Culture and Interpersonal Communication
Culture and Communication
Culture and Co-Culture
Culture is the language values traditions beliefs and customs people share
in-group people we identify with and out-group is people we see as different
being in a group is important to your social identity
Intercultural Communication
is when more cultures communicate in ways that they are influenced by their culture
interpersonal and intercultural communication
sometimes contain one and sometimes contains both
cultural values and norms
high verus low context
low-context culture uses language to express feelings thoughts and ideas directly
high-context often relies on subtle non-verbal cues
power distance
describes the degree of how members accept the unequal power distribution
uncertainty avoidance
the degree that people of a culture avoid and feel threatened by ambiguous situations
achievement versus nurturing
people place value on material success and they focus on the task at hand.
nurturing culture is where people regard relationships as an important goal.
Co-Cultures and Communication
Ethnicity and race
race used to be for people who came from different regions of the world
ethnicity is more common and points to which group a person identifies with
gender identity/sexual orientation
people sometimes have a hard time disclosing their sexual identity
age/generation
age plays a role in how people interact and communicate
Codes and Culture
verbal codes
verbal communication styles
there are three ways directness or indirectness, elaborate or succinct, and formality or informality
nonverbal codes
like hand gestures