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Communication Studies explores the processes, theories, and effects of human communication across various contexts, including interpersonal, group, organizational, intercultural, and mass communication. The course examines how messages are created, transmitted, interpreted, and understood in both verbal and nonverbal forms. Students will analyze the role of communication in personal relationships, social influence, media, and digital technologies, while developing critical thinking and effective communication skills. Through theoretical frameworks and applied projects, the course prepares students to navigate and shape the complex communication environments of contemporary society.
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An Introduction to Intercultural Communication 9th Edition by Fred E. Jandt
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Chapter 1: Defining Culture and Communication
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Q1) ______ refers to the identification with and perceived acceptance into a group that has a shared system of symbols and meanings as well as norms for conduct.
Answer: Cultural identity
Q2) Discuss how civilization has operated as a regulator of human life.
Answer: Varies,but students may discuss Spengler and Toynbee's belief that civilizations are the most significant determinant of identity but also believed that civilizations were largely self-sufficient and sealed off from one another.Students may also discuss the historical perspective of viewing Western cultures as civilized,and others as not civilized.
Q3) Discuss how gender can be a regulator of human life.
Answer: Varies,but students can argue that feminists consider gender identity to be more significant than religion,nation,or class.Students may give examples of differences in cultural views of gender identity,rights,communication expectations,or other differences.
Q4) Most scientists have abandoned the concept of biological race as a meaningful concept.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Barriers to Intercultural Communication
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Q1) ______ is prejudice with the exercise of power on or over the group through historical or institutional structures.
Answer: Racism
Q2) China views U.S.demands for the Chinese to improve their human rights policies as attacks on its sovereignty.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) In the United States,the idea that dominant culture values some based on race is often referred to as ______.
A) White benefits
B) color privilege
C) color benefits
D) White privilege
Answer: D
Q4) A less extreme form of ethnocentrism can be labeled cultural ______.
Answer: nearsightedness
Q5) In China,the government encourages the ______ for education and business. Answer: Internet
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Chapter 3: Context, Perception, and Competence
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Q1) Ethical communicators encourage people of other cultures to express themselves.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) According to Nisbett (2003),Eastern cultures ______.
A) are inclined to see the world as continuous masses of matter
B) have an analytic view of focusing on objects and their attributes
C) see a world of discrete, unconnected things
D) sense the world largely the same as other cultures do
Answer: A
Q3) In low-context cultures the message is explicit,detailed,and redundant.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) In high-context cultures,verbal messages are elaborate and highly specific.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q5) ______ is the neurological process by which we become aware of our environment.
Answer: Sensation
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Chapter 4: Nonverbal Communication
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Q1) Use the example of Korean storekeepers and African American customers to identify nonverbal misunderstandings.
Q2) Misinterpretations of nonverbal communication is a major barrier to intercultural communication.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Outline and evaluate the possible arguments in the Fragante v.City and County of Honolulu case.
Q4) ______ stated that our facial expressions,such as smiles and frowns,are not learned but biologically determined.
Q5) Edward Hall argued that standing in lines is more likely to be found in cultures where people are treated as equals.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The nonverbal elements of the voice are referred to as ______.
Q7) Define and give examples of how kinesics are used differently in different cultures.
Q8) How is the wai gesture related to and consistent with other aspects of Thai culture?
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Chapter 5: Language as a Barrier
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Q1) Since 1950,the requirement for U.S.citizenship has been "to read,write,and speak words in ordinary English."
A)True
B)False
Q2) How do language and nationalism relate?
Q3) For religious reasons,spoken Arabic does not change nor vary from country to country.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Recently,voice translators involving speech recognition,machine translation,and voice synthesis have been developed for handheld devices for use between English and ______.
Q5) ______ bilingual speakers are people who learn a second language later in life and who typically use their second language in a limited number of contexts.
Q6) The most widely spoken first language in the world is ______.
Q7) Describe the development and spread of English.
Q8) ______ is the major language used on the Internet.
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Q9) Even when cultures speak the same language,as do Australia and the United States,there can be ______ differences.
Chapter 6: Dimensions of Nation-State Cultures
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Q1) What countries score higher on the Environmental Sustainability Index? Why?
Q2) In low uncertainty avoidance cultures,people are expected to display respect for those of higher status.
A)True
B)False
Q3) ______ refers to the extent to which people in a culture feel threatened by uncertain or unknown situations.
Q4) How baseball is played in Japan reflects the Japanese culture.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Countries with a Germanic language (German,English,Dutch,Danish,Norwegian,Swedish)score ______ in power distance.
Q6) Restrained cultures have a lower percentage of very happy people and a common perception of helplessness.
A)True
B)False
Q7) In Japanese culture,______ is the feeling of nurturing for and dependence on another.
Q8) Compare and contrast indulgence and self-restraint cultures.
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Chapter 7: Dominant USCultural Patterns Using Value
Orientation Theory
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Q1) Discuss the view of change in the United States.
Q2) If there is one value that most of the rest of the world attributes to the United States,it is ______.
Q3) In the United States,people typically don't make a clear and separate distinction between human life and nature.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In the United States,people have a strong faith in the scientific method of solving problems.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The fundamental reason for the rise of the West was an extraordinary faith in ______.
Q6) According to studies on regional differences within the United States,which people are more likely to be introverts?
A) people from the Mid-Atlantic
B) people from New England
C) people from the South
D) people from Texas
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Chapter 8: Religion and Identity
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Q1) Discuss the legal system in the Arab world.
Q2) The legal system of Arab states is similar to those of Western countries.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Arab countries include Algeria,Egypt,Saudi Arabia,and Iran.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Muhammad ibn Abdullah was a businessman before receiving his revelations through the angel Gabriel for the Qur'an.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In modern times,the separation of church and state and the creation of societies governed by secular laws have fostered freedom of thought and expression in Arab states.
A)True
B)False
Q6) There is much diversity in the Arab world today.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Describe the practice of Islam in Saudi Arabia.
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Chapter 9: Culture and Gender
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Q1) China's one-child campaign was introduced in ______.
A) 1949
B) 1979
C) 1989
D) 2001
Q2) Saudi Arabian society is structured to keep a woman within strictly defined limits to protect her chastity.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Today,more women enroll in higher education than men in ______ countries.
Q4) In which of the following family types are spouses selected by custom?
A) endogamous community family
B) egalitarian nuclear family
C) authoritarian family
D) anomie family
Q5) In the 1993 Human Development Index report,Japan had both the world's highest rating overall and for women.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Discuss the role of women in the Arab states.
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Chapter 10: Immigration and Acculturation
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Q1) Discuss the U.S.policies on immigration in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Q2) Compare the U.S.colonial policies on immigration.
Q3) Discuss true integration and contrast integration and assimilation.
Q4) Discuss the role of the Great Depression in U.S.immigration.
Q5) An ______ is a noncitizen worker who lives in a country for an indeterminate length of time.
Q6) Between the years 1450 and 1870,the largest number of slaves was brought to ______.
A) Brazil
B) British North America and the United States
C) British West Indies
D) the Spanish Empire
Q7) Acculturation is maintaining important parts of one's original culture as well as becoming an integral part of the new culture.
A)True
B)False
Q8) ______ refers to the feelings of disorientation and anxiety that many people experience for a time while living in a foreign country.
Q9) Discuss what could happen if immigration did not occur.
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Chapter 11: Cultures Within Cultures
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Q1) The Amish support their own private schools,which teach the practical skills of everyday life.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Advertisers marketing in Spanish have made ______ errors.
Q3) The word or phrase most often used to describe the assimilation of early immigrants into the United States was ______.
A) melting pot
B) salad
C) stew
D) multiculturalism
Q4) Discuss the consequences of a growing Spanish-language media.
Q5) What does the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples suggest?
A) Indigenous peoples should be assimilated into national cultures for their protection.
B) Indigenous heroes should be honored in monuments.
C) Indigenous peoples should occupy a privileged political and legal position.
D) National governments are not obligated to correct past injustices and practices.
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Chapter 12: Identity and Subgroups
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Q1) Media distributed only to subgroup members can vary widely from graffiti to newsletters.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The notion of studying corporate culture was popular in the 1950s.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Discuss and exemplify corporate cultures as subgroups and explain how they become established.
Q4) Discuss subgroup media and values.
Q5) Besides argot,______ and values contribute to defining subgroup identity and boundaries.
A) media use
B) violence
C) views of change
D) nonverbal messages
Q6) ______ has most often been used to refer to a jargon or cant that is primarily used as secret language among members of the subgroup only.
Q7) Identify the elements of Google's corporate culture.
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Chapter 13: Contact Between Cultures
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Q1) An example of adopting new practices during cultural exchange is ______.
A) Captain Cook's voyage to Hawaii
B) Captain Arthur Phillip's voyage to Australia
C) Columbus' voyages to the New World
D) none of these
Q2) In 2004,one billion servings of the Japanese icon ______ were sold in Mexico.
Q3) Which of the following is one of Ritzer's principles of the "McDonaldization of society"?
A) change
B) spontaneity
C) qualification
D) efficiency
Q4) European explorers labeled Hawaiians savages.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Compare and contrast cultural hegemony and cultural dependency.
Q6) How can diffusion result in positive and negative consequences?
Q7) Mecca-Cola represents pro-American feelings by imitating the taste of Coca-Cola.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Future Challenges
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Q1) Discuss worldwide perceived threats from immigration.
Q2) Discuss worldwide perceived threats to culture.
Q3) According to Cannadine (2013),it is difficult to substantiate that there is solidarity among all ______.
A) countries
B) men
C) continents
D) women
Q4) ______ identity has superseded other sources as the primary identity in most of the world.
Q5) Discuss religion as a source of human identity and conflict,specifically giving examples of religious conflicts intertwined with ethic and nationalist causes.
Q6) What promises do new media bring?
Q7) Cultures feel threatened by the spread of products and ideas from one culture to another.
A)True
B)False
Q8) Worldwide,nearly ______ people can't afford to buy food and can't grow enough on their own.
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