Syllabus : Communication 440 |
PART I |
CULTURE AS CONTENT FOR COMMUNICATION |
Chapter 1 |
The concept of race and genetic research in evolutionary biology; Culture as defined by Victorian science in England during the 19ty century,; Globalization and its implications for defining culture in terms of the human diaspora;
Read = troduction Intercultural Communication
Read Chapter 1 - pages 1-26
And rstand and discuss the dispute over Defining Culture |
Chapter 2 |
Defining Communication as an Element of Culture
Confucian perspectives on Communication; Western perspectives on communication origins; Modern theories of culture and the components of communication; the contexts of communication (internatonal, global, cross-cultural and Intercultural). Intercultrual communication ethics- theories and illustrations
the communication approach from an intercultural persectvieRead Chapter 2 - pages 27-50 |
Chapter 3 |
Cultural and its Influences on Perception
biological transducers and how they affect perception; perception and how it functions in the selection, organization, and itnerpretation of culture; the role of context in the interpretation of meaning, the concept of face (saving face, losing face, etc.) as a cultural concept; the perception of food - a cultural case study.
Chapter 3 - pages 51-68 |
PART III |
CULTURAL VALUES |
Chapter 7 |
The Dimensions of Culture
Individualism versus collectivism (the cse study of Japan); masculinity versus feminity; power distance; uncertainty avoidance; long term versus short terom orientation (Dingapre; Commercial Airline Pilots; China)
Chapter 7: pages159-182 |
Chapter 8 |
Dominant US Cultural Patterns: Using Value Orientation Theory
Origins of US cultural patterns (pre-16th century indigenous Americans; European Enlightenment; Rregional differnces); Focers that lead toward the development of a dominant culture.
Value orientation theory. What is a human being's relations to nature? What is the modality of Human Activity? What is the temporal Focus of Human Life? What is the chacter of innate human nature? What is the relationship between individuals to others? The foces operating towards the development of regional cultures.
Chapter 8, pages183-210 |
Chapter 9 |
Comparative Cultural Pattrns: Arab Culture
The Arab states; Islamic faith; Muhammad; the Koran; Religious Practices.
Saudi Arabia and Oman
Dominant cultural patterns and communication barriers.
Chapter 9: pages 211-230 |
Chapter 10 |
Women, Families, and Children
Perspectives on communication of women; the stus of women; comparison of individual countries; the status of families; the status of children.
Chapter 10; pages 231-259 |
Chapter 11 |
Contact Between Cultures
Colonialism; cultural imperialism; cultural icons; cultural hegemony; diffusion model; convergence model; adapting the message to different cultures
Chapter 11; page 260-287 |
PART IV: CULTURES WITHIN CULTURES |
Chapter 12 |
Immigration and Acculturation
Culture shock, immigration, migration case studies, predictors of accultural, categories of acculturation; citizens requirements and demands (Germany, Israel, Japan, and the US)
Chapter 12; 287-316 |
Chapter 13 |
Cultures in Marginalization, Separation, and Segregation
Marginalization (The Hmong, Russians in Latvia
Separation (the Amish, African-Americans, Asian immigrants int eh US, German Reunification)
Separation and power
Indigenous cultures
Chapter 13: pages 317-346 |
Chapter 14 |
Assimilation and Integration
Assimilatin in Augration, the US, post Communist Rusia. Integration (US, Asian Americans, Hispanic cultures). Postethnic US
Communicatin barriers in integrated societies.
Chapter 14: pages 347 – 375 |
Chapter 15 |
Identities and Subgroups
Argot, subgroup media, labeling subgroups as others, subgroup indications, prejudice against subgroups, assimilation of subgroups.
Chapter 15: pages 378-403 |
