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Chapter1

WhystudyInterculturalcommunications?

Fourtrendsofthemodernworldmakeinterculturalcommunicationinevitable:

1.Technologicaldevelopment

2.Globalizationoftheeconomy

3.Widespreadpopulationmigrations

4.Developmentofmulticulturalism

Onlythroughtheunderstandingofinterculturalcommunicationcanpeopledevelopa

globalmind-setintheglobalvillagethatisourworldtodayandlivemoreharmoniously

withoneanother.

Thefieldofinterculturalcommunicationhasdevelopedboththeoreticalandapplied

perspectives.

1.Theoretically,thestudyfocusesonmoreorlesspurposiveinteractionbetweenpeople

ofdifferentculturesanddifferentracialandethnicgroups.

2.Practically,interculturalcommunicationisappliedindifferentkindsofintercultural

andinterethnictrainingprogramstohelppeopleofdifferentbackgroundsunderstand

andaccepteachotherinacademic,business,government,andothersettings.

Chapter2

TherelationshipbetweenCultureandCommunication:

Cultureandcommunicationactoneachother.Asthecarrierofculture,

commnunicationinfluencesthestructureofaculture,andcultureisnecessarily

manifestedinourcommunicationpatterrnsbyteachingushowweshouldtalkand

behave.

Communication:

Communicationisdefinedasaninterdeterminingprocessinwhichwedevelopa

mutuallydependentrelationshipbyexchangingsymbols.

Communicationhasfourcharacteristics:

(1)Communicationasaholisticphenomenon

(2)Communicaitonasasocialreality

(3)Communicaitonasadevelopmentalprocess

(4)Communicationasanorderlyprocess

Culture:

Cultureisdefinedasanegotiatedsetofsharedsymbolicsystemsthatguideindividuals’

behaviorsandinclinethemtofunctionasagroup.

Culturehasfourcharacteristics:

(1)Cultureisholistic

(2)Cultureislearned

(3)Cultureisdynamic

(4)Cultureispervasive

Culturehastwofunctions:

(1)Itprovidesacontextinwhichthreeaspe