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Intercultural communication is a discipline that studies communication across different cultures and social groups, or how culture affects communication.It describes the wide range of communication processes and problems that naturally appear within an organization or social context made up of individuals from different religious, social, ethnic, and educational backgrounds.
Cross-cultural communication. Cross-cultural communication is a field of study investigating how people from differing cultural backgrounds communicate, in similar and different ways among themselves, and how they endeavor to communicate across cultures. Intercultural communication is a related field of study.
Cultural communication. Cultural communication is the practice and study of how different cultures communicate within their community by verbal and nonverbal means. [1] Cultural communication can also be referred to as intercultural communication and cross-cultural communication. Cultures are grouped together by a set of similar beliefs, values ...
Co-cultural communication theory, often referred to as co-cultural theory, is a framework within the field of communication studies that focuses on the interactions between dominant cultures and co-cultural groups within a society. Developed by Mark Orbe in 1996, this theory emphasizes the communication strategies and experiences of ...
Poster promoting better interpersonal communication in the workplace, late 1930s–early 1940s (Work Projects Administration Poster Collection, Library of Congress) Interpersonal communication is an exchange of information between two or more people. [ 1 ] It is also an area of research that seeks to understand how humans use verbal and ...
"Communication and Culture, Conflict and Cohesion" is a book edited by Alexander G. Flor (2002), an expert on Knowledge Management for Development, which discusses the need for convergence in society through inter-cultural communication, using case studies in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
Cultural globalization refers to the transmission of ideas, meanings and values around the world in such a way as to extend and intensify social relations. [ 1 ] This process is marked by the common consumption of cultures that have been diffused by the Internet, popular culture media, and international travel.
Contents. High-context and low-context cultures. In anthropology, high-context and low-context cultures are ends of a continuum of how explicit the messages exchanged in a culture are and how important the context is in communication. The distinction between cultures with high and low contexts is intended to draw attention to variations in both ...