CMST 2010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Individualism, Nonverbal Communication, Technological Determinism
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Intercultural communication: communication between and among individuals and groups from different cultural backgrounds. Culture: the shared, personal, and learned life experiences of a group of individuals who have a common set of values, norms, and traditions. Enculturation: when a person, either consciously or unconsciously, learns to identify with a particular culture and a culture"s thinking, way of relating, and worldview. Acculturation: when a person learns, adapts to, and adopts the appropriate behaviors and rules of a host culture. Community: the common understandings among people who are committed to coexisting. Culture clash: a conflict over cultural expectations and experiences. Global village: the concept that all societies, regardless of their size, are connected in some way. The term also can be used to describe how communication technology ties the world into one political, economic, social, and cultural system. Outsourcing: a practice in which a nation sends work and workers to a different country because doing so is cost efficient.
