lecture notes in purposive communication

1. Local and Global
Communication in
Multicultural
Settings

2. Intercultural Communication
Orefers to interaction with people
from diverse cultures (Jandt,
1998)

3. “Forms of Intercultural
Communication”

4. 1. Interracial communication
-communicating with people
from different races.
Interethnic communication
– interacting with people of
different ethnic origins

5. 2. International communication
- communicating between
representatives from different
nations
3. Intracultural communication
- interacting with members of the
same racial or ethnic group or co-
culture.

6. OAccording to Gamble and
Gamble (2008), communication
style among cultures differs; it
may be high context or low
context communication.

7. High Context
Communication
OIs a tradition-linked
communication system which
adheres strongly to being
indirect.

8. Low Context
Communication
OIs a system that works on
straightforward communication.

9. High Context Culture Low Context Culture
Nonverbal & implicit
communication
Explicit statements
Nuanced and often
indirect communication
Straightforward
communication, direct
tone
Group over individual Individual over group
Relatively informal, less
task-oriented
Slightly formal, more
task-oriented

10. Improving
Intercultural
Communication
Competence

11. Guidelines:
1. Recognize the validity and differences
of communication styles among
people.
2. Learn to eliminate personal biases and
prejudices.
3. Strive to acquire communication skills
necessary in a multicultural world.