HUM105/Intercultural Communication

Culture and Communication Culture: Sets of learned ideas and behaviors that constitute the primary adaptive strategy for human societies. Communication: the meaningful exchange of information. Language (Symbolic Reasoning): - Productivity - Displacement - Arbitrariness - Discreteness

Culture and Communication Sender Medium Receiver Message Encoding Transmission Message Decoding (Construction) Sound (Interpretation) Vision Touch Smell Taste The Continuum of High Context/Low Context Culture

Culture and Communication Linguistic Messages Verbal Language Sign Language Written/Braille Nonlinguistic Messages Body posture/movement Facial Expressions Gestures Eye Contact Space Time

Culture and Communication “Figures of Speech”

Culture and Communication Categories of Difference Race Gender Class Sexuality Disability

Intersectionality & Spheres of Influence Realm of Social Interaction Representational Realm Social Structural Realm

Intersectionality & the Individual Gender Race Sexuality Disability Class

Intersectionality & the Individual Race Gender Class Disability Sexuality

Communicative Competence The mastery of rules for culturally appropriate communication