Intercultural communication

The team of four that I decided to work with were Abby R, Ben, and Emily T. Overall, I liked my choice of group members. We all got along pretty well with each other, and it helped that I knew Abby and Ben on a personal level. This allowed us to get together at each other’s houses, and work together on the project. This allowed for a much easier collaborative environment, and it also allowed us to collaborate on everything together, instead of one person being assigned one part, and the other…

Bees and Butterflies: An Analysis Microaggressions have become a day to day experience for many people around the globe. It seems that only a select number of situations are broadcasted for millions to observe through books, movies, tv shows, news. While the rest are lost in a sea of hundreds of faces. There are many wonderful sources of clarity that bring light to these experiences and situations. One of the most inspiring in my opinion is the book Citizen by Claudia Rankine. Citizen unveils…

Argument Map How do we view the modern world today? Usually the first thing to come to mind is technology. Technology has expanded, from simple computing tasks, to the use of social media as an everyday task for the vast majority of the population. The real concern, however, is how much social media impacts the lives of its users. Several articles focus on the importance of social media’s effect on modern day lives. While there is much research on the topic, the six articles synthesized in this…

My weaknesses are mostly communicating effectively. Using a cohesive and concise way when it comes to communicating with management and clients. This area is key and I work on my communication almost consistently in my role at the Walt Disney Company. I would like to be understood in few words as possible. Emotionally, I would like not to have emotional reactions to trivial things in the workplace. I’m also an introvert in a role that requires constant socializing and it takes away energy. I…

The attitude-behavior relation is complex. To better understand why attitudes seemingly do not always produce actions, an understanding of cognitive dissonance theory is needed. This theory helps explain the attitude-behavior consistency gap. Using this theory, it can be understood that actions are aligned with, or will be altered to become aligned with, the most current attitude. When an attitude change occurs, behaviors will be produced that align with this new attitude. This allows the…

Dhungel 4 Manish Dhungel Sherry Sharifian GOVT 2305 11/02/2017 Uses of social media by nation’s top leader Social media is a form of communication through which a person communicates his/her information to the society. Social media is an easiest way of transferring any form of news and information as today's generation is all related to technology. Everywhere all forms of technology are easily available these days, which makes the information sharing more convenient and fluent. Social media is…

There is a saying: “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” This means that people lack the ability to form judgments without using their own personal beliefs and experiences. Therefore, people have a difficult time fitting into an environment that has a set of beliefs that differ from their own. This is revealed in the two short stories “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. In “Young Goodman Brown,” Young Goodman Brown learns some…

Each person’s mind is made up of complex emotions, experiences, and processes. All of these elements of the human mind make up one’s personality. Personality is defined as the unique and relatively stable ways in which people think, feel, and behave. Everyone experiences the world in different ways and these experiences shape a person’s personality both instantly and in the future. Sometimes they unknowing can cause problems later in life and this can be proven with many personality theories…

Emotions are key to understanding ourselves. They are a shortcut to the layers of our personality, they help us navigate through reality, and even fill the cognitive gap between our conscious and subconscious minds. Emotions can define our deportment entirely if we succumb to them, but it is possible to control them— by giving them a constructive direction instead. Barbara Fredrickson and Daniel Gilbert, both highlight the importance and power of emotions. In both of their stories, they convey…

writing is able to understand what the purpose of the communication is. For example if I sent an email saying “I am going on a trip sometime next week” the reader is left with a lot of questions, for example is it a business trip? is it appropriate to call you while you are away on the trip?, and…