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THEORIES OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION - Coggle Diagram
THEORIES OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
The term
Theories of Intercultural Communication (a more acceptable and internationally recognized term)
Theories of Crosscultural communication (an academic term)
Cultural backgrouns to which the professor is going to referl to
Europe (Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden)
America (Canada, Mexico, the USA
Asia (China, India, Israel, Thailand, UAE)
Africa (Egypt, Ghana, Marocco)
COMMUNICATION (transfer of information)
Is it always safe to communicate?
Is it always fast to communicate?
Is communication always a pleasure?
FEATURES OF CULTURE
Features 1-2. Fluctuation/Mobility/ - Sustainability of Cultures
20/80 Rule of Culture`s Survival
Accomodation to the fluctuations of the Environmental
Resistance to the Fluctuations og the Environmental
There are (must be) sone Universal Units accross Cultures
Culture imposes the rules
Rules set the Culture
Sticking to the Rules = belonging to the Culture
Rules are set to manipulate the Culture`s members
Rule-breakers/modifiers spur and advance Cultures
Cultures allow the Rule-breakers ("leaders")
Rule-breakers endanger Cultures
Cultures combat and oust the Rule-breakers ("enemies")
Feature 3. Symbolic Transmission
Symbols=Cultural representations/manifestations (language, behavious, traditions)
If there is a Symbol, there is a Meaning (and vice versa)
Symbols are not fully demonstrative of a Culture (Meanings vary)
Interpretation of Symbols matters for Cultural Analysis
Feature 4. Culture is Learned
Culture is accepted, not inborn (Inculturation)
Culture is Teachable
Cultural accomodation is possible
Feature 5. Culture is language-mediated
Culture and Language are interconnected
Language is used to serve the Culture
Studying the Language, we study/master the Culture
Culture needs its Language
Feature 6. Culture shapes Mentality and Behaviour
Personality=Mentality in a certain socail Context
Culture=mode/pattern of Behaviour
Culture=mode/pattern of Conceptualization
Learninf of a Culture=Acquisitin of a different Mentality pattern (Acculturation)
Secondary Language Personality Phenomenon
Feature 7. Cultures Interfere
When we communicate Interculturally/crossculturally, we change ourselves
Cultural contacts may endanger the holisticity of a Personality (i.e. Personal Identity)
When we communicate Interculturally/crossculturally, we somewhat change the second culture (interference with the mentality of others)
Feature 8. Cultures may co-exist in a Personality
Culture is an attribute of authenticity of any community
We live in a system of different Cultures/Attributions (e.g. professional, gender, social status, class, religion, age, family, etc.)
The process of communication (a scheme)
AIR stand for
A - Author
I - Interpreter
R - Recipient
Features of the text
An idea which is shaped into the dress/format of a language (throught the intermediary of a certain code)
Fruits of mentality
Different types
Verbal speech
Non-verbal speech
Key premises
People do not mean what they say and do not say what they mean
Implications (i.e. understatements) matter, as the key challenges to communication
The major differences between the languages and the cultures rest in the gaps between the codes and the implications
We do not interpret texts, bur, rather, ideas