Local and Global Communication in Multicultural Settings PDF

LOCAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATION IN MULTICULTURAL SETTING ENG 101 Multicultural refers to the presence of multiple cultures within a society. This can be due to immigration, cultural exchange or other factors. Cross Cultural refers to the study of the relationship b...

LOCAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATION IN MULTICULTURAL SETTING ENG 101 Multicultural refers to the presence of multiple cultures within a society. This can be due to immigration, cultural exchange or other factors. Cross Cultural refers to the study of the relationship between people from different cultures. It can involve studying how culture shapes our understanding of the world or examining how cultural differences can lead to misunderstandings and conflict. 01  Intercultural Emphasizes the importance of communication and interaction between people from different cultures. It aims to build relationships and promote understanding between people from different cultures. 02  WHAT IS INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION? is the sharing of meaning with and receiving and interpreting ideas from people whose cultural background is different from yours. You grow and learn from one another. 03  DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION (SAMOVAR AND PORTER, 2001) Inter - Ethnic Interracial Communication interaction among interaction among people of different people of different ethnic group. races. (Nationalities). (Indegenous People). 04  EXAMPLES: EXAMPLE OF INTER-ETHNIC EXAMPLE OF INTERRACIAL COMMUNICATION A group of social A tourist guide conducting a tour for a workers educating the group of people with different nationalities. members of the tribes An owner of an international company from Baguio about the having a teleconference with his benefits that the managers from different countries. An international correspondent government allotted interviewing the aborigines of Australia them. 05 for a television documentary.  01 02 International Communication Intracultural Communication interaction between interacting with persons members of the representing same racial or different political ethnic group o co- structures. culture as yours. 06 EXAMPLES OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION: The queen of England talking to the president of the Philippines. The president of a parliamentary government meeting the president of a democratic government. 07 EXAMPLES OF INTRACULTURAL COMMUNICATION Members of the same organization having an acquaintance party. The head of the Manobo tribe meeting his constituents. 08 CO-CULTURE STRATEGIES 09 Assimilation attempt to fit in with members of the dominant culture Accomodation maintain their cultural identity while striving to establish relationship with the dominant culture. (maintaining your own culture). Separation use to resist interaction with members of the dominant culture (walang pakealam sa other cultures). 10 FOUR VARIABLES USE TO DISTINGUISH CULTURE Individualism Vs Collectivism INDIVIDUALISM refers to culture that individual goals are stressed. (individuality) emphasis on developing sense of self Example: Great Britain, United States (US), Canada, France, and Germany  COLLECTIVISM expected to fit into the group group goals are stressed Example: United Arab Emirates (UAE), Asian, Latin American countries. HIGH CONTEXT AND LOW CONTEXT HIGH CONTEXT COMMUNICATION traditional bound communication system which depends or adhering indirectness. use phones, audience that will receive your text. (Lending the message to your friend to relay the message to other person). overly polite and indirect in relating others. 13 LOW CONTEXT COMMUNICATION gather background information when meeting someone for the first time. encourage directness will tell it yourself (own action). 14  HIGH POWER DISTANCE AND LOW POWER DISTANCE HIGH POWER DISTANCE power differences in which subordinates defer to superiors. subordinates and superiors are likely to view differently. in these cultures, there’s a strong separation between people at different levels of power, and lower-ranking individuals tend not to challenge authority. Example: Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, India, 15 China  LOW POWER DISTANCE believe that power should only used when legitimate societies favor equality and decentralization of power. People tend to challenge authority and expect equal treatment, with less rigid hierarchies. contradicts their bosses when necessary. Example: Israel, Sweden, United States (US) 16  MASCULINE VS FEMININE MASCULINE value agresiveness, strength and FEMININE material symbols of success. value tenderness and competitive and dominant relationships win-lose conflict strategy win-win solutions Example: Japan, Italy, Germany, Example: Sweden, Norway, Mexico, Great Britain, Philippines Netherlands, Thailand and Chile 17  CULTURAL AND GLOBAL ISSUES AFFECTING COMMUNICATION CULTURAL DIFFERENCES: INFLUENCES ON CULTURAL IDENTITY Our Racial and Ethnic Identities For example, share experience of oppression. Their attitude and behaviors may affect their struggle, influencing their attitudes toward issues such as affirmative action. Example: Spongebob and Sandy 19 - Spongebob Squarepants Religious Identity is at the root of countries contemporary conflict occuring in middle east, india, and pakistan and boshia and Herzogovina. Mindanao were partly not mainly religious 20 orientations. Socio-Ecomic Identity frames how we respond to issues of our day. The gap between ultra-wealth and middle and lower classes in the different of the world contributing to their developing attitudes array of 21 issues. National Identity refers to the legal status or citizenship from different, countries have been US citizens for generation, yet some still perceive them as foreigners. Example: Alice Guo has a mixed blood which a Filipino (Mother) and Chinese (Father). WAYS TO IMPROVE THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE INTERCULTURALLY Refrain from formulating expectations based solely on your own culture. it is critical that you acknowledge the differences and accept their validity. By not isolating yourself within your own group or culture, you allow yourself to be more fully a part of a multicultural society. 24 Example: Expectation Vs Reality  Recognize how faulty education can impede understanding identify and work to eliminate any personal biases and prejudices you have developed Example: The extent to which your family and friends have influenced your feelings about persons from other cultural groups. Mainly (Educated and Uneducated) Level your understanding based 25 on the education of the person Make a commitment to develop communication skills and abilities appropriate to life in a multicultural world. ability to develop intercultural communication skills depends in large part on how many of the following promises you are willing to make. (I will make a commitment to seek information from persons whose cultures are different from my own.) Example: Sportfest (develop collaboration and sportmanship). 26