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Intercultural Communication

Intercultural Communication. Chapter 1 Introduction to Intercultural Competence. The Imperatives for Intercultural Competence. Demographic Technological Economic Peace Interpersonal. The demographic imperative for intercultural competence. Wave of cultural mixing.

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Intercultural Communication

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  1. Intercultural Communication Chapter 1 Introduction to Intercultural Competence www.newmaneducation.com

  2. The Imperatives for Intercultural Competence • Demographic • Technological • Economic • Peace • Interpersonal www.newmaneducation.com

  3. The demographic imperative for intercultural competence • Wave of cultural mixing. • Increasing cross-border movements. • Changing the distribution of people. • Intensifying political and social tensions. www.newmaneducation.com

  4. The technological imperative for intercultural competence • Global village and mass media. • Information technologies. • Long-distance transportation systems. www.newmaneducation.com

  5. The economic imperative for intercultural competence • Economic effectiveness of the U.S. • Interdependence with other countries. • The workplace is increasingly diverse. www.newmaneducation.com

  6. The peace imperative for intercultural competence • The need to understand and appreciate others. • Incidents of hate crimes and other animosities. www.newmaneducation.com

  7. The interpersonal imperative for intercultural competence • Quality of daily life depends on the ability to communicate competently with others. • Consequences to maintaining competent interpersonal relationships. www.newmaneducation.com

  8. Defining Communication • Communication is a symbolic interpretive, transactional, contextual process in which people create shared meanings. www.newmaneducation.com

  9. Speech Communication Process

  10. Speech Communication Process SITUATION IDEA IDEA ENCODE DECODE Channel Message Feedback IDEAFeedback IDEAFeedback DECODE ENCODE

  11. Defining Communication • There are 6 characteristics of communication: • Communication is symbolic. • Communication is interpretive. • Communication is transactional. • Communication is contextual. • Communication is a process. • Communication involves shared meanings. www.newmaneducation.com

  12. Defining Communication • Communication is symbolic. • Uses symbols • Meaning is a perception, thought, or feeling. • A message is a package of symbols. www.newmaneducation.com

  13. Defining Communication • Communication is interpretive. • Requires interpreting the symbols of others. • Requires understanding these symbols. • Agreement is not required. www.newmaneducation.com

  14. Defining Communication • Communication is transactional. • Old view saw communication as one-way activity. • New view sees communication as simultaneous. • Leads to shared creation of messages and meaning. www.newmaneducation.com

  15. Defining Communication • Communication is contextual. • All communication is contextual. • Context includes physical, social, and interpersonal. www.newmaneducation.com

  16. Defining Communication • Communication is a process. • Communication is always changing. • Messages are unrepeatable. www.newmaneducation.com

  17. Defining Communication • Communication involves shared meanings. • Changing communicators changes message. www.newmaneducation.com

  18. Defining Communication • Interpersonal communication is comprised of 4 characteristics: • IPC occurs between small groups of people. • IPC involves people interacting exclusively with one another. • IPC is adapted to specific others. • In IPC, the interpretation of messages can occur essentially simultaneously with their creation, allowing communicators to adapt their messages instantaneously. www.newmaneducation.com

  19. The Challenge of Communicating in an Intercultural World • No simple answers that guarantee competent communication. • Differences among people are reasons to celebrate and share rather than to fear and harm. www.newmaneducation.com

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