a. Culture regulates human behavior and identity through the means of religion, nation, class, gender, race, and civilization (p.4). Religion is often a regulator of human interactions, personal identity and beliefs (p.4). Moreover, the nation-state is a very significant concept of culture that regulates human behavior and identity (p.5). It is widely identified as another definition of cultural identity. The nation-state affirms the “self sustaining” and reproducing nature of “a community or population” (p. 5). This population’s “thought, experiences, and patterns of behavior and its concepts, values, and assumptions about life” and behavioral norms collectively, guide …show more content…
Subcultures are large amounts of individuals that is typically based upon “geographic region, ethnicity, or economic or social class” and the acceptance of numerous generations of elite cultures (p.13). Co-cultures rids of this elitist inferior mentality subcultures present and promotes the notion that no culture is “inherently superior” to another present culture (p.14). Lastly, subgroups rely heavily influence the values, attitudes, behavior and presentation of self within in the group. “Subgroups exist within a dominant culture and are dependent on that culture” (p.18). Examples of subgroups include doctors and officers of the law (p. 18). Unlike, the other cultures, the amount of membership time can be temporary, just as a position at job maybe (p.19)
3. What is the relationship between culture and media?
a. Media is a “channel or medium” of culture. It allows for the transmission of numerous messages from differing cultures all over the world (p. 27). It encourages awareness, inspires hope, creativity, the pursuit of knowledge and change. There are many intermediaries for which culture is diffused throughout the media such as the Internet, television, the telephone and social media.
4. Explain how communication differs in high-context and low-context …show more content…
In high-context cultures communication is formed upon shared understanding and experience of context (p. 50). There is less verbal and written communication but more of a heighten reliance on nonverbal queues (p. 50). More meaning is found in “the physical environment or already shared [context] by people” in high-context culture. Low context cultures communicate very logically and explicitly. Verbal explanations are extremely “specific”, “highly detailed and redundant”. Low-context cultures is very literal and reasoned which is expressed through verbal messages, while high-context cultures are more “internalized” share