Real Communication book Chapter 3 by Dan O'Hair and Mary Weimann for Comm 101 class

1. Communication and Culture Real Communication: An Introduction
by Dan O’Hair and Mary Wiemann
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2. Culture
..is a learned system of thought
and behavior that belongs to a
large group of people sharing..
•beliefs
•values
•practices
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3. Culture is learned
..through communication with
others.
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4. Worldview is the framework that you
interpret the world and it’s people.
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5. Intercultural communication is communication
between people from different cultures who
have different worldviews.
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6. Cultural Variables that affect communication
• cultural context
• group vs. individual
• comfort with the unknown
• masculine vs. feminine
• power distance
• time orientation
• expression of emotion
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7. Understanding Group Affiliations
• co-cultures
• generations
• gender
• social identity theory
• ingroups/outgroups
• intergroup communication
• salient
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8. Key barriers
• anxiety
• ethnocentrism
• discrimination
• behavioral affirmation
• behavioral confirmation
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9. Skills
• intercultural sensitivity
• intergroup contact theory
• accommodation
• convergence
• overaccommodate
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10. Practice
• Listen effectively.
• Think before you speak or act.
• Be empathic.
• Do the right thing.
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