Escape From Sobibor

Communication of the Jews and Nazi Germany “Escape From Sobibor” a movie that depicts the life of Jews in a Nazi concentration camp, and more specific it shows how important cultural communication was for the Nazis to remain in control.  The Nazi had a motivation developed around the need to hate someone; for the countries economic down...

Read more »

Cultural identity and Cultural Biases

Cultural identity refers to one's sense of belonging to a particular culture or ethnic group.   Almost like how do I know I am an African American without taking my skin color into  Social identity develops as a consequence of memberships in particular groups within one's culture. Personal...

Read more »

Cultural Patterns and Communication: Taxonomies

High-context cultures - prefer to use high-context messages in which most of the meaning is either implied by the physical setting or presumed to be part of the individual internalized beliefs, values, norms, and social practices; very little is provided in the coded, explicit,...

Read more »

Verbal intercultural Communication

Definition of Verbal Codes     The Features of Language Verbal means "consisting ofwords." Therefore, a verbal code is a set of rules about the use of words in the creation of messages. Words can obviously be either spoken or written. Verbal codes, then, include both...

Read more »

Communication and intercultural Competence

The Melting Pot Metaphor- "is a metaphor for a heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous, the different elements "melting together" into a harmonious whole with a common culture. It is particularly used to describe the assimilation of immigrants to the United States; the melting-together metaphor...

Read more »

Culture and Intercultural Communication

"Culture is a learned set of shared interpretations about beliefs, values, norms, and social practices, which affects the behaviors of a relatively large group of people." "Terms such as nation, race, and ethnic group are often used synonymously with the term culture. Subculture...

Read more »

Introduction to Intercultural Competence

"The world has changed dramatically from what it was even a generation ago. Across the globe and throughout the United Slates, there is now a heightened emphasis on culture. Similarly, there is a corresponding interplay of forces that both encourage and discourage accommodation and understanding among...

Read more »