American culture today, what would the alien
2. Make a list of the forms of mass communication you use most often. Include newspapers, magazines, television programs, types of fi lms, radio stations, and so forth. How do your choices of mass communication refl ect and shape your identity and your social perspectives?
1. To what extent, if any, should there be control over the violence presented in media? Do you think viewers, especially children, are harmed by the prevalence of violence in media? Are you concerned about the lack of correspondence between the synthetic world of television violence and the actual
Watch two hours of prime-time commercial television. Pay attention to the dominant ideology that is represented and normalized in the programming. Who are the good and bad characters? Which personal qualities are represented as admirable, and which are represented as objectionable? Who are the
5. How can you develop media literacy?
4. To what extent is the content of media controlled by powerful corporations?
3. What is the mean world syndrome?
2. To what extent is news constructed or created?

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