CCT200H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Economic Globalization, Culture Shock, Galvanization
3 Jun 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Group presentations/study guide tutorial #1: identity and difference + the global context. Kristy cheung, julia mella, elena zhu, samuel lee, oliver smith. Identity and difference: why study intercultural communication part i. The way we identify legitimates our access to resources (money and power) These differences are natural , nature becomes the reason for these differences. Used to explain something that is essential and unchangeable. Reverts to nature as the structure of things. Representation is the production of meaning through language. In representation, constructionists argue, we use signs, organized into languages of different kinds, to communicate meaningfully with others. Languages can use signs to symbolize, stand for 0! reference objects, people and events in the so-called. But they can also reference imaginary things and fantasy worlds or abstract ideas which are not in any obvious sense part of our material world. There is no simple relationship of reflection, imitation or one-to-one correspondence between language and the real world.
