COM 303 Midterm Verified A+
The imperatives for studying intercultural communication and your own reflections of each imperative
✔️1) The self-awareness imperative
2) The demographic imperative
3) The economic imperative
4) The technological imperative
5) The peace imperative
6) The ethical imperative
Three approaches to intercultural communication studies and the methods used in each approach ✔️1)
Social scientific
2) Interpretive
3) Critical
Six dialectics and their significance in intercultural interactions ✔️1) Cultural-Individual Dialectic
2) Personal-
Contextual Dialectic
3) Differences-Similarities Dialectic
4) Static-Dynamic Dialectic
5) History/Past-Present/Future Dialectic
6) Privilege-Disadvantage Dialectic
Definitions of culture (different definitions by social science , interpretive, critical perspectives) ✔️1)
Social science definition: Communication is influenced by culture
, 2) Interpretive definition: Culture is created and maintained through communication
3) Critical perspective definition: Culture is a cite of power struggles
luckhohn and Strodtbeck's conception of value orientations ✔️They emphasized the centrality of
cultural values in under- standing cultural groups. Values are the most deeply felt beliefs shared by a
cultural group; they reflect a shared perception of what ought to be, and not what is. Equality, for
example, is a value shared by many people in the United States. It refers to the belief that all humans
are created equal, even though we must acknowledge that, in reality, there are many disparities, such as
in talent, intelligence, or access to material goods.
Three main categories:
1) The nature of human nature
2) Relationships between humans and nature
3) Relationships between humans
The meaning of the acronym SPEAKING ✔️Scene
Participants
End
Act
Key
Instrumentality
Norms
Genre
Power and its roles and manifestations in intercultural interactions ✔️Power is pervasive in
communication interactions. People in power, consciously or unconsciously, create and maintain
communication systems that reflect, reinforce, and promote their own ways of thinking and
communicating. There are two lev- els of group-related power: (1) the primary dimensions—age,
ethnicity, gender, physical abilities, race, and sexual orientation—which are more permanent in nature,
and (2) the secondary dimensions—educational background, geographic location, marital status, and
The imperatives for studying intercultural communication and your own reflections of each imperative
✔️1) The self-awareness imperative
2) The demographic imperative
3) The economic imperative
4) The technological imperative
5) The peace imperative
6) The ethical imperative
Three approaches to intercultural communication studies and the methods used in each approach ✔️1)
Social scientific
2) Interpretive
3) Critical
Six dialectics and their significance in intercultural interactions ✔️1) Cultural-Individual Dialectic
2) Personal-
Contextual Dialectic
3) Differences-Similarities Dialectic
4) Static-Dynamic Dialectic
5) History/Past-Present/Future Dialectic
6) Privilege-Disadvantage Dialectic
Definitions of culture (different definitions by social science , interpretive, critical perspectives) ✔️1)
Social science definition: Communication is influenced by culture
, 2) Interpretive definition: Culture is created and maintained through communication
3) Critical perspective definition: Culture is a cite of power struggles
luckhohn and Strodtbeck's conception of value orientations ✔️They emphasized the centrality of
cultural values in under- standing cultural groups. Values are the most deeply felt beliefs shared by a
cultural group; they reflect a shared perception of what ought to be, and not what is. Equality, for
example, is a value shared by many people in the United States. It refers to the belief that all humans
are created equal, even though we must acknowledge that, in reality, there are many disparities, such as
in talent, intelligence, or access to material goods.
Three main categories:
1) The nature of human nature
2) Relationships between humans and nature
3) Relationships between humans
The meaning of the acronym SPEAKING ✔️Scene
Participants
End
Act
Key
Instrumentality
Norms
Genre
Power and its roles and manifestations in intercultural interactions ✔️Power is pervasive in
communication interactions. People in power, consciously or unconsciously, create and maintain
communication systems that reflect, reinforce, and promote their own ways of thinking and
communicating. There are two lev- els of group-related power: (1) the primary dimensions—age,
ethnicity, gender, physical abilities, race, and sexual orientation—which are more permanent in nature,
and (2) the secondary dimensions—educational background, geographic location, marital status, and
