This chapter discusses barriers to effective intercultural communication. It examines ethnographic and cultural approaches, as well as anxiety, assuming similarity instead of difference, and ethnocentrism as potential barriers. An example court transcript between a magistrate and Aboriginal defendant in Australia is provided and analyzed from both an ethnographic and cultural perspective. Ethnography and cultural approaches are described as complementary ways to understand breakdowns in intercultural communication. Common barriers like anxiety, assuming cultural similarity, and ethnocentrism are then explored in more detail through examples.
Chapter 4 barriers to intercultural communicationCCUCLASSA2017
This Presentation explain about the barriers to intercultural communication. this presentation is created by group 2 in Cross-Cultural Understanding Class, English Education Program, Yogyakarta State University.
The History of the Study of Intercultural Communication
General Understanding of Culture
Attributes and Character of Culture
Directions and Goals of Culture
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Nonverbal barriers in intercultural communication
Summary
Different culture facilitates intercultural communication. These differences are identified in terms of language, type of food consumed, cultural practices, and dressing styles. The communication barrier thus sets in due to these language differences. Apart from the language mode of communication, we have body language, which is referred to as nonverbal communication. This form varies from community to community. As seen in the case of Americans and Chinese, they have varied nonverbal communication, thus making the two communities incoherent. Different meaning is usually attached to common nonverbal communication leading to misinterpretation of information. Since we cannot avoid communication, it is advised that we get to understand each other's cultural differences. This could be possible by watching movies, TV plays, reading newspapers and novels. Lastly, to minimize this effect, we are encouraged to use communication skills more frequently.
What I like about the paper
This paper has identified the specific nonverbal problems, and it has gone a further step in suggesting possible recommendations for the identified problem.
Do the authors establish the problem the paper will address?
Yes, the author is addressing what causes nonverbal communication breakdown and what are the possible solutions to these barriers.
Is there a clear, proactive thesis?
No, the paper only emphasized on the general problem facing nonverbal communication.
Is there a clear argument that defends the thesis?
No. In this paper, there is no specific thesis; hence, we cannot have a defending thesis on what does not exist.
Is the argument at any point weak or unconvincing?
Some arguments are weak since they are not supported by any evidence such as similar research done by other authors
What questions does the paper raise without answering?
This is concerning the sender of the message and the receiver. The author does not explain how this difference of misunderstanding takes place
Is the methodology clearly described?
The paper has not clearly described the methodology of the paper. There is no basis of information provided, such as the author has mentioned 55% without giving any credibility source.
Is it adequate to make the argument the authors want to make?
It is not adequate because the entire information provided is not supported by evidence
Are any problems spelled out and discussed?
Several problems have been identified and discussed. Non-understanding between communities, for instance, could be addressed by having to read newspapers and listen to TV plays.
Do the writers sufficiently establish the setting/context of the study?
The context has been established. Through giving a personal experience of what he uncounted in the United States and how fellow Chinese and American students interact gives a vivid image of what is happening.
Are all the peoples described treated respe ...
This document summarizes three main ways to promote intercultural communication competence: 1) Know yourself and the target culture by understanding your own culture, attitudes, and communication style as well as the other culture's language, values, and taboos. 2) Be objective by avoiding ethnocentrism, stereotypes, and prejudices. 3) Communicate actively by considering the communication setting, showing respect and tolerance, developing empathy, and being open and flexible. The overall goal is to achieve effective and mutually beneficial intercultural communication.
1Intercultural CommunicationWhat is cultureCultur.docxRAJU852744
1
Intercultural Communication
What is culture?
Culture is:
a patterned way of thinking and living
culture is learned
ex:
is often flexible and open for negotiation
culture is dynamic
enacted in our everyday life
culture is pervasive and omnipresent
ex:
value-loaded
ex: stereotypes, cultural values (family vs. individual)
In other words, culture reflects values and beliefs of a larger system
How do we see ourselves?
AMERICAN:
as individuals
what we achieve
through skills valued
learn from personal
experiences
feel guilt when we don’t
live up to our ideals
CONTRAST:
as part of family, group
a person’s background,
connections valued
learn from wisdom of
others
feel shame when fail to
live up to group
standards
2
How do we see others?
AMERICAN:
minimize status
differences
stress informality
strive for equality
between sexes
join or leave groups as
they meet our needs
CONTRAST:
stress differences,
show respect for
authority
stress formality
sex differentiation, men
more powerful
group loyalty, identity
ends in themselves
How do we go about tasks?
AMERICAN:
favor talking
disagreement out
teasing and kidding are
acceptable, fun
friendships based on
mutual interests, limited
obligations, activity
based
CONTRAST:
disagreement = face
loss, be indirect
avoid embarrassing
others
a few very close
friendships with high
obligation, based on
being together
Contrasts are:
USEFUL for anticipating, understanding
collectivism vs. individualism
high contact vs. low contact cultures
high context vs. low context cultures
Different interpretations
Different patterns of behavior
3
However:
No culture sits at extreme:
Differences are in degree
Generalization obscure:
Individual, subgroup differences
Situational variation
Change
The Dilemma of Ethnocentrism
Xenophobia
the fear of strangers
a trait shared by most human being, regardless
of the culture
Ethnocentrism
one sees one’s own nation (or culture) as the
center of the universe
Is ethnocentrism good or bad?
Salvages
4
The Dilemma of Ethnocentrism
+ : foundation of group pride, patriotism, and
the continuance of the culture
- : increases xenophobia => people from
other cultures are abnormal, incorrect, and
inappropriate
Ethnocentrism, nevertheless, is a major
barrier for intercultural communication.
Culture and Body
Culture as a value system influences how we understand
our body
Organ donation: a gift of life
Tibetan Sky Burial
Do you think you experience your body differently
because of your culture?
Hmong: dab
Chinese: Chi
The Sixth Sense
Culture patterns individual’s somatic systems of stress
Asian vs. Hispanic Refugees
Biological body vs. experience of body & illness
Culture and Illness Experiences
Culture patterns individual’s somatic systems of stress
Waitzkin and Magana (1997): In Southeast A.
This document discusses cross-cultural communication and sources of misunderstanding. It makes three key points:
1) Paralinguistic signals like tone of voice, pitch, and pacing are used differently across cultures to convey meaning and attitude. Mismatches in interpreting these signals can lead to misunderstandings.
2) Cultures vary in their use and expectations of indirectness in communication. Questions may be intended literally in some cultures but indirectly in others.
3) Even within the same language, subcultural differences in conversational habits around turn-taking and showing friendliness can result in repeated misunderstandings if interaction patterns are different. Filling pauses can be meant as friendly in one culture but dominating in
The document discusses intercultural communication and provides definitions from various sources. It describes intercultural communication as the study of how people from different cultures communicate and perceive the world. Intercultural communication examines influences from fields like anthropology, psychology and communication studies. It also looks at how researchers have defined and applied intercultural communication concepts to areas such as business, education and healthcare. Barriers to effective intercultural communication include anxiety, assumptions, language differences, stereotypes and a tendency to evaluate other cultures. Ways to improve intercultural skills involve learning about other cultures, being respectful, avoiding slang, and increasing self and other awareness.
Spencer Peak analyzes how languages shape culture through Arjun Appadurai's theory of "scapes", including languagescapes. The document discusses how globalization has led to a diversity of languages and the rise of multilingualism. While learning new languages can foster cultural understanding, the decline of some languages may threaten cultural diversity. The ideal is to embrace multilingualism while maintaining unique cultural identities, as seen in the Philippines which incorporated English without disrupting local languages and culture. In conclusion, understanding languagescapes can promote cultural unity by broadening perspectives and respect for other cultures.
Chapter 4 barriers to intercultural communicationCCUCLASSA2017
This Presentation explain about the barriers to intercultural communication. this presentation is created by group 2 in Cross-Cultural Understanding Class, English Education Program, Yogyakarta State University.
The History of the Study of Intercultural Communication
General Understanding of Culture
Attributes and Character of Culture
Directions and Goals of Culture
Name Professor CourseDateNonverbal barriers in intercu.docxroushhsiu
Name:
Professor:
Course:
Date:
Nonverbal barriers in intercultural communication
Summary
Different culture facilitates intercultural communication. These differences are identified in terms of language, type of food consumed, cultural practices, and dressing styles. The communication barrier thus sets in due to these language differences. Apart from the language mode of communication, we have body language, which is referred to as nonverbal communication. This form varies from community to community. As seen in the case of Americans and Chinese, they have varied nonverbal communication, thus making the two communities incoherent. Different meaning is usually attached to common nonverbal communication leading to misinterpretation of information. Since we cannot avoid communication, it is advised that we get to understand each other's cultural differences. This could be possible by watching movies, TV plays, reading newspapers and novels. Lastly, to minimize this effect, we are encouraged to use communication skills more frequently.
What I like about the paper
This paper has identified the specific nonverbal problems, and it has gone a further step in suggesting possible recommendations for the identified problem.
Do the authors establish the problem the paper will address?
Yes, the author is addressing what causes nonverbal communication breakdown and what are the possible solutions to these barriers.
Is there a clear, proactive thesis?
No, the paper only emphasized on the general problem facing nonverbal communication.
Is there a clear argument that defends the thesis?
No. In this paper, there is no specific thesis; hence, we cannot have a defending thesis on what does not exist.
Is the argument at any point weak or unconvincing?
Some arguments are weak since they are not supported by any evidence such as similar research done by other authors
What questions does the paper raise without answering?
This is concerning the sender of the message and the receiver. The author does not explain how this difference of misunderstanding takes place
Is the methodology clearly described?
The paper has not clearly described the methodology of the paper. There is no basis of information provided, such as the author has mentioned 55% without giving any credibility source.
Is it adequate to make the argument the authors want to make?
It is not adequate because the entire information provided is not supported by evidence
Are any problems spelled out and discussed?
Several problems have been identified and discussed. Non-understanding between communities, for instance, could be addressed by having to read newspapers and listen to TV plays.
Do the writers sufficiently establish the setting/context of the study?
The context has been established. Through giving a personal experience of what he uncounted in the United States and how fellow Chinese and American students interact gives a vivid image of what is happening.
Are all the peoples described treated respe ...
This document summarizes three main ways to promote intercultural communication competence: 1) Know yourself and the target culture by understanding your own culture, attitudes, and communication style as well as the other culture's language, values, and taboos. 2) Be objective by avoiding ethnocentrism, stereotypes, and prejudices. 3) Communicate actively by considering the communication setting, showing respect and tolerance, developing empathy, and being open and flexible. The overall goal is to achieve effective and mutually beneficial intercultural communication.
1Intercultural CommunicationWhat is cultureCultur.docxRAJU852744
1
Intercultural Communication
What is culture?
Culture is:
a patterned way of thinking and living
culture is learned
ex:
is often flexible and open for negotiation
culture is dynamic
enacted in our everyday life
culture is pervasive and omnipresent
ex:
value-loaded
ex: stereotypes, cultural values (family vs. individual)
In other words, culture reflects values and beliefs of a larger system
How do we see ourselves?
AMERICAN:
as individuals
what we achieve
through skills valued
learn from personal
experiences
feel guilt when we don’t
live up to our ideals
CONTRAST:
as part of family, group
a person’s background,
connections valued
learn from wisdom of
others
feel shame when fail to
live up to group
standards
2
How do we see others?
AMERICAN:
minimize status
differences
stress informality
strive for equality
between sexes
join or leave groups as
they meet our needs
CONTRAST:
stress differences,
show respect for
authority
stress formality
sex differentiation, men
more powerful
group loyalty, identity
ends in themselves
How do we go about tasks?
AMERICAN:
favor talking
disagreement out
teasing and kidding are
acceptable, fun
friendships based on
mutual interests, limited
obligations, activity
based
CONTRAST:
disagreement = face
loss, be indirect
avoid embarrassing
others
a few very close
friendships with high
obligation, based on
being together
Contrasts are:
USEFUL for anticipating, understanding
collectivism vs. individualism
high contact vs. low contact cultures
high context vs. low context cultures
Different interpretations
Different patterns of behavior
3
However:
No culture sits at extreme:
Differences are in degree
Generalization obscure:
Individual, subgroup differences
Situational variation
Change
The Dilemma of Ethnocentrism
Xenophobia
the fear of strangers
a trait shared by most human being, regardless
of the culture
Ethnocentrism
one sees one’s own nation (or culture) as the
center of the universe
Is ethnocentrism good or bad?
Salvages
4
The Dilemma of Ethnocentrism
+ : foundation of group pride, patriotism, and
the continuance of the culture
- : increases xenophobia => people from
other cultures are abnormal, incorrect, and
inappropriate
Ethnocentrism, nevertheless, is a major
barrier for intercultural communication.
Culture and Body
Culture as a value system influences how we understand
our body
Organ donation: a gift of life
Tibetan Sky Burial
Do you think you experience your body differently
because of your culture?
Hmong: dab
Chinese: Chi
The Sixth Sense
Culture patterns individual’s somatic systems of stress
Asian vs. Hispanic Refugees
Biological body vs. experience of body & illness
Culture and Illness Experiences
Culture patterns individual’s somatic systems of stress
Waitzkin and Magana (1997): In Southeast A.
This document discusses cross-cultural communication and sources of misunderstanding. It makes three key points:
1) Paralinguistic signals like tone of voice, pitch, and pacing are used differently across cultures to convey meaning and attitude. Mismatches in interpreting these signals can lead to misunderstandings.
2) Cultures vary in their use and expectations of indirectness in communication. Questions may be intended literally in some cultures but indirectly in others.
3) Even within the same language, subcultural differences in conversational habits around turn-taking and showing friendliness can result in repeated misunderstandings if interaction patterns are different. Filling pauses can be meant as friendly in one culture but dominating in
The document discusses intercultural communication and provides definitions from various sources. It describes intercultural communication as the study of how people from different cultures communicate and perceive the world. Intercultural communication examines influences from fields like anthropology, psychology and communication studies. It also looks at how researchers have defined and applied intercultural communication concepts to areas such as business, education and healthcare. Barriers to effective intercultural communication include anxiety, assumptions, language differences, stereotypes and a tendency to evaluate other cultures. Ways to improve intercultural skills involve learning about other cultures, being respectful, avoiding slang, and increasing self and other awareness.
Spencer Peak analyzes how languages shape culture through Arjun Appadurai's theory of "scapes", including languagescapes. The document discusses how globalization has led to a diversity of languages and the rise of multilingualism. While learning new languages can foster cultural understanding, the decline of some languages may threaten cultural diversity. The ideal is to embrace multilingualism while maintaining unique cultural identities, as seen in the Philippines which incorporated English without disrupting local languages and culture. In conclusion, understanding languagescapes can promote cultural unity by broadening perspectives and respect for other cultures.
Discover the multiple meanings of ‘culture’ and why you belong to many not just one.
Learn about cultural universals: how we are more alike than we are different.
Think about this model for understanding cultural differences.
This document discusses cross-cultural communication and some of the key challenges involved. It addresses how culture influences communication styles and behaviors. Cross-cultural communication refers to communication between people with differences in areas like working styles, nationality, ethnicity, gender, etc. It also looks at attempts to negotiate cultural differences through language and body language. Some barriers to effective cross-cultural communication include assumptions of similarity, language differences, nonverbal misinterpretation, stereotypes, tendency to evaluate from one's own cultural perspective, and anxiety in unfamiliar cultural situations. Understanding turn-taking conventions and reducing these barriers through skills like listening can help improve cross-cultural communication.
1. The document discusses differences in nonverbal communication across cultures, focusing on Latin American and American cultures. It highlights differences in uses of space, eye contact, smiling, gestures, and views of time, work, play, and money.
2. Teachers are advised to help students learn to adapt their nonverbal behaviors to different contexts rather than replace their own cultural practices. Role playing can help students become aware of cultural differences in communication.
3. While smiling, eye contact, and views of noise vs. silence differ between Latin and American cultures, all cultures have virtues and flaws, and nonverbal behaviors should be understood in cultural context rather than judged as superior or inferior.
This document summarizes interviews conducted with young adults from different cultural backgrounds about their use of profanity. The interviews explored how culture, religion, gender, and Western influence affect swearing habits. Some key findings include: Americans from the South avoid swearing in front of women due to cultural norms of respect, while Brazilians use swearing to overcome machismo attitudes against women; French swearing depends on social class with more swearing among lower classes; Eastern Europeans communicate strongly through emotions and swearing but avoid racist or sexist slurs; Germans emphasize proper context for swearing where words like "ficken" strictly refer to sex acts rather than casual usage. Overall the interviews found most young adults swear casually with friends but cultural and
This document provides instructions for Assignment 3 which asks students to analyze a conversation between people from different cultures and consider how culture and context impact communication. Students are asked to describe the greeting, physical proximity, physical characteristics, protocol, topics discussed, and how the conversation ended. They also analyze how their own cultural affiliation may have impacted the conversation, citing at least two scholarly sources. The analysis should be in a 3-4 page paper using APA style.
This document discusses intercultural communication and cultural differences. It begins by defining intercultural communication as understanding one another without sharing a common culture. It then discusses how historically, cultures have dealt with differences by avoiding, converting, or killing those unlike themselves. The document emphasizes that understanding subjective culture, or shared patterns of thinking and behavior, is key to developing intercultural competence. It also discusses how stereotypes can arise from cultural generalizations but can be avoided by recognizing that all cultures contain diversity and no generalization applies to all individuals.
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This document discusses differences in nonverbal communication between cultures, genders, and ages. It begins with an introduction explaining how miscommunication can occur due to differences in nonverbal cues. It then outlines nine building blocks of nonverbal communication. The document is then divided into three sections discussing cultural differences, gender differences, and age differences. For cultural differences, it provides examples of differences between Eastern and Western cultures. For gender differences, it outlines ways men and women differ in their nonverbal communication styles. For age differences, it discusses how nonverbal skills develop in children and differences in how generations respond to marketing. The conclusion states that miscommunication can occur due to these factors and society can work to overcome barriers through understanding differences.
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This document discusses differences in nonverbal communication between cultures, genders, and ages. It begins with an introduction explaining how miscommunication can occur due to differences in nonverbal cues. It then outlines nine building blocks of nonverbal communication. The document is then divided into three sections discussing cultural differences, gender differences, and age differences. For cultural differences, it provides examples of differences between Eastern and Western cultures. For gender differences, it outlines ways men and women differ in their nonverbal communication styles. For age differences, it discusses how nonverbal skills develop in children and differences in how generations respond to marketing. The conclusion states that nonverbal miscommunication can occur due to these factors and society can overcome barriers by adapting communication styles to different
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The document provides instructions for requesting writing assistance from HelpWriting.net. It outlines a 5-step process: 1) Create an account with a password and email. 2) Complete a 10-minute order form providing instructions, sources, and deadline. 3) Review bids from writers and select one. 4) Review the completed paper and authorize payment. 5) Request revisions to ensure satisfaction, with a refund offered for plagiarized work.
This document provides an overview of a lesson on learning principles and policies. It discusses:
1. The "PISO" requirements which students must follow, including punctuality, participation, interest, industry, silence, submission, obedience and openness.
2. Guidelines for online learning including being properly dressed, attending classes regularly, informing faculty of connectivity issues, focusing in class, observing house rules, being kind and professional.
3. A review of the previous discussion which focused on course policies, expectations, and collaborating openly on exercises.
factors that were Recall a recent incident in your life when you had to make a decision. Narrate the situation below. Indicate what the decision was about, the factors that were involved and how you arrived at your decision.
and how you arrived at Recall a recent incident in your life when you had to make a decision. Narrate the situation below. Indicate what the decision was about, the factors that were involved and how you arrived at your decision.
Recall a recent incident in your life when you had to make a decision. Narrate the situation below. Indicate what the decision was about, the factors that were involved and how you arrived at your decision.
Acculturation and Assimilation the way to see the different views of a cultureJustineGalera
These are part of the cultural differences Acculturation and Assimilation.pptx
Where consisted of cultural shock, lag and diffusion that varies time to time.
This document discusses a lesson on child and adolescent learning theories. It mentions that studying these theories provides knowledge of cognitive, affective, and psychomotor development stages. It also lists the key considerations in child and adolescent learning theory, including perceptual systems, information processing, and learning styles. The document emphasizes the importance of following class policies and participating in assigned activities and group tasks.
Freud's psychoanalytic theory of human development proposes that it is primarily unconscious and driven by inner forces, memories, and conflicts outside of conscious awareness or control. The theory has three aspects: the id operates on the pleasure principle unconsciously, the ego operates on the reality principle consciously, and the superego operates on morality principles across all levels. Freud believed that childhood experiences have a strong influence on shaping personality that carries into adulthood.
This document provides instructions for a group task involving serving together. It lists assisting everyone, especially the professor, checking attendance by calling classmates alphabetically, and being helpful to needy classmates as part of the assistance. For roll call, it instructs calling classmates alphabetically and responding with a greeting, confirmation of presence, and answering the statement of the day about what one is blessed with. The document ends by listing some group members as present.
This document provides an overview of families and how they are changing. It discusses the fluid and diverse nature of families today compared to past generations. Families serve important functions like regulating sexuality, childrearing, economic support, and emotional support. However, what constitutes a family continues to evolve due to broader societal transformations around topics like marriage and household composition. Racial/ethnic diversity is also increasing the variety of family forms in countries like the US. Both micro decisions within families and macro forces outside their control, like the economy, influence how families change over time.
This document discusses the concept of personhood, which it defines as the sum of one's goals, values, personality, character, knowledge, and skills. It states that education should aim to help children develop into high-quality people by cultivating their knowledge and skills. It also explains that people are responsible for who they become based on their choices and goals, and that motivation and commitment are needed to achieve self-development through a process of setting goals, making plans, taking action, and monitoring results.
The document provides instructions for a group task involving serving together, including assisting classmates and professors, and taking attendance by calling classmates alphabetically and stating why one feels blessed that day.
This document contains notes from a class discussing developmental stages and developmental tasks. It includes definitions of key terms like developmental stage and developmental task. The notes discuss theories by John Santrock and Robert Havighurst on developmental stages, sources of developmental tasks, and the purpose of achieving developmental tasks. The class reviewed policies and expectations, discussed previous lessons, and identified assignments to classify developmental tasks, evaluate personal development, and understand responsibilities of adolescence.
Discover the multiple meanings of ‘culture’ and why you belong to many not just one.
Learn about cultural universals: how we are more alike than we are different.
Think about this model for understanding cultural differences.
This document discusses cross-cultural communication and some of the key challenges involved. It addresses how culture influences communication styles and behaviors. Cross-cultural communication refers to communication between people with differences in areas like working styles, nationality, ethnicity, gender, etc. It also looks at attempts to negotiate cultural differences through language and body language. Some barriers to effective cross-cultural communication include assumptions of similarity, language differences, nonverbal misinterpretation, stereotypes, tendency to evaluate from one's own cultural perspective, and anxiety in unfamiliar cultural situations. Understanding turn-taking conventions and reducing these barriers through skills like listening can help improve cross-cultural communication.
1. The document discusses differences in nonverbal communication across cultures, focusing on Latin American and American cultures. It highlights differences in uses of space, eye contact, smiling, gestures, and views of time, work, play, and money.
2. Teachers are advised to help students learn to adapt their nonverbal behaviors to different contexts rather than replace their own cultural practices. Role playing can help students become aware of cultural differences in communication.
3. While smiling, eye contact, and views of noise vs. silence differ between Latin and American cultures, all cultures have virtues and flaws, and nonverbal behaviors should be understood in cultural context rather than judged as superior or inferior.
This document summarizes interviews conducted with young adults from different cultural backgrounds about their use of profanity. The interviews explored how culture, religion, gender, and Western influence affect swearing habits. Some key findings include: Americans from the South avoid swearing in front of women due to cultural norms of respect, while Brazilians use swearing to overcome machismo attitudes against women; French swearing depends on social class with more swearing among lower classes; Eastern Europeans communicate strongly through emotions and swearing but avoid racist or sexist slurs; Germans emphasize proper context for swearing where words like "ficken" strictly refer to sex acts rather than casual usage. Overall the interviews found most young adults swear casually with friends but cultural and
This document provides instructions for Assignment 3 which asks students to analyze a conversation between people from different cultures and consider how culture and context impact communication. Students are asked to describe the greeting, physical proximity, physical characteristics, protocol, topics discussed, and how the conversation ended. They also analyze how their own cultural affiliation may have impacted the conversation, citing at least two scholarly sources. The analysis should be in a 3-4 page paper using APA style.
This document discusses intercultural communication and cultural differences. It begins by defining intercultural communication as understanding one another without sharing a common culture. It then discusses how historically, cultures have dealt with differences by avoiding, converting, or killing those unlike themselves. The document emphasizes that understanding subjective culture, or shared patterns of thinking and behavior, is key to developing intercultural competence. It also discusses how stereotypes can arise from cultural generalizations but can be avoided by recognizing that all cultures contain diversity and no generalization applies to all individuals.
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This document discusses differences in nonverbal communication between cultures, genders, and ages. It begins with an introduction explaining how miscommunication can occur due to differences in nonverbal cues. It then outlines nine building blocks of nonverbal communication. The document is then divided into three sections discussing cultural differences, gender differences, and age differences. For cultural differences, it provides examples of differences between Eastern and Western cultures. For gender differences, it outlines ways men and women differ in their nonverbal communication styles. For age differences, it discusses how nonverbal skills develop in children and differences in how generations respond to marketing. The conclusion states that miscommunication can occur due to these factors and society can work to overcome barriers through understanding differences.
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This document discusses differences in nonverbal communication between cultures, genders, and ages. It begins with an introduction explaining how miscommunication can occur due to differences in nonverbal cues. It then outlines nine building blocks of nonverbal communication. The document is then divided into three sections discussing cultural differences, gender differences, and age differences. For cultural differences, it provides examples of differences between Eastern and Western cultures. For gender differences, it outlines ways men and women differ in their nonverbal communication styles. For age differences, it discusses how nonverbal skills develop in children and differences in how generations respond to marketing. The conclusion states that nonverbal miscommunication can occur due to these factors and society can overcome barriers by adapting communication styles to different
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This document provides an overview of a lesson on learning principles and policies. It discusses:
1. The "PISO" requirements which students must follow, including punctuality, participation, interest, industry, silence, submission, obedience and openness.
2. Guidelines for online learning including being properly dressed, attending classes regularly, informing faculty of connectivity issues, focusing in class, observing house rules, being kind and professional.
3. A review of the previous discussion which focused on course policies, expectations, and collaborating openly on exercises.
factors that were Recall a recent incident in your life when you had to make a decision. Narrate the situation below. Indicate what the decision was about, the factors that were involved and how you arrived at your decision.
and how you arrived at Recall a recent incident in your life when you had to make a decision. Narrate the situation below. Indicate what the decision was about, the factors that were involved and how you arrived at your decision.
Recall a recent incident in your life when you had to make a decision. Narrate the situation below. Indicate what the decision was about, the factors that were involved and how you arrived at your decision.
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Where consisted of cultural shock, lag and diffusion that varies time to time.
This document discusses a lesson on child and adolescent learning theories. It mentions that studying these theories provides knowledge of cognitive, affective, and psychomotor development stages. It also lists the key considerations in child and adolescent learning theory, including perceptual systems, information processing, and learning styles. The document emphasizes the importance of following class policies and participating in assigned activities and group tasks.
Freud's psychoanalytic theory of human development proposes that it is primarily unconscious and driven by inner forces, memories, and conflicts outside of conscious awareness or control. The theory has three aspects: the id operates on the pleasure principle unconsciously, the ego operates on the reality principle consciously, and the superego operates on morality principles across all levels. Freud believed that childhood experiences have a strong influence on shaping personality that carries into adulthood.
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1. This chapter begins a series of chapters focused on recognizing and avoiding
breakdowns in intercultural communication. In this chapter, you’ll read
about ethnographic and cultural approaches and then examine anxiety, assum-
ing similarity instead of difference, and ethnocentrism as barriers to effective
intercultural communication.
ETHNOGRAPHIC AND CULTURAL APPROACHES
Read the following court transcript (Liberman, 1981) and assess how success-
ful you think the communication was:
Magistrate: Can you read and write?
Defendant: Yes.
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2. Magistrate: Can you sign your name?
Defendant: Yes.
Magistrate: Did you say you cannot read?
Defendant: Hm.
Magistrate: Can you read or not?!
Defendant: No.
Magistrate: [Reads statement.] Do you recall making that statement?
Defendant: Yes.
Magistrate: Is there anything else you want to add to the statement?
Defendant: [No answer.]
Magistrate: Did you want to say anything else!?
Defendant: No.
Magistrate: Is there anything in the statement you want to change?
Defendant: No.
Magistrate: [Reads a second statement.] Do you recall making that statement?
Defendant: Yes.
Magistrate: Do you wish to add to the statement?
Defendant: No.
Magistrate: Do you want to alter the statement in any way?
Defendant: [Slight nod.]
Magistrate: What do you want to alter?
Defendant: [No answer.]
Magistrate: Do you want to change the statement?
Defendant: No.
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3. Of course it is doubtful that the defendant understands the proceedings. Based
on this exchange we could also raise doubts about the defendant’s “statement.”
Now if I told you the defendant was an Aboriginal in Australia, could you
say more about the interaction? How you attempt to answer that question
illustrates two major approaches to intercultural communication. If you exam-
ined the transcript in detail to locate the problems the defendant and the mag-
istrate had in their exchange, your approach was ethnographic. If you asked
for information about Aboriginals and the Australian legal system, your
approach was cultural.
Ethnography is the direct observation, reporting, and evaluation of the
customary behavior of a culture. Ideally, ethnography requires an extended
period of residence and study in a community. The ethnographer knows the
language of the group, participates in some of the group’s activities, and uses
a variety of observational and recording techniques. In a sense, the accounts of
15th-century explorers of the unfamiliar cultural practices they encountered
were primitive ethnographies.
Modern ethnography tries to avoid questionnaires and formal interviews in
artificial settings; observation in natural settings is preferred. The objective is
an analysis of cultural patterns to develop a grammar or theory of the rules for
appropriate cultural behaviors.
An ethnographic approach to understanding the dialogue between the
magistrate and the defendant would use the perspective of the parties them-
selves to analyze the problems that each faces in the attempt to communicate.
Thus, it appears that the Aboriginal defendant is engaged in a strategy of
giving the answers “Yes,” “No,” or “Hm” that will best placate the magistrate
(Liberman, 1990a).
A cultural approach attempts to develop an ideal personification of the
culture, and then that ideal is used to explain the actions of individuals in the
culture. For example, using the cultural approach, it would be important to
know that the Aboriginal people began arriving on the Australian continent
from Southeast Asia 40,000 years before North and South America were
inhabited and that it wasn’t until 1788 that 11 ships arrived carrying a cargo
of human prisoners to begin a new British colony by taking control of the land.
Liberman (1990b) describes the unique form of public discourse that evolved
among the isolated Aboriginal people of central Australia: Consensus must
be preserved through such strategies as unassertiveness, avoidance of direct
argumentation, deferral of topics that would produce disharmony, and serial
summaries so that the people think together and “speak with one voice.” If any
dissension is sensed, there are no attempts to force a decision, and the discus-
sion is abandoned. Western European discourse style is direct, confrontational,
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4. and individualistic. Thus, it can be said that the Aboriginal defendant in the
example finds it difficult to communicate a defense by opposing what has been
said and rather frequently concurs with any statement made to him (Liberman,
1990b).
The ethnographic and cultural approaches are complementary and together
can help our understanding of breakdowns in intercultural communication.
In Chapter 1, you saw that every culture and subgroup provides its members
with rules specifying appropriate and inappropriate behavior. Were you to
approach intercultural communication from the perspective of attempting
to learn the norms of all cultures and subgroups, it certainly would be an
impossible task. There is no way that you could learn all the rules governing
appropriate and inappropriate behavior for every culture and subgroup with
which you came into contact. You’d always be doing something wrong; you’d
always be offending someone. Your communication would likely suffer, as
your violation of norms would be a form of noise limiting the effectiveness of
your communication.
In fact, you wouldn’t even know if you were expected to conform to the
other’s norms or if you were expected to behave according to your own
culture’s norms while respecting the other culture’s norms.
A better approach is to examine on a general level the barriers to inter-
cultural communication. LaRay M. Barna (1997) has developed a list of six
such barriers: anxiety, assuming similarity instead of difference, ethnocentrism,
stereotypes and prejudice, nonverbal misinterpretations, and language. His
categories of barriers will be used when discussing problems that can arise
in intercultural encounters. The first three are discussed in this chapter.
Stereotypes and prejudice are discussed separately in Chapter 5. Nonverbal
misinterpretations and language are discussed separately in later chapters.
Taking these common mistakes into account can help you improve your inter-
cultural communication skills.
ANXIETY
The first barrier is high anxiety. When you are anxious because of not knowing
what you are expected to do, it is only natural to focus on that feeling and not
be totally present in the communication transaction.
For example, you may have experienced anxiety on your very first day on a
new college campus or in a new job. You may be so conscious of being new—
and out of place—and focus so much of your attention on that feeling that you
make common mistakes and appear awkward to others.
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5. Sugawara (1993) surveyed 168 Japanese employees of Japanese companies
working in the United States and 135 of their U.S. coworkers. Only 8% of
the U.S. coworkers felt impatient with the Japanese coworkers’ English.
While 19% of the Japanese employees felt their spoken English was poor or
very poor and 20% reported feeling nervous when speaking English with U.S.
coworkers, 30% of the Japanese employees felt the U.S. coworkers were
impatient with their accent, and almost 60% believed that language was the
problem in communicating with the U.S. coworkers. For some, anxiety over
speaking English properly contributed to avoiding interactions with the
U.S. coworkers and limiting interactions both on and off the job to other
Japanese only.
ASSUMING SIMILARITY INSTEAD OF DIFFERENCE
The second barrier is assuming similarity instead of difference. In 1997,
a Danish woman left her 14-month-old baby girl in a stroller outside a
Manhattan restaurant while she was inside. Other diners at the restaurant
became concerned and called New York City Police. The woman was charged
with endangering a child and was jailed for two nights. Her child was placed
in foster care. The woman and the Danish consulate explained that leaving
children unattended outside cafés is common in Denmark. Pictures were
wired to the police showing numerous strollers parked outside cafés while
parents were eating inside. The Danish woman had assumed that Copenhagen
is similar to New York, that what is commonly done in Copenhagen is also
commonly done in New York.
When you assume similarity between cultures you can be caught unaware
of important differences. When you have no information about a new culture,
it might make sense to assume there are no differences, to behave as you would
in your home culture. But each culture is different and unique to some degree.
Boucher (1974), for example, has shown how cultures differ as to whom it
is appropriate to display emotions. If you assume that display of emotions
is similar to your culture, you might see people in some circumstances as
lacking emotion and others in other circumstances as displaying emotions
inappropriately.
The inverse can be a barrier as well. Assuming difference instead of
similarity can lead to your not recognizing important things that cultures
share in common. It’s better to assume nothing. It’s better to ask, “What
are the customs?” rather than assuming they’re the same—or different—
everywhere.
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6. ETHNOCENTRISM
Definition
The third barrier to effective intercultural communication is ethnocentrism,
or negatively judging aspects of another culture by the standards of one’s own
culture. To be ethnocentric is to believe in the superiority of one’s own culture.
Everything in a culture is consistent to that culture and makes sense if you
understood that culture.
For example, assume that global warming is a fact and, as a result, assume
that summers in the United States average 43° C (109° F). It would be logical
to make adjustments: Rather than air condition buildings all day, you might
close schools and businesses in the afternoons to conserve energy. Such adjust-
ments would make sense. Why then do some people attribute sensible midday
siestas in hot climates to laziness?
After reading the comments by Benjamin Franklin (see Box 4.1), who do
you think was being ethnocentric?
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Box 4.1
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’S
REMARKS ON AMERICAN INDIANS
Savages we call them, because their Manners differ from ours, which
we think the Perfection of Civility; they think the same of theirs.
Perhaps, if we could examine the Manners of different Nations with
Impartiality, we should find no People so rude, as to be without any
Rules of Politeness; nor any so polite, as not to have some Remains of
Rudeness.
The Indian Men, when young, are Hunters and Warriors; when old,
Counsellors; for all their Government is by Counsel of the Sages; there is
no Force, there are no Prisons, no Officers to compel Obedience, or
inflict Punishment. Hence they generally study Oratory, the best Speaker
having the most influence. The Indian Women till the Ground, dress the
Food, nurse and bring up the Children, and preserve and hand down to
Posterity the Memory of public Transactions. These Employments of
Men and Women are accounted natural and honourable. Having few
artificial Wants, they have an abundance of Leisure for Improvement by
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Conversation. Our laborious Manner of Life, compared with theirs, they
esteem slavish and base; and the Learning, on which we value ourselves,
they regard as frivolous and useless. An Instance of this occurred at
the Treaty of Lancaster, in Pennsylvania, anno 1744, between the
Government of Virginia and the Six Nations. After the principal Business
was settled, the Commissioners from Virginia acquainted the Indians by
a Speech that there was at Williamsburg a College, with a Fund for
Educating Indian youth; and that, if the Six Nations would send down
half a dozen of their young Lads to that College, the Government would
take care that they should be well provided for, and instructed in all the
Learning of the White People. It is one of the Indian Rules of Politeness
not to answer a public Proposition the same day that it is made; they
think it would be treating it as a light manner, and that they show it
Respect by taking time to consider it, as of a Matter important. They
therefor deferr’d their Answer till the Day following; when their Speaker
began, by expressing their deep Sense of the kindness of the Virginia
Government, in making them that Offer; “for we know,” says he, “that
you highly esteem the kind of Learning taught in those Colleges, and that
the Maintenance of our young Men, while with you, would be very
expensive to you. We are convinc’d, therefore, that you mean to do us
Good by your Proposal; and we thank you heartily. But you, who are
wise, must know that different Nations have different Conceptions of
things; and you will therefore not take it amiss, if our Ideas of this kind
of Education happen not to be the same with yours. We have had some
Experience of it; Several of our young People were formerly brought up
at the Colleges of the Northern Provinces; they were instructed in all your
Sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were bad Runners, igno-
rant of every means of living in the Woods, unable to bear either Cold or
Hunger, knew neither how to build a Cabin, take a Deer, or kill an
Enemy, spoke our language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for
Hunters, Warriors, nor Counsellors; they were totally good for nothing.
We are however not the less oblig’d by your kind Offer, tho’ we decline
accepting it; and, to show our grateful Sense of it, if the Gentlemen of
Virginia will send us a Dozen of their Sons, we will take great Care of
their Education, instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them.”
SOURCE: Benjamin Franklin, “Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America”
(date of composition uncertain, printed as a pamphlet in 1784), quoted in Mott and
Jorgenson (1939).
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8. Another name for ethnocentrism is the anthropological concept of cultural
relativism. It does not mean that everything is equal. It does mean that we must
try to understand other people’s behavior in the context of their culture before
we judge it. It also means that we recognize the arbitrary nature of our own
cultural behaviors and be willing to reexamine them by learning about behav-
iors in other cultures (Cohen, 1998).
A less extreme form of ethnocentrism can be labeled cultural nearsighted-
ness, or taking one’s own culture for granted and neglecting other cultures.
For example, people in the United States often use the word Americans
to refer to U.S. citizens, but actually that word is the correct designation
of all people in North and South America. Its careless use is a form of
ethnocentrism.
Cultural nearsightedness often results in making assumptions that simple
things are the same everywhere. Designing forms for something as simple as
a person’s name is not that simple if you recognize how widely practices
vary. For example, in Mexico people may have two surnames, with the first
from the father’s first surname and the second from the mother’s surname.
Often, only the first surname is used and the second abbreviated. When a
woman marries, she usually retains both of her surnames and adds her
husband’s first surname. Or consider China with 1.3 billion people and only
about 3,100 surnames, with 90% of
the population sharing 100 of them.
Based on its 1982 census, China has
87 million people sharing the name
Li—the most common surname in
the world. The name Smith is shared
by 2.4 million people in the United
States.
Another example is Eurocentric
ethnocentrism. This would include,
for example, recognizing only
Western holidays in schools or bas-
ing curriculum only on Western
history, music, and art. The terms
“the West” and “the East” them-
selves have been labeled Eurocentric
ethnocentrism. Asia is east of
Europe, but to call Asia “the East”
makes its identity dependent on
Europe.
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In 1913, members of the Pueblo tribe chal-
lenged the degree of control that Congress
exercised over tribal affairs. In its decision on
United States v. Sandoval, the Supreme Court
ruled,
“Always living in separate and isolated
communities, adhering to primitive modes of
life, largely influenced by superstition and
fetishism, and chiefly governed according
to crude customs inherited from their ances-
tors, [the Pueblos] are essentially a simple,
uninformed and inferior people. . . . As a
superior and civilized nation, [the U.S. gov-
ernment has both] the power and the duty of
exercising a fostering care and protection
over all dependent Indian communities
within its borders.”
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9. Negative Effects on Communication
Extreme ethnocentrism leads to a rejection of the richness and knowledge of
other cultures. It impedes communication and blocks the exchange of ideas
and skills among peoples. Because it excludes other points of view, an ethno-
centric orientation is restrictive and limiting.
CASE STUDY OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
BARRIERS: CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES
In the United States, a lack of knowledge about China and its history
contributes to communication barriers. As you read this section and become
more familiar with China and its history, identify examples of the intercultural
communication barriers that exist between the two cultures. When and how
has the United States assumed similarity to China? When and how have both
displayed ethnocentrism?
Population
In terms of land area, China is larger than the United States. It is also
the most populated country in the world. Its population was estimated to be
1.3 billion in 1999, or about five times as many people as populate the United
States. China’s population accounts for about one-fifth of the entire human
race. Approximately two-thirds of the population are peasants. The average
per capita income is $800, but with a large gap between the coastal and urban
areas and the less prosperous interior. As the world’s second largest economy,
China has led the world in economic growth, with $510 billion in imports and
exports in 2001.
History
Today’s China represents 4,000 years of civilization. Its history was first
recorded more than 1,500 years before the beginning of Christianity. For
about half its history, China had multiple governments—at times both a south-
ern and a northern regime. Until early in the 20th century, China was ruled by
a series of dynasties and through the centuries largely indifferent to the outside
world.
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10. With support from Chinese communities in Hawaii and mainland United
States and students in Europe and Japan, Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s United League victory
in Wuchang was the end of the Ch’ing dynasty. He earned the distinction of
being the “father” of modern China.
After Dr. Sun’s 1911 revolution, China became fragmented by war lords. In
the 1920s, Chiang Kai-shek attempted to reunify the country and establish a
nationalist government. Chiang’s U.S. support was partly due to the publicity
Henry Luce provided through his Time magazine, to the popularity of Pearl
Buck’s novels, and to the images of Chiang as a convert to Methodism and of
his Wellesley College-educated wife.
World War II brought Communism and Mao Zedong, who in 1949 defeated
Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang fled with his followers to the island of Taiwan located
about 161 kilometers (100 miles) off the coast of China. Taiwan, which had
been occupied by Japan from 1895 until the end of World War II when it
was returned to China, is about the size of the states of Massachusetts and
Connecticut combined. Only 15% of the island’s population were 1949 immi-
grants, but they dominated Taiwan’s government through martial law.
The nationalist government of Taiwan (the Republic of China) considered
itself the legal government of all China, whereas the mainland Chinese gov-
ernment claimed Taiwan as part of its territory. Chiang maintained an army of
600,000 in hopes of regaining the mainland. In 1955, the United States agreed
to protect Taiwan in case of attack from mainland China.
For more than four decades, Mao was the dominant figure in Chinese life.
In the 1950s, the country benefited from land redistribution, introduction of
compulsory universal education, adoption of simplified Chinese characters
that led to greater literacy, and the introduction of health and welfare reforms.
In 1958, Mao launched the Great Leap Forward. This program forced farmers
into communes, abolished private property, and set up backyard steel mills to
speed China’s entry into the industrial age. The program was a catastrophic
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11. failure and brought widespread starvation and the country to bankruptcy.
President Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping, General Secretary of the Communist
Party, took over day-to-day control to restore the economy.
Beginning in 1966, Mao led the country through his infamous Cultural
Revolution. In an attempt to destroy Liu’s government and Deng’s party, to
purify the culture of all outside influences, and to build a new Marxist-Chinese
culture, tens of thousands were executed. Millions were exiled to rural labor
brigades. During my stays in China, I’ve spoken with those who were youths
during that period. They angrily said their future was stolen from them by
Mao. Their only education was Mao’s Red Book (The Thoughts of Chairman
Mao).
In 1971, the People’s Republic of China (mainland China) was admitted
to the United Nations in Taiwan’s place in spite of U.S. objections. In 1972, a
breakthrough in United States-China relations occurred when President
Richard Nixon and his national security adviser, Henry Kissinger, established
relations with the Chinese government.
On September 9, 1976, Mao died. Shortly after, the Party officially declared
Mao’s concept of continuing class struggle an ideological mistake, and his call
for cultural revolution was commonly believed to have been a terrible disaster.
Post-Mao China was dominated by the leadership of Deng Xiaoping. In
1956, Deng had been fourth in power after Mao. By 1962, he had financial
control of the country. Deng’s economic approach was reflected in his com-
ment to Mao during an argument over farming policies that became his trade-
mark: “Whether a cat is black or white makes no difference. As long as it
catches mice, it is a good cat.” Deng replaced Marx and Lenin with a com-
modity economy and profit incentives, but in 1966, he was denounced as a
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12. “capitalist roader” and confined to his compound. At the urging of the dying
Chou En-lai, Deng swore loyalty to Mao and was returned to power in 1973.
Starting in 1978, Deng removed aging leaders and opponents and replaced
them with younger, well-educated supporters. Later, in a highly significant
move under President Jimmy Carter, on January 1, 1979, the United States
normalized relations with the People’s Republic of China and severed diplo-
matic relations with Taiwan together with terminating the defense agreement
protecting the island.
Deng’s four modernizations—agriculture, industry, science, and technology—
sought to remove the dogmas, irrationality, and inefficiencies of Mao’s era
and—at a deliberate speed—transformed China into a modern nation. Deng
was credited with saying, “To get rich is glorious.” The trademark of capital-
ism, a stock market, was established in 1990 in Shanghai, the most open and
cosmopolitan of China’s cities. Exporting was promoted as the way to eco-
nomic growth. By 2001, Wal-Mart alone bought $14 billion in merchandise.
Perhaps in the long term, the village democracy program may prove to be
the most important of Deng’s modernizations. To the extent that democracy
requires conflict between ideas, groups, and parties, some Chinese see it in
opposition to Confucianism, which values harmony and cooperation. With the
disbanding of the commune system, the village democracy program began in
1987 with the Organic Law on Village Committees as a way to make local
leaders more accountable. A 1994 amendment to the law allowed secret bal-
lots. By the end of 1997, 95% of China’s 900,000 villages had implemented
the program. The program varies greatly from county to county, and some crit-
ics say it only transfers unpopular tasks such as tax collection and family plan-
ning to the local level. Nonetheless, millions of rural Chinese elect their local
leadership.
Regional Differences
Britain’s 19th-century conflict with China enabled its traders to continue
exchanging Indian opium for Chinese tea and silk, making huge profits while
devastating China. Defeated in these wars, China was forced to open ports up
and down the coast not only to the opium trade but ultimately to foreign diplo-
mats, residents, missionaries, and traders of every kind. Hong Kong island was
ceded to Great Britain in perpetuity in 1841, the Kowloon peninsula in 1860,
and another slice of the mainland leased in 1898.
Hong Kong is slightly smaller than Los Angeles and home to about 6.7 million
people. It is one of the world’s great cities with the world’s largest container-
ship port, one of the world’s largest airports, the best performing stock
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13. exchange in the world, and an impressive trade and financial infrastructure.
In 1997, this symbol of free enterprise was returned to China. In a critically
important move, in 1990 China promised Hong Kong residents in the
Sino-British document known as the Basic Law “one country, two systems.”
Hong Kong would be a special administrative region of China, with press free-
dom and continuance of its capitalist economic and social system guaranteed
for at least 50 years after the takeover. The Basic Law specified that both
Chinese and English would be official languages. By 1998, most public schools
switched from teaching in English to Cantonese.
China has made it clear that Hong Kong was never a democracy under
British rule. The colony’s governor was appointed by the British government.
It wasn’t until 1991 that Great Britain allowed the first direct election of a por-
tion of the seats in Hong Kong’s legislature. Hong Kong’s first chief executive
after the return, Tung Chee-hwa, was selected by Beijing through a process
of indirect elections involving a campaign and vote by 400 business people
and community leaders selected themselves by Beijing. Hong Kong’s elected
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Hong Kong’s Central District and a restored traditional Chinese sailing junk in
Victoria Harbor.
SOURCE: Hong Kong Tourist Association.
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14. legislature was replaced by an appointed one. Prior to the return, China wrote
a new constitution for Hong Kong reversing some of the civil and democratic
rights legislation that were passed after the Basic Law agreement without
China’s consent. Some believe Hong Kong’s leaders will not be able to maintain
political distance from Beijing as laws were changed in 2001 so that now the
chief executive essentially serves at the pleasure of the mainland government.
By five years after the handover, China’s entry into the World Trade
Organization ended Hong Kong’s historical role as the dominant international
commercial trade center. Shanghai and other large trading centers have
reduced its prominence.
Macao, the first European settlement in Asia and the last Portuguese-held
colony, was returned to China in 1999 after 442 years under Portuguese con-
trol. China hopes that these colonies’ return will be followed by the reunifica-
tion of Taiwan and the mainland.
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Chinese students celebrate at midnight in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square as fireworks
explode behind them marking Hong Kong’s return.
SOURCE: AP/Wide World Photos.
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15. China is anything but a monolithic communist country, for it has tried dozens
of political and economic experiments. China also has significant regional
cultural differences. The north, including Beijing, is traditional and conservative.
The ancestors of most Chinese in the south migrated from the north, over-
whelming the original inhabitants and driving them into what is now Vietnam.
In much the same way that western migration in the United States
shaped the character of the west, China’s southern migration shaped a differ-
ent culture in the south. The south is populated with people seeking a better
life by escaping the conservatism and poverty of the rural north. Most of
China’s emigration as well has been from the south as people left China for
Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, and the United States.
Chinese in the south are said to be more active, live better, and talk louder
and are reasserting their business savvy. Recognizing this difference, Beijing in
the late 1970s allowed Guangdong and Fujian provinces to go “one step
ahead” in economic reforms. By 1985, this was expanded to the whole Pearl
River Delta. Guangdong has emerged as the top producer of goods and services
and the biggest exporter. With less than 5% of the population and less than
2% of the land area, it accounts for 11% of China’s gross national product. It
has attracted more foreign investment than the rest of China put together.
China-U.S. Relationship Issues
The United States and China relations continue to be strained. In 1996, the
U.S. Congress created Radio Free Asia to promote democratic values in Asia.
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16. In China, listeners will hear the views of critics of the government. Books such
as The Coming Conflict With China (Bernstein, 1997) and China Can Say No,
the 1996 best-seller in China, labeled each the enemy of the other.
The Status of Taiwan
Today, Taiwan is a technologically advanced island of 22 million people
with a per capita income of more than $12,000. Taiwan’s government has
evolved from one-party rule under martial law into a full-fledged democracy.
In 1996, Taiwan became the first government in the Chinese-speaking world
to have a democratically elected president.
In the past, Taiwan and the mainland disputed which was the legitimate
government of one China. Later, Taiwan argued that China is one country
with two governments, much like Germany before reunification. On that
basis, Taiwan sought greater international recognition and readmission to
the United Nations. Although the United States no longer formally recog-
nizes Taiwan, it has sold the Taiwanese jet fighters and dispatched aircraft
carriers to the waters off Taiwan when China displayed military force near
its shores.
Tiananmen Square Massacre
In 1989, the death of former Communist Party General Secretary Hu Yao-
bang, who many considered a political reformer, resulted in the student-led
demonstration for democracy in Beijing that June. The army crushed the
protest, killing hundreds perhaps even thousands on orders believed to have
come from Deng (Black & Munro, 1993). Ever since, the Chinese media have
blamed the United States for siding with the protesters.
Deng, who saw foreign influence in the uprising, dictated that severe mea-
sures, such as martial law, would again be taken in the event of future internal
turmoil. Only by these means, he felt, would China’s national sovereignty be
protected from external interference.
Human Rights
The United States has protested the imprisonment without trial of religious
and democracy proponents and the use of prison and child labor in manufac-
turing and has insisted on human rights improvements in China. The United
States has attempted repeatedly, but unsuccessfully, to gain censure for Chinese
human rights policies at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
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17. Prior to the return of Hong Kong to China, the U.S. Congress passed legislation
affirming the human rights of the people of Hong Kong. China views these
demands as attacks on its sovereignty, with the United States acting as a global
judge of human rights. China has also charged that the U.S. human rights
record includes huge prison populations, low voter turnout, and a history of
slavery. Rather than viewing this only as a political clash, some would seek
explanations based in cultural values. Chinese leaders place a higher premium
on social order and a lesser one on individual expression. China emphasizes col-
lective order, whereas Western cultures stress individual liberties (Wasserstrom,
1991).
Tibet
Chinese troops occupied Tibet in 1950 and have waged war on the Dalai
Lama and Tibetan Buddhism. The Dalai Lama has been seeking autonomy for
Tibet since 1959 when he unsuccessfully tried to oust Chinese forces and was
forced into exile. The Dalai Lama has proposed autonomy for Tibet while
allowing China to retain control over defense and foreign affairs. The major
concern has been the elimination of the Tibetan culture as more Chinese move
into the region. The India-based Tibetan Government in Exile claims that
Chinese immigrants outnumber Tibetans by at least 40 to 1. The United States
has protested the treatment of the people and culture of Tibet. China has
responded that the Dalai Lama is trying to achieve political objectives under
the guise of religion.
International Incidents
In 1999 during the war against Yugoslavia, the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) approved a CIA proposal to bomb a Yugoslav military
supply facility. A U.S. warplane mistakenly bombed the Chinese embassy in
Belgrade, killing 3 and injuring 20 others. Chinese protested the bombing in
demonstrations in Beijing and other cities. A Kodak Express store was burned,
McDonald’s restaurants were vandalized and boycotted, and Whirlpool appli-
ances were damaged and pulled from stores in a display of anger directed at
U.S. icons.
In April 2001, a U.S. spy plane made an unauthorized emergency landing on
Hainan island after colliding with a Chinese fighter jet, killing its pilot. China
regards spy planes 8,000 kilometers from their home as unwarranted; the U.S.
says it has a legal right to fly over international waters off China. China
demanded an apology, which the United States refused to give (see Box 4.2).
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18. Box 4.2
“VERY SORRY” PROVES TO BE KEY PHRASE
Diplomacy: Wording of U.S. letter of regret was thoroughly negotiated.
But each side offers different Chinese translation.
When the U.S. declared itself not just “sorry” but “very sorry” for the
loss of a Chinese fighter pilot, the government in Beijing finally had a
phrase it could translate into a linguistically acceptable apology.
The nuance of language apparently paved the way for the release of the
24-member crew of the American spy plane detained since April 1. And it
will go a long way toward determining how the Chinese people perceive
the United States’ intentions, spelled out in a key letter from U.S.
Ambassador Joseph W. Prueher to Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan
on Wednesday.
After days of diplomatic negotiations over the wording of the letter,
the U.S. side agreed to insert the “very,” breaking the stalemate that has
kept the crew detained on Hainan island, according to a senior Bush
administration official. The letter also said the Americans were “very
sorry” that the U.S. Navy EP-3 intruded into Chinese airspace without
verbal permission when it made an emergency landing after colliding
with the Chinese jet.
But complicating matters, each side issued different Chinese transla-
tions of the document.
The version prepared by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing offered feichang
baoqian as a translation of “very sorry.” But state-run Chinese media used
shenbiao qianyi, a phrase that means “to express profound apology” but
could suggest that the speaker is apologizing with some reservations.
Shenbiao qianyi is a “flexible fuzzy” phrase, according to a veteran
Chinese language expert, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The word the Chinese wanted, but didn’t get, was daoqian, which
means “to apologize.”
“The American side ought to apologize to the Chinese people,”
Chinese President Jiang Zemin said last week, using the word daoqian.
Government officials had dismissed as inadequate earlier official U.S.
expressions of regret.
“Daoqian would be the word Chinese could accept most easily,” the lan-
guage expert said, but added: “Strictly speaking, there is no real difference
between baoqian and daoqian.
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19. Changes in China Today
Soviet communism tried to reform the Soviet Union by loosening the reins
on expression while keeping the economy under control. Chinese leaders try
the opposite: They allow the economy, particularly in the south, to experiment
while they control political speech.
On example is the Internet, which became available in China in 1995.
Access was expensive and restricted. Later, the government began to provide
computers to universities and state-owned businesses and to encourage
Internet use for research and business. Internet usage began to surge. By 2002,
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“Anyway, without the character qian in there, I don’t think there
would have been a way out of the situation,” he said.
The character qian comes from a classical Chinese character that means
“bad harvest.” The right half of the character means, “to be inadequate”
or “to owe something.”
In Chinese, qian implies that the person delivering the apology is at
fault. It also implies that the apology is made sincerely and seriously, not
just a casual “Sorry about that.”
“It’s the sort of thing Japanese people would bow their heads when
saying,” the language expert said.
The political correctness of language has been serious business in
China for millenniums, since the days when it was taboo to use the char-
acters in an emperor’s name. Lately, Chinese media have been careful
to stick to the official description of the plane debacle, rendered as “the
incident of an American military reconnaissance plane crashing into and
destroying a Chinese military plane.”
After news of the apology broke, China’s official media quickly began
reporting that some Chinese citizens were not satisfied.
“I think the U.S. government’s way of apologizing can’t satisfy
people,” company manager Su Wei told the official People’s Daily
online edition. Su said U.S. leaders should compensate China for its
losses and apologize not in a letter, but in a live, globally televised news
conference.
SOURCE: Anthony Kuhn, “Very Sorry” Proves to Be Key Phrase,” Los Angeles Times,
April 12, 2001, p. A14. Used with permission.
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20. some 40 million Chinese were
online—mostly young, well edu-
cated, and in the eastern cities.
Since 1995, more than 60 laws
have been enacted governing
Internet activities, and periodically
material deemed harmful or other-
wise critical of the state has been
blocked.
China’s economic development
continues at a fast pace. In 1999,
the constitution was amended to
include private industry as an
“important component” of the
nation’s economy. In 2000, the U.S.
Congress granted China permanent
normal trade status. And a year
later, the Chinese Communist Party
invited capitalist entrepreneurs to join its ranks. China was admitted to the
World Trade Organization after agreeing to further open its economy.
Yet communication barriers still exist. What barriers did you identify? What
could be done to improve intercultural communication between the peoples of
the two cultures?
FROM THE INTERCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
If you have ever watched street performers, chances are you’ve seen a mime
doing a routine known as “trapped in an imaginary box.” At the beginning
of the routine, the mime goes in one direction. Suddenly, the mime hits an
imaginary wall. Curious, the mime touches the wall and searches for a way
around it but cannot find one. The mime then goes in different directions, but
after a few steps hits another invisible wall each time. The mime is trapped.
The only ways out are either to end the show or to imagine some clever
escape. Similarly, in intercultural communication settings, it is all too easy to
become trapped by invisible walls or barriers to communication. Although
these walls are hard to perceive, they are not imaginary. The only way
to “escape” is to learn to see them and avoid making the communication
mistakes that come from them.
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The belief that non-Western peoples should
adopt Western values, institutions, and culture is
immoral because of what would be necessary to
bring it about. . . . If non-Western societies are
once again to be shaped by Western culture, it
will happen only as a result of expansion, deploy-
ment, and impact of Western power. . . . As a
maturing civilization, the West no longer has the
economic or demographic dynamism required to
impose its will on other societies and any effort to
do so is also contrary to the Western values of
self-determination and democracy.
—Samuel P. Huntington
(1996, p. 310), conservative professor
of political science, Harvard University
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21. There are six barriers to communication—anxiety, assuming similarities
instead of differences, ethnocentrism, stereotypes and prejudice, nonverbal
misinterpretations, and language problems. Anxiety is feeling nervous,
which can affect communication when you focus so much on your own
feelings that you do not pay attention to what other people are telling
you. If you are speaking to someone in your second language, you
may worry that the other person may speak too fast or will use words you
do not understand. Anxiety may also affect your ability to communicate
your ideas to others. If you are in a situation where you feel very nervous,
such as talking to your boss, you may find yourself saying awkward things
or even making mistakes in grammar that you never do when talking with
your friends.
Assuming similarities instead of differences is a natural thing to do if you do
not have any information about a culture. Assuming that a culture is similar to
your own can cause you to ignore important differences. It does not help to do
the opposite—that is, to assume that everything is different—because this will
lead to overlooking important similarities between cultures. The best thing to
do when you encounter a new culture is to assume nothing and to ask what the
customs are.
Ethnocentrism is negatively judging another culture by your own culture’s
standards. To make ethnocentric judgments is to believe that the ways of your
own culture are better than those of others. Although ethnocentrism is consid-
ered a barrier to communication, it is common for people experiencing
“culture shock” to make these kinds of judgments. When learning a new
culture, individuals may go through a stage when they consider everything
about the new culture to be worse than their home culture. However, after this
stage, individuals usually begin to see one culture as not better or worse than
another but as merely different.
Even though modern communication technology allows people access to
increasing amounts of information about things happening all over the
world, there is still a tendency for people to be more interested in local, state,
and national news. In the United States, the most popular news shows do not
cover international events in as much detail or accuracy as they do national
and local news. It is common for people to form opinions about other
countries using only the knowledge acquired through the media. Even
though there may be many ties between countries, such as those between the
United States and Japan, international travelers still often find that things are
very different from what they had expected, which sometimes leads to feel-
ings of anxiety.
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Aboriginal
anxiety
cultural relativism
Cultural Revolution
ethnocentrism
ethnography
four modernizations
Hong Kong
Macao
Taiwan
Tibet
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