COMM 2303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Wi-Fi

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

Document Summary

Six reasons for studying intercultural communication: (continued from last class: the demographic imperative. There was a nativist movement at the turn of the 20th century that promoted fear of immigration. The chinese exclusion act of 1882 was passed by congress and prohibited. This was a way of managing the racial and ethnic makeup of the united states at the time. The great depression in the 1930s forced the repatriation of mexicans. The us government forced mexicans and mexican americans to go to mexico to free up jobs for white americans: a study showed that 60 percent of those forced to leave were american citizens. Tensions continue today between different cultures due in part to economic disparities: being able to recognise how demographics affect different individuals is important for greater intercultural communication, the economic imperative. Us workplaces and organizations must be attentive to diversity issues and learn to capitalise on diversity and difference.