CMN 2181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Intercultural Communication, Fax, Cultural Relativism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 2181
• Professor: Peruvemba Jaya

Document Summary

Lecture #1: challenges of living in a global society & understanding communication. Contributors to cultural diversity: advanced technology and transportation systems. Internet, fax machine, satellites, telephone, social media, podcasting, blogging: train, car, airplane. Increased intercultural encounters create opportunities of understanding and possibilities of misunderstanding: understanding other cultures is a challenge we face today, global economy and business transactions, global transformation, diverse workforce. International expansion: understanding cultural tensions created by economic transformations is a challenge we face in the business context of intercultural communication, mass migration and international exchange. Immigration flow, mainly from developing to developed countries: migrants who move to the host country for work or study, promoting inter-ethnic co-existence is a challenge we face in our multicultural society. Multiculturalism: term can be used to describe the composition of a society made up of diverse cultures. It can also refer to a society(cid:495)s tolerance and acceptance of cultural diversity. Intercultural communication, intracultural communication and cross cultural communication: