Intercultural communication

This assignment the instructions is in the browse files. Is not a essay but a ppt assignment.

The culture i choose is the french culture 

Intercultural Training PPT

For the final project, you will create a narrated PPT slideshow that functions as a workplace training video for an employee who will be traveling and interacting with people from another culture. We will presume that the employee is American, and that they are going to do international travel and interacting with people from another culture. Your PPT slideshow should be designed to help the employee adjust his/her communication to engage in effective intercultural communication. The culture you choose should be prominent, so the research is easy to find. My students have previously been successful with the following topics: Japanese, Chinese, French, British, South African, Italian, German, Mexican, Canadian, Israeli, Middle-Eastern, and Native American. But you can pick any culture you want, just be sure there is research that you can access.

This is not a travel preparation guide, but a communication preparation guide. So do not focus on the country and what to see and do or eat in the country. Instead, focus on how the employee can be best prepared to communicate with people from your chosen culture.

Requirements:

1. You must read Chapters 11 and 12 and include TWO references from these chapters. This is the minimum. You are encouraged to also use references from other chapters in the book.

2. You must read and cite ONE scholarly journal article that focuses on the communication patterns of your selected culture. This must be a NEW article, one that you have not used so far in this class. Make sure the article covers communication, not just the culture in general.

3. You must cover conflict, ethics, and flexible intercultural communication.

4. You must have THREE suggestions to the employee.

5. You must submit SIX slides:

Intro Slide

Suggestion 1 slide

Suggestion 2 slide

Suggestion 3 slide

Conclusion Slide

Bibliography Slide

6. Narration must be on Slides 1-5. Narration time should run for 6-10 minutes total. It is up to you how you want to break up the narration.

Understanding Intercultural Communication Second Edition
Chapter 11

What are the Communication Issues Facing a Global Identity?
Stella Ting-Toomey & Leeva C. Chung

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

PowerPoint Slides Designed by Alex Flecky and Noorie Baig

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TODAY’S MENU
I. Wired and On: The Roar of the Internet
II. The Transformation of Local and Global Identities
III. Who and What Are E.netizens?
IV. The Dialectical Pulls of an E.netizen
V. The Tipping Point: Communication Pattern Changes
VI. Personal Identities in Flux: The Global Face

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I. Wired and On: The Roar of the
Internet
A. The Internet as Our Central Station
B. Wired Communication
Take a moment and think about how
technology influences your
communication with your friends,
loved ones, and acquaintances.
How much of your interaction time is face to face? How much of your interaction time is via a gadget?
Could you go a week without technology?
How has your use of the Internet shaped you, your communication styles, and your identity?

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II. The Transformation of Local and
Global Identities
Local identity: made up of ethnic values, practices, traditions of the local identity communal group.
Global identity: adopt and embrace international practices and values over local. Keep up with latest trends, technological advances, etc.

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II. The Transformation of Local and
Global Identities
A. The Lens of Television: Identity Imitation
Television is an identity supplier, provides escape from traditional-based cultural values, and forges sense of communal belonging.
Children across the globe watch international programs based on the United States and values of pop culture and consumerism.
B. Global Television Impact
Shapes the way we see our world, influences how we form our stereotypes of people in different cultures/ethnic groups.

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II. The Transformation of Local and
Global Identities
C. Be Hip, Be Hot, and Pop Culture Impact
Pop culture supporters see the world as constantly changing, interdependent.
Opponents view pop culture as negative because it can damage culture boundaries and Westernizes intact, indigenous cultural groups.
D. Outsourced Beats: You Are What You Can Dance To
Through music, common identity
expression and connection with others.
Creates our rhythmic identity and sparks
a communal sense of space and time.

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II. The Transformation of Local and
Global Identities
D. Outsourced Beats:
Do you see any new music trends in the United States that demonstrate the globalization of the music industry?
Recall J. Lo’s On The Floor that topped 18 national single charts in 2011. Doesn’t the tune sound familiar? Can you guess where the tune first originated? Click here to see these tunes that date back to the 1980s!

J. Lo’s On The Floor video:
http://thereasoner.com/articles/the-songs-j-lo-copied-and-the-one-song-those-songs-copied
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II. The Transformation of Local and
Global Identities
E. You Are What You Wear: Pop Culture as Fashion
Take a look at Blog Pic 11.2 Japan Ganguro Photo (p. 238)
What are your impressions of this “ganguro girl” look?
An attempt to rebel against the traditional European American standards of “normal” or “beauty?”
Can you generate any other interpretations?

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III. Who and What Are e.netizens?
e.netizen: new generation of individuals, wired to the Internet via intersecting space, having a “hybrid” identity—both local and global.

A. Defining the Background of e.netizens
E.netizens—the “first-wave” users, having the latest technology.
“Globally ethnic” involves multiple ethnicities.

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III. Who and What Are e.netizens?
B. Characteristics of an e.netizen Identity
E-characteristics:
Exclusive
Evolved
Explorers
Emoticon 😉 (^_^) m(_ _)m
Entertained
Energized
Engaged

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III. Who and What Are e.netizens?
C. Inverted Pyramid of e.netizen Identity

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IV. The Dialectical Pulls of an e.netizen
A. Spatial Zone Dialectics
1. Internet provides privacy and anonymity and shared communal space.
2. Individuals experience solitude and tribal pole.
3. Individuals access the Internet in private space within solitude pole.
4. Web community allows individuals to interact without face-to-face contact.
5. Too much in the tribal pole and one may find themselves addicted.

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IV. The Dialectical Pulls of an e.netizen
B. Temporal Zone Dialectics
1. Internet is allowing individuals to move between monochronic and polychronic time.
2. Monotrack focus: working on one project at a time.
3. Multitrack focus: tending to multiple e.net tasks or activities.
4. Monotrack e.netizens: concentrate on one project at a time via one medium.
5. Multitrack e.netizens: can surf, text, and blog at the same time.
6. Being-in-doing e.net philosophy—individuals fuse “being” with “doing mode” value dimensions: being with friends on Facebook while doing tasks.

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V. The Tipping Point: Communication
Pattern Changes
A. Gadget Communication Patterns:
Fast and Furious
Gadgets have transformed the way
we communicate with each other.
Mobile phone was game changer, main distracter from face-to-face conversation; average users spend 209 minutes/day on phone.
Mobile phones change conversation in public areas: we stay on our phones.

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V. The Tipping Point: Communication
Pattern Changes
B. Sharing Intimate Partners with a Gadget
Our relationships may be affected.
Japanese males find it difficult to have face-to-face communication.
C. Language Styles: Text, Tweet, Talk
We use truncated language and emoticons to replace long sentences.
For example, on a chat site: SITCOM (Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage)

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V. The Tipping Point: Communication
Pattern Changes
D. Communicating to Be Social
Change Agents
Social networking allows for active engagement and involvement.
Disaster relief, anti-regime protests, and peace activism supported via social networking.
Social networking expands our intercultural relationships.
Have you used social media to be a change agent? Try something creative!

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E. Present but Virtual
One of fastest growing trends in business is virtual teams and meetings.
There still may be intercultural misunderstandings, mistrust, language barriers.
V. The Tipping Point: Communication
Pattern Changes

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VI. Personal Identities in Flux: The
Global Face
A. Developing a sense of identity takes time, but in an age where time is compressed and in flux, our self-view can transform in an instant.
B. Opponents argue Internet appeals to our worst instincts, makes us more like-minded. Do you agree with this opinion?
C. E.netizens have ability to morph and fuse identity, and Internet shapes image and standard of beauty. Do you agree with this statement?

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Parting Thoughts…
Make technology
work for you,
not the other
way around.
~ Leeva Chung

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Understanding Intercultural Communication Second Edition
Chapter 12

How Can We Become Ethical Intercultural Communicators?
Stella Ting-Toomey & Leeva C. Chung

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

PowerPoint Slides Designed by Alex Flecky and Noorie Baig

NOTES TO INSTRUCTOR:
In these slides, we have included many of the chapter’s main concepts and we’ve also included some of our favorite exercises and quotations that we use while teaching our course.
~ Please edit and adapt these slides to fit your teaching style and your goals for each session.
~ Animations are provided so that you may progressively “click” through main points.
~ Live links have been attempted, but if the “Click Here” link on the slide does not work, the actual URL is typed into the notes pages and may be used to create a live link.
~ If this “Instructor Version” is posted, all notes in the “notes pages” will be visible. Therefore, be careful to post the “Student Slides” – which do not include instructor notes or animations – for student viewing.
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TODAY’S MENU
I. Intercultural Communication Ethics: Contemporary Issues
II. Multiple Ethical Positions: Assessing Pros and Cons
III. Becoming Ethical and Flexible Intercultural Communicators

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I. Intercultural Communication Ethics:
Contemporary Issues
Ethics: set of principles of conduct that governs behavior of individuals and groups; a set of standards that uphold the community’s expectations concerning “right” and “wrong” conduct.

I. Intercultural Communication Ethics:
Contemporary Issues
Discussion Questions:
From where did you learn your ethical position?
Does it differ from that of the larger culture to which you belong? How?

I. Intercultural Communication Ethics:
Contemporary Issues
Global Standard Procedure and Local Justice Issues:
Five-phase ethical decision-making model:
Problem recognition
Information search
Construction of alternatives
Decision making choice
Implementation

I. Intercultural Communication Ethics:
Contemporary Issues
Media Activity: Click here to view the Kenyan tradition of ‘beading’
Discussion Questions:
Can you apply the five-phase ethical decision-making model to this ethical dilemma?
Can you brainstorm some creative alternative solutions for this dilemma?
How would you go about approaching traditional Kenyans to explain your views of their practice?

Link to video on “beading:”
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/05/11/kenya.children.beading/index.html?hpt=C1
BEADING:
In “beading,” a close family relative will approach a girl’s parents with red Samburu beads and place the necklace around the girl’s neck.
“Effectively he has booked her,” says Kulea, a member of the Samburu herself. “It is like a (temporary) engagement, and he can then have sex with her.” Girls are also “beaded” as an early marriage promise by non-relatives.
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I. Intercultural Communication Ethics:
Contemporary Issues
B. Corporate Responsibility and Local
Customary Practice
Ethical algorithm formula for local cultural hiring practices.
Two conflict types: moral reasoning (a) related to and (b) not related to economic development in country.
Two questions:
(1) Is it possible to conduct business successfully without undertaking the practice? and
(2) Is practice a violation of fundamental international human rights?

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I. Intercultural Communication Ethics:
Contemporary Issues
C. Cultural Value Clash & Communication
Preference
“Universalistic” or “impartial” value orientation: believe a set of consistent rules should apply to all individuals, regardless of relationship types or circumstances.
“Particularistic” value orientation: nature of relationship or situation guides decision.

II. Multiple Ethical Positions: Assessing
Pros and Cons
Three ethical positions used to assess ethical violations in diverse cultures:
A. Ethical Absolutism Position
B. Ethical Relativism Position
C. Ethical Universalism Position

II. Multiple Ethical Positions: Assessing
Pros and Cons
A. Ethical Absolutism Position
Emphasizes principles of right and wrong (good and bad behavior) in accordance with a set of assumed universally fixed standards regardless of cultural differences.
Universality: one set of consistent standards guides behavior on a global level, and cultural context is minimized. The standards, however, are often reflective of dominant or power-holder cultural group lens.

II. Multiple Ethical Positions: Assessing
Pros and Cons
B. Ethical Relativism Position
Emphasizes the importance of understanding cultural context and its underlying traditions, beliefs, and value patterns in judging conduct.
Relativists emphasize that ethical/unethical practices should be understood from cultural insiders’ viewpoint.

II. Multiple Ethical Positions: Assessing
Pros and Cons
C. Ethical Universalism Position
Emphasizes importance of deriving inclusive universal ethical standards and then placing ethical judgments against these derived, all-encompassing standards.
Judgments require knowledge about underlying similarities across cultures and about the unique features of a culture and involve collaborative dialog, open attitudes, and hard work from all cultural/ethnic and marginalized groups and voices.

II. Multiple Ethical Positions: Assessing
Pros and Cons
Ethical Absolutism Ethical Relativism Ethical Universalism
Pros Fixed standards for all practices Takes role of culture seriously Involves collaborative dialog, open attitudes
Cons Culturally imposed perspective by dominant culture, and nondominant cultures are marginalized. Encourages too much cultural flexibility,
may perpetuate intolerable cultural practices by being too culturally accepting Requires hard work from all;
most using this position are “imposed ethics,” relying heavily on Eurocentric moral philosophies

II. Multiple Ethical Positions: Assessing
Pros and Cons
D. Meta-Ethics Contextualism Position: An Alternative 4th Position:
Meta-ethics: ethical way of thinking that transcends particular ideologies; the application of ethics is understood only through systematic analysis of the multiple layers of the ethical dilemma
Strength: emphasizes fact-finding and layered interpretations, takes into serious consideration importance of culture, context, persons, etc.
Problem: time-consuming approach

III. Becoming Ethical and Flexible
Intercultural Communicators
A meta-ethical decision is a discovery process—into our own values, inconsistencies—and prompts us to gather multiple-level information.
Can you think of creative solutions other than the ones investigated?
Is there a way to prevent similar ethical dilemmas or pressures from arising in the future in this culture?

III. Becoming Ethical and Flexible
Intercultural Communicators
B. Becoming Flexible: Final Passport
Do-Ables
Practice parallel thinking.
Responsibility for peace lies with each of us—starts with inner peace.
Dynamic flexibility: integrating knowledge, open-minded attitude, culture-sensitive skills, and communicating ethically with culturally dissimilar others.

Final Parting Thoughts…
An intercultural life is a creative life that demands both playfulness and mindfulness in transforming one’s intercultural journey into a discovery process.
~ Stella Ting-Toomey & Leeva Chung