COMM 2303 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Ingroups And Outgroups, Communication Accommodation Theory, Opinion Leadership

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 2303
• Professor: Margaret Williams

Document Summary

In the post world war ii era was where the roots of intercultural communication began. At this time, government and business personnel working overseas often found that they were ill equipped to work among people from different cultures. The language training they received, for example, did little to prepare them for the complex challenges of working abroad. The fsi hired edward t hall (among other anthropologists and linguists) to make. Predeparture courses to train those who were going overseas. Cross-cultural training: training people to become familiar with other cultural norms and to improve their interactions with people of different domestic and international cultures (training people to go abroad into new cultures) Diversity training: the training meant to facilitate intercultural communication among various gender, ethnic, and racial groups in the. United states. (helping people within an organization, preparation for internal communication) Distance zones: the area, defined by physical space, within which use personal space to communicate.