SPEC 1619 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Edward Burnett Tylor, Emic And Etic, Individualism
12 Dec 2019
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Quantitative (experiments, surveys) vs. qualitative (interviews, document, observations) Etic: scholarly framework, neatly organized, to report the research result. A: act sequence (how it unfolds or evolves) I: instrumentality (types of language used: formal, conversational, etc. G: genre (terms natives use to name this act/activity) Diversity: continuous expansion of worldwide communication and transportation networks, interactions with people of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Globalization: the degree to which the same set of economic rules applies everywhere, in an increasingly interdependent world. The process whereby the whole world operates as a single unit joined by the ascendancy of today"s technology, a process that assists people to surmount the problems of distance. Drawing people worldwide into a single community, linked by communication technologies with the internet serving to connect computers and people for purposes of information exchanges. Communication: a process of exchanging messages, verbal and nonverbal, for shared meanings and coordinated actions.
