multicultural communication
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Multicultural Multicultural CommunicationCommunication
• Culture rank what is importantCulture rank what is important
• Culture furnishes attitudeCulture furnishes attitude
• Cultural dictates behaviorCultural dictates behavior
Diversity and Diversity and communicationcommunication
• Diversity is a realityDiversity is a reality
• Culture shock for immigrantsCulture shock for immigrants– EuphoriaEuphoria– FrustrationFrustration– AdjustmentAdjustment– IntegrationIntegration
A typical reaction to A typical reaction to multiculturalism multiculturalism
• Assumption of superiorityAssumption of superiority
• EthnocentrismEthnocentrism
• Assumption of universalityAssumption of universality
The importance of self-The importance of self-knowledgeknowledge
• Know thyself; know thine enemiesKnow thyself; know thine enemies
• One hundred battles; one hundreds One hundred battles; one hundreds victories.victories.– Self-reference, self-importanceSelf-reference, self-importance– Bias/ personal preference Bias/ personal preference – Prejudice (emotion irrational judgment) Prejudice (emotion irrational judgment) – Discrimination … when bias is acted upon…Discrimination … when bias is acted upon…
Mental representations (Prototype) Mental representations (Prototype) vs. stereotyping (rigid)vs. stereotyping (rigid)
Prototypes are usefulPrototypes are useful
• Asian use silent in negation Asian use silent in negation
• Latino talks about their family in Latino talks about their family in business meetings.business meetings.
Stereotypes are generalization of Stereotypes are generalization of judgmentjudgment
• Chinese give you a fish-eye look Chinese give you a fish-eye look (emotionless and cold)(emotionless and cold)
• Blacks are hot tempered, … the are Blacks are hot tempered, … the are fast with wards…fast with wards…
Communication and cultureCommunication and culture
• It is all about transferring meaningIt is all about transferring meaning
• High contextHigh context– Emphasis on Physical environments and Emphasis on Physical environments and
Internalized social context.Internalized social context.
• Low contextLow context– Emphasis on wordsEmphasis on words
Elements in the Elements in the Communication ProcessCommunication Process
The Communication The Communication ProcessProcess
• Sender/ASender/A
• MessageMessage
• MediaMedia
• Receiver/BReceiver/B
• Encoding/culture Encoding/culture AA
• Decoding/culture Decoding/culture BB
• Response Response
• FeedbackFeedback• Context external and internal Context external and internal
Perception and Perception and communicationcommunication• Assignment of meaning to Assignment of meaning to
words/nonverbal behavior based on one’s words/nonverbal behavior based on one’s accumulated experience- one’s mental accumulated experience- one’s mental data bank.data bank.
• Developing of mental categories, Developing of mental categories, schemata. schemata.
• Other cultural schemata/schema Other cultural schemata/schema
Multicultural Communication Multicultural Communication SchemataSchemata
Culture A Culture B
B1
Just do it
Multicultural communicationMulticultural communication
CultureB1
Culture A1
Culture B
Culture A
Perception
Perception
Multiple MessagesMultiple Messages
Culture ACulture B
B1 B1 B1 HC culture
Play with relationship between meaning