Komunikacja międzykulturowa

COMMUNICATION

COMMUNICATION -The imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium

COMMUNICATION 2

Two-way process of reaching mutual understanding, in which participants not only exchange (encode-decode) information, news, ideas and feelings but also create and share meaning. In general, communication is a means of connecting people or places

CULTURE

CULTURE - the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.

CULTURE 2

CULTURE - the ideas, customs, and social behavior of a particular people or society.

culture 3

CULTURE -a way of thinking, behaving, or working that exists in a place or organization (such as a business)

NORMS

NORMS - standards of proper or acceptable behavior

VALUES

VALUES - Important and lasting beliefs or ideals shared by the members of a culture about what is good or bad and desirable or undesirable. Values have major influence on a person's behavior and attitude and serve as broad guidelines in all situations

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION is a form of communication that aims to share information across different cultures and social groups.

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION (business)

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION is often used to refer to the wide range of communication issues that inevitably arise within an organization composed of individuals from a variety of religious, social, ethnic, and educational backgrounds

VERBAL AND NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION

includes gestures, facial expressions, and body positions (known collectively as “body language”), as well as unspoken understandings and presuppositions, and cultural and environmental conditions that may affect any encounter between people

VERBAL AND NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION 2

behavior and elements of speech aside from the words themselves that transmit meaning. Non-verbal communication includes pitch, speed, tone and volume of voice, gestures and facial expressions, body posture, stance

VERBAL AND NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION 3

VERBAL AND NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION - transmission of messages by a medium other than speech or writing

CULTURAL CONTACT

Contact between peoples with different cultures, usually leading to change in one or both systems. Forms of culture contact traditionally include acculturation, assimilation, and amalgamation

Acculturation

is the process of change in material culture, traditional practices, and beliefs that occurs when one group interferes in the cultural system of another, directly or indirectly challenging the latter to adapt to the ways of the former

Assimilation

is the process whereby individuals or groups of differing ethnicity are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society—though not always completely. In the U.S. millions of European immigrants became assimilated within two or three generations

Amalgamation (or hybridization)

occurs when a society becomes ethnically mixed in a way that represents a synthesis rather than the elimination or absorption of one group by another. In Mexico, for example, Spanish and Indian cultures became increasingly amalgamated over centuries

CULTURAL SHOCK

CULTURAL SHOCK - the feeling of disorientation experienced by someone when they are suddenly subjected to an unfamiliar culture, way of life, or set of attitudes

CULTURAL SHOCK 2

CULTURAL SHOCK - a feeling of confusion, doubt, or nervousness caused by being in a place (such as a foreign country) that is very different from what you are used to

CULTURAL SHOCK 3

CULTURAL SHOCK - a sense of confusion and uncertainty sometimes with feelings of anxiety that may affect people exposed to an alien culture or environment without adequate preparation