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    Intercultural Communication

    By Prof. Reeta Raina

    What is Culture

    Defining Culture
    

    Key thinkers on culture have attempted to define culture from various perspectives, frameworks, and focal points. The notion of culture is so abstract and complex that over 160 more or-less accepted definitions of the term are in common use. Each of us is culturally unique

    Defining Culture

    Culture is in some ways like an iceberg

    Context Identity Achievement

    Learning

    Dimensions of Culture

    Authority

    Environment Change

    Time

    Context in- Communication


    High Context Culture: meaning is
    derived from the subtle ,tacit actions and reactions of the communicators and not necessarily the words they use.

    Low context Culture : relies


    more on the explicit or actual words that are spoken. Emphasis is placed on being direct. Receivers are meant to respond to the verbal code in more literal ways.

    Culture and Identity

    Do we tend to interact collectively as a group or on our own as an individual?

    Learning

    Do we speak up in class and participate assertively or de we listen respectfully?

    Environment

    Do we live in harmony with or try to control our surroundings

    Change

    Do we tend to avoid what is uncertain or do we accept it

    Time

    Do we view time as scarce or plentiful ?

    Space

    Do we tend to stand \interact in close proximity with Do others or do we stand \interact farther away?

    Power

    Is power something that is ascribed or is it earned

    Achievement

    Do we behave competitively or cooperatively?

    Masculinity and Femininity

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