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Communication and Culture (Chapter 3) (Definitions (Salience: how much…
Communication and Culture (Chapter 3)
Key Ideas
Understanding cultures and cocultures.
cultural differences are generalizations- within every culture, members display a wide range of communication styles.
recognizable members of under represented groups are disadvantaged in employment interviews and social settings and rules are established by dominant culture.
Cultural values and norms shape communication.
individualistic cultures are characterized by self-reliance and competition whereas collectivistic is more concerned with opinions of significant others.
cultural differences can affect the level of comfort or anxiety that people feel when communicating
people raised in individualist cultures, which value independence, are often less adept at seeing others' point of view than those from collectivist cultures.
Cocultures and Communication
Race: There is more genetic variation within races than between them. Some people with Asian ancestry are short, some are tall. Some are athletes while others were born clumsy
Researchers show that speakers with nonnative accents feel stigmatized by the bias against them which often leading to a lower sense of belonging and more communication challenges.
Examples From Text
Cocultures: age, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, physical education, language, religion and activity
Influence in a coculture can shape the nature of communication. For example, members of millennial generation rely more on social media then to communication with their elders or parents.
Gender roles in cooperative cultures: Iceland, Netherlands and Norway, both men and women tend to consider harmony and cooperation to be more important than competition.
Ethnicity: Barack Obama is the first African American president and has experienced a variety of cultural influences while living Indonesia, Hawaii, California, New York and Washington D.C.
Experience
An example of salience for me is when I went my filipino's family party and I did not understand what others where saying, so I was clinged onto her to guide me.
An experience I had with high context communication was when my sister and I had a fight but she wasn't telling me what I did wrong rather she made me guess what I did in order for me to understand why she was giving me attitude.
An in-group for me would be my group of close friends who I go to regardless what happens.
An out-group for me would be the group of girls I saw walking past me who were white and tall and I felt intimidated by them because of the energy they gave off.
Definitions
Salience
: how much weight we attach to a particular person or phenomenon.
Coculture
: the perception of membership in a group that is a part of an encompassing culture.
Individualistic cultures
: A culture in which members focus on the value and welfare of individual members.
Collectivistic cultures
: A culture in which members focus on the welfare of the group as a whole.
Uncertainty Avoidance
: the cultural tendency to seek stability and honor tradition instead of welcoming risk, uncertainty and change.
Intersectionality
: the idea that people are influenced in unique ways by the complex overlap and interactions of multiple identities.
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Power Distance
: the degree to which members of a group are willing to accept a difference in power and status.
Questions
What surprised me was how much popularity and attention the "It Gets Better" project got. There was more than 50 million views on these videos posted which just shows that a lot of people are going through the same obstacle when coming out as gay or transgender.
What intrigued me was how they accurate describe beliefs about silence in Asian culture. Stated that people in Asian cultures "favor silence over verbal expression of thoughts and feelings. To Asians, a talkative person is often considered a show-off or fake" This is very accurate because when I do talk too much my mom will call me out for it and say that I sound like a know-it-all when im simply just talking about my day.
I wanted to learn more about the socioeconomic status. It was mentioned that "College professors find that first-generation college students who are raised to not challenge authority have a difficult time speaking up and thinking critically." But why is it the first-generation college students?