CMN 1148 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Cultural Identity, Impression Management, Asynchronous Communication

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 1148
• Professor: Sherry Ferguson

Document Summary

Identity: the characteristics that allow others to recognize us. Characteristics and identity markers that enable other people to recognize us are both: We have multiple different identities (student, daughter, canadian, girlfriend, soccer player, and dancer) Our multiple identities have a collective dimension; we share parts of our identity with larger groups: gender identities, ethnic and racial identities, religious identities, linguistic and cultural identities, and regional and national identities. The sense of we-ness is shown at collage football games. Regional identification surface when a whole region gathers for something (festival, rodeo) Collective identity: the characteristic of our personal identity that we share with members of a larger group. Gender identity: characteristics we share with others of a particular gender. Androgynous: a mix of both feminine and masculine traits. Undifferentiated: low scores on both feminine and masculine traits. When people interact with us they rely on gender displays to know how to interact with us.