Ch. 8 Adapting Comm To Cultures & Social Comm

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individualistic cultures

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regard each person as distinct from other people, groups, and organizations. these cultures value personal freedom, individual rights & independence

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collectivist cultures

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regard people as deeply connected to one another and to their families, groups and communities. These cultures value intergroup order and harmony, group welfare and independence

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low-content communication style

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very explicit, detailed, precise. everything must be spelled out carefully and clearly.

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high-content communication style

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indirect and undetailed and which conveys meanings more implicitly than explicitly. They assume that others will understand what isnt stated and will be able to use shared knowledge of situations and realtionships to interpret vague statements.

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social communities

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groups of people who live within a dominant culture yet also beling to another social group or groups

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standpoint theory

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claims that social groups within a culture distinctively shape the perceptions, identities, and opportunities of members

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standpoint

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reflects sicial, symbolic & material circumstances of a particular social gropu that shape members persectives on themselves, others, communication and social life

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culture

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a part of what we think, feel, do & believe. a way of life, a system of ideas, values,beliefs, customs, and language that is passed from one generation to the next.

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cultureal relativism

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recognizes that cultures vary in how they think and behave as well as in what they believe and value.

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resistance

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occure when we reject the beliefs of particular cultures or social communities

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assimilation

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occures when people give up their ways and adopt the ways of the dominant culture.

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tolerance

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an acceptance of differences whether or not one approves of or even undertands them

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understanding

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understands that differences are rooted in cultural teachings and that no customs, traditions, or behaviors are intrinsically bettet than any others.

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respect

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appreciate the distinct validity and value of placing vamily above self.

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participation

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in which we incorprate some practices and values of other groups into our own lives

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digital divide

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refering to the gap between communities with full access to technologies and comminities with less access or no access