100 word response Chicago style citing Link to textbook: http://books.google.com/books?id=zutRiJJMBQYC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Article is attached The overwhelming similarities between the articles are perception of identity through self-focus or self-identity through culture. Mulvaney tells us “truth is socially constructed through language and other symbol systems” (Mulvaney, 222). And as an example, it was just such self-focus that landed Galileo in jail by asserting that the universe was sun-centered as opposed to earth centered. The people of that time had socially constructed their own truths based on their perceptions of that time, although we now know that both were incorrect. It was from this perception of correctness that power was assumed and asserted by the majority, which in this case led to Galileo’s arrest (Mulvaney 2004). Jandt touches on an interesting fact regarding existentialism, the idea of the “other” and the idea that both the observer and the observed are changed in the process. He states, “that the observer is not independent of the observed; the observed is in some sense “created” or changed or both by the act of observation” (Jandt, 212). It is from this dynamic that Jandt speaks of that we can see the formation of societal roles, i.e. the roles of those in positions of power and those in a subservient roles. The interesting culmination of the information from all three articles is that the process is not a stagnant one, but rather one that can, and often times does change. Through introspective analysis, asking ourselves the question “Who am I?” we can embrace our cultural differences and through the acceptance of our individual qualities can take back some of the power that was perhaps lost (Jandt, 210). For example, take the labels “Feminist” and “Gay” along with “queer” and “Chicano,” which were certainly negative when created, have been transformed into positive labels embraced by those within each perspective community (Jandt 2004). Works Cited Jandt, Fred E., Dolores V. Tanno. "Decoding Domination, Encoding Self-Determination - Intercultural Comminication Research Process." In Intercultural Communication: A Global Reader, by Fred E. Jandt, 205 - 221. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 2004. Mulvaney, Becky Michelle. "Gender Differences in Communication - An Intercultural Experience." In Intercultural Communication - A Global Reader, by Fred E. Jandt, 221 - 229. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 2004. .

1. 100 word response
Chicago style citing
Link to textbook:
http://books.google.com/books?id=zutRiJJMBQYC&printsec=fr
ontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Article is attached
The overwhelming similarities between the articles are
perception of identity through self-focus or self-identity
through culture. Mulvaney tells us “truth is socially constructed
through language and other symbol systems” (Mulvaney, 222).
And as an example, it was just such self-focus that landed
Galileo in jail by asserting that the universe was sun-centered as
opposed to earth centered. The people of that time had socially
constructed their own truths based on their perceptions of that
time, although we now know that both were incorrect. It was
from this perception of correctness that power was assumed and
asserted by the majority, which in this case led to Galileo’s
arrest (Mulvaney 2004).
Jandt touches on an interesting fact regarding existentialism,
the idea of the “other” and the idea that both the observer and
the observed are changed in the process. He states, “that the
observer is not independent of the observed; the observed is in
some sense “created” or changed or both by the act of
observation” (Jandt, 212). It is from this dynamic that Jandt
speaks of that we can see the formation of societal roles, i.e. the
roles of those in positions of power and those in a subservient
roles.
The interesting culmination of the information from all three
articles is that the process is not a stagnant one, but rather one
that can, and often times does change. Through introspective
analysis, asking ourselves the question “Who am I?” we can
embrace our cultural differences and through the acceptance of
our individual qualities can take back some of the power that
was perhaps lost (Jandt, 210). For example, take the labels

2. “Feminist” and “Gay” along with “queer” and “Chicano,” which
were certainly negative when created, have been transformed
into positive labels embraced by those within each perspective
community (Jandt 2004).
Works Cited
Jandt, Fred E., Dolores V. Tanno. "Decoding Domination,
Encoding Self-Determination - Intercultural Comminication
Research Process." In Intercultural Communication: A Global
Reader, by Fred E. Jandt, 205 - 221. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Publications, Inc., 2004.
Mulvaney, Becky Michelle. "Gender Differences in
Communication - An Intercultural Experience." In Intercultural
Communication - A Global Reader, by Fred E. Jandt, 221 - 229.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 2004.