INTC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ethnocentrism, Stress Management, Metanarrative

• School: Brock University
• Department: Intercultural Studies
• Course: INTC 1F90
• Professor: Jeff Reichheld

Document Summary

Is the means by which individuals learn appropriate behaviours and the means by which those beahviours are regulated. Is the means by which individuals having one group identity interact with individuals with out group identities and on a more general level the means by which the groups inteact with one another as formal groups. A confucian perspective on communication would define it as an infitine interpretive process by which all parties are searching to devlop and maintain social relationships. Contrast to language: (cid:498)a set of [written, verbal or gestural] symbols shared by a community to communicate meaning and experience. Communicative rules are agreed upon by the culture (group) and must be respected in order for effective communication to occur. Low context-(primarily western) cultures focus more on language and direct forms of communication. High context (primarily eastern) cultures focus more on external cues and indirect forms of communication. Verbal: the linguistic code, or language used to express complex thoughts/ideas, etc.