CMN 2181 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Ingroups And Outgroups, Culture Shock, Sage Publications

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 2181
• Professor: Peruvemba Jaya

Document Summary

Introducing intercultural communication: global cultures and contexts, second edition: shuang liu; zala volcic; cindy gallois; sage publications. The cultural diversity that immigrants bring to the host country also means changes for mainstream cultural beliefs, values, and identities: thus, diversity creates challenges for both sides. Both the host nation, and immigrants must undergo psychological and sociological adjustment as a result of the presence of culturally distinctive others. The concepts of migrancy and transnationalism are intertwined. The transnational movement associated with migrancy is no longer a one-way journey: many immigrants today build social networks across geographic, cultural, and political borders, hence engaging in the process of transnationalism. All people moving to a new culture experience culture shock, the process can be divided into several stages. Returning migrants may also experience reverse culture shock. Orientations to heritage and host cultures can result in four acculturation orientations; assimilation, integration, separation, and marginalization.