CrossCulturalCommunicationUnit14跨文化交际精品PPT课件
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Our goal in this class is to answer some of the following questions: • Why do we often uncomfortable when encountering people who are different from yourself? • Why do people from different cultures behave in ways that seem strange to you? • How do cultural differences influence communication? • Which cultural differences are important and which are inconsequential? • Why is it difficult to understand and appreciate cultural difference?
– This is called Globalization.
– Globalization has greatly increased the economic strength of many nations and bring people together from different cultures. However, it could resulting more competition for natural resources, international conflicts and security, environmental issues, and world health issues.
CHAPTER 1 - Communication and Culture: The Challenge of The Future
Other challenges:
• Due to the world's increasing population, we will see...
– more people are moving to developed countries (shifting populations). This could bring more communication issues in multicultural societies.
IntercuItural communication involves interaction between people whose cultural perceptions and symbol systems are
distinct enough to alter the communication event.
• Functions of Communication:
a) Gather information about other people
b) Fulfill interpersonal needs
c) Establishes personal identities
d) Influence others
• No Direct Mind-to-Mind Contact
• We can only Infer
• We seek to define the world
• Communication is self-Reflective
• The Brain is an open system - we learn to communicate
• Principles of Communication:
a) It is a dynamic proc
c) It is contextual (situations) d) it is self-reflective
e) we learn to communicate f) it has a consequence
• Communication has a consequence
CHAPTER 1 - Communication and Culture: The Challenge of The Future
• Defining Communication: it's a dynamic process in which people attempts to share their internal states with other people through the use of symbols.
CHAPTER 1
Communication and Culture: The Challenge of The Future
CHAPTER 1 - Communication and Culture: The Challenge of The Future
Challenge?
• Societies around the globe have been interwoven into a complex fabric of interdependent economic, technological, political, and social relationships.
CHAPTER 1 - Communication and Culture: The Challenge of The Future
Dominant Culture
• Meanwhile, aging population in more developed countries
– Could bring more communication issues between older generations and younger generations (this can be treated as co-culture).
– This is called Globalization.
– Globalization has greatly increased the economic strength of many nations and bring people together from different cultures. However, it could resulting more competition for natural resources, international conflicts and security, environmental issues, and world health issues.
CHAPTER 1 - Communication and Culture: The Challenge of The Future
Other challenges:
• Due to the world's increasing population, we will see...
– more people are moving to developed countries (shifting populations). This could bring more communication issues in multicultural societies.
IntercuItural communication involves interaction between people whose cultural perceptions and symbol systems are
distinct enough to alter the communication event.
• Functions of Communication:
a) Gather information about other people
b) Fulfill interpersonal needs
c) Establishes personal identities
d) Influence others
• No Direct Mind-to-Mind Contact
• We can only Infer
• We seek to define the world
• Communication is self-Reflective
• The Brain is an open system - we learn to communicate
• Principles of Communication:
a) It is a dynamic proc
c) It is contextual (situations) d) it is self-reflective
e) we learn to communicate f) it has a consequence
• Communication has a consequence
CHAPTER 1 - Communication and Culture: The Challenge of The Future
• Defining Communication: it's a dynamic process in which people attempts to share their internal states with other people through the use of symbols.
CHAPTER 1
Communication and Culture: The Challenge of The Future
CHAPTER 1 - Communication and Culture: The Challenge of The Future
Challenge?
• Societies around the globe have been interwoven into a complex fabric of interdependent economic, technological, political, and social relationships.
CHAPTER 1 - Communication and Culture: The Challenge of The Future
Dominant Culture
• Meanwhile, aging population in more developed countries
– Could bring more communication issues between older generations and younger generations (this can be treated as co-culture).