Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo between cultures 8TH EDITION Chapter 2 Communication And Culture: The Voice and the Echo © Cengage 2012 Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo

Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo Key Ideas Defining communication Uses of communication Characteristics of communication Characteristics and functions of culture © Cengage 2012 Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo

Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo Human communication Communication is the basis of all human contact To understand a culture we must examine communication first Communication is the ability to share ideas and feelings While verbal and nonverbal symbols may be different reasons people communicate are the same © Cengage 2012 Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo

Defining Communication Human communication is a dynamic process in which people attempt to share their thoughts with other people through the use of symbols in particular settings. © Cengage 2012 Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo

Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo Uses of communication Communication and identity Defines who you are Defines loyalties Defines where you belong Communication and person perception Enables you to learn about another person Assists in how you will describe yourself to others © Cengage 2012 Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo

Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo Uses of communication Communication and interpersonal needs Communication satisfies a basic social need Provides a sense of inclusion and affection Communication and persuasion © Cengage 2012 Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo

Components of communication Source Encoding Messages Channel Receiver Decoding Feedback Noise © Cengage 2012 Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo

Characteristics of communication It is a dynamic process – it is not static It is symbolic – inferences are drawn from the symbols people produce It is contextual – it is part of a larger system Location Occasion Time Number of participants © Cengage 2012 Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo

Characteristics of communication It is a learned behavior Language Non-verbal It has a consequence Messages “do” something to someone else You change people when you exchange messages with them © Cengage 2012 Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo

Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo Culture is communication and communication is culture. (Hall 1977 p. 14) Culture is shared and has shared meanings Culture Defined -Culture is a set of human-made objective and subjective elements that in the past have increased the probability of survival and resulted in satisfaction for the participants in an ecological niche, and thus became shared among those who could communicate with each other because they had a common language and they lived in the same time and place. (Triandis 1994 p. 23) © Cengage 2012 Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo

Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo Functions of culture Teaches people how to adapt to surroundings Passes along previous knowledge and experiences to future generations Elements of culture Religion History Values Social Organizations Language © Cengage 2012 Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo

Characteristics of culture: Culture is learned Informal through interpersonal means Formal teaching often through social institutions Teaching through proverb Teaching through folktales, legends and myths Teaching through art Learning culture through mass media © Cengage 2012 Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo

Characteristics of culture: Culture is passed along Culture is based on symbols – symbols tie people together People can package, store and transmit symbols Symbols can be verbal or nonverbal © Cengage 2012 Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo

Characteristics of culture: Culture is dynamic Cultures are subject to change Changes can be brought about by new technology Changes today are more prolific Promoted by rise of American capitalism Promoted by worldwide population growth Promoted by large movement of immigrants Promoted by proliferation of information technology © Cengage 2012 Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo

Dynamic culture and Communication Culture is deeply rooted in tradition Cultures seek to endure The deep structure of a culture resists major alterations Popular culture may be open to change Values, beliefs, role of government, ethics, morals, religious practices etc. persist from generation to generation © Cengage 2012 Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo

Characteristics of culture: Culture is an integrated system All parts of a culture are interconnected You touch a culture in one place and everything else is affected. (Hall 1976, p. 13-14) Values can influence things like family size, work ethic, use of time and spiritual pursuits Changes in technology can influence other cultural values, attitudes and behaviors © Cengage 2012 Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo

Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo between cultures 8TH EDITION Chapter 2 Communication And Culture: The Voice and the Echo © Cengage 2012 Chapter 2 Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo