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- Global Village
- (1) identity, culture and technology
- (2) Greater information access
- (3) More contact w/ people similar & different to ourselves
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Demographic Imperative
(1) Characteristics of population |
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| Class, age, sex, orientation ability |
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Demographic Imperative
(2) Evolving US Demographics |
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-Ethic minorities increase sustainability
-By 2025, 50% will be minority groups in Hawaii, Cali, New Mexiaco and texas |
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Demographic Imerative
(3) Greater Diversity in Employment |
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-Age
-Language
-Ethnicity
-Gender |
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Immigration Patterns
-Historical Patterns |
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-Voluntary/involuntary immigration
-Indentured Servitude (ie. Hawaii)
-Japanese Interment camps in WWII
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Immigration Patterns
-Current Immigration Issues |
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-Education
-Helthcare
-Finances
-Politics |
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-Myth of a "class less" society
-Recession has more impact on minority groups
(Healthcare/living conditions. Education/ career options (networks). Quality of Life)
-Ethics-Human Environment
(US and Mexico)
-Business Transactions
(Us and China: Hand shake) |
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Peace Imperative
History of Disharmony |
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Peace Imperative
-History of Colonialism |
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-Global Dominance of US values
(West/Muslim)
-Cultural Dominance of US Values
-Race, Ethnic and Class Conflict in US
(Ex: Gang Warfare)
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Self Awareness Imperative
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-Adler-Journey to other/self culture
(realize diferences and similarities)
-Involvment in current system
-Acknowledgeing position=learning |
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-Ethics regulate behavior among people
-Ethics are often culturally bound
(EX: honor killings in Iraq communities)
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-Post WWII era
-1946 Foreign Service act/institute
-Edward Hall "Pre-departure courses"
-The Businessmen getting trained only cared about necessity-language etc.
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| Training people to become familiar with other cultural norms and to improve their interactions with people of different domestic and international cultures |
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| Facilitates intercultural comm among members of various gender, ethnic, and racial groups, mostly in the corportate or government workplace |
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| exlores phenomena such as the use of formal and informal pronouns |
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worldview of researchers
diferent paradigms assume different interpretations of reality, human behavior culture and comm |
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-Learned and shared
-collective experience (Family, neighborhood, education, sorority/frat)
-Culture influences comm
-changing portrayal of adolescents in media since 1950 (popular music, television)
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-Historically transmitted
-Symbolic verbal and non verbal meaning
-Symbolic significance = meaning
Religion as a cultural system
Language ideologies (standard english/indigenous speech)
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-Culture is heterogeneous-not homogeneous even if it looks like it is
-Assuming similarity over looks rish diversity
-Cultures are dynamic and evolving
-culture is contested (rejecting your culture;sexuality, race, gender, class) |
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| Six dialectics of I/C Comm |
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-Cultural-Individual
-Personal-contextual
-Differences-Similarities
-Static-dynamic
-History/Past-Present/future
-Privilege-Disadvantage |
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Antecedents of Contact
-Prior experience and attitudes |
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-people bring childhood experiecies to their interations
-Historical myths (jewish people are sectretly in control of the US gov.)
-Different languages
-People are affected by recent, vivd events
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| -The notion that better communication between groups of people is facilitated simply by bringing them together and allowing them to interact |
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| Regulations of contact hypothesis |
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-Members should be of equal status
-Institutional support for contact to help provide and positive interacton
-Voluntary
-Have potential to extend beyond the immediate situtaion
-Programs should maximize cooperation within groups and minimize competition
-Equalize numbers of the group members
-Promote individuation of group members (down play things like race and language) |
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