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First presentation Reflection blog by Nathanael Israel

    Chapter 3 “intercultural communication” presented by group 1: Chapter 3 Intercultural Communication was presented by group one. They did an amazing, with their presentation. what I like about group one presentation Is the way they set up their PowerPoint, the colors of the pictures, and how they design it. This chapter focus on the relationship between communication and culture. Chapter 3 explains how culture relates and differs when it comes to circumstances that include communication. The first thing group one did was define culture and the role of communication in its cultural system of shared values, beliefs, attitudes. And norms that guide what is considered appropriate among a group of people that have developed a similar life experience. Intercultural communication is the verbal and nonverbal interaction between people from different cultural backgrounds. Intercultural communication involves sharing of information across different cultures. Social groups include...

LUISJOSE NUÑEZ Chapter Reflections Presentation

LUISJOSE NUÑEZ Chapter 3 “intercultural communication” presented by group 1: Culture is similar and different when it comes to communication. The main purpose is to be educated in the relationships between culture and communication. Studying different cultures and countries, which explains how to improve intercultural communication. Continents such as Asia and the Middle East have different values, and norms. Experiencing these new areas in different places may bring a state of anxiety. Which is amazing to learn different ways to communicate with others. Not everyone is the same worldwide and having experiences with communicating with people who aren’t with the same norm as you as an amazing opportunity. The effects of communication are in areas such as race, ethnicity, sex and gender, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic status, age, generation, and disability. Also, Communication brings such blockages the can come up during communication. Some blockages include anxiety and s...

First Presentation Reflection

      Chapter 3 In this chapter we cover Culture in communication. I was born into a family where my mom is American and my dad is Cuban this has allowed me to enjoy best of both worlds since I was born. Each of them have had different upbringings and traditions and I have been able to enjoy them all. For instance in the Cuban culture we do a big holiday celebration, known as Noche Buena. On this night we gather with family and roast a pig which we all get to feast on after cooking for many hours. The family gathers around the roast and drinks share stories of their childhood. Together we laugh and create new memories, as we communicate with our relatives and friends. The women gather in the kitchen and share recipes of the side dishes that will be shared when the pig is ready. These recipes were handed down from generation to generation. As young adults we now learn the family recipes that we too will share when we start a new family. On the other hand, the American si...

First Presentation Reflection

  Reflection of Chapter 3 Intercultural Communication Summary: The relationship between culture and communication is examined in this chapter. This chapter will examine and discuss how cultures differ and relate when it comes to situations involving communication. These distinctions define what it means to communicate across cultures. In the PowerPoint presentation, they discussed and explained what culture is and also included a helpful comic that not only kept things interesting but also gave a clear example of the culture shock people experience when put in a new and or different environment. They then continued to describe how cultures differ and interact in terms of communication along with the various things that can affect the communication such as native language, race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic status, age/generation, and lastly disability. They also did a very thorough and effective job at explaining the different sorts of culture...

Second Presentation Reflection - Waymon Hunter

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Class Reflection: All three Presentations subtopic that speaks about Gender Equity, Climate Change, and infrastructure 1 Group Reflection: Gender Equity, Sexual Harassment, Gender equity vs. government When presenting this topic in todays would it has become a big deal to society. Society have had battles, protest and stood before other to speak on gender equity. Over the year they have fought for equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities. They spoke about equal pay that women and men should be equality paid no matter what. They spoke on the idea that women are paid less than men in socity and wanted equal rights. Equity is important because they argue that every individual should have equal opportunity to make the most of their lives to the belief that no one should have a poor life no matter the way they were born, where they come from, what they believe, or whether they have a disability. The history of gender equity has been going on for some time pointi...

First Presentation Reflections - Samantha Ruiz

 Reflections on the first presentations of the chapters 3, 9, and 10 by Samantha Ruiz.  Reflection of chapter 3 "Intercultural Communication" presented by group 1: Chapter 3 talks about the relationship between communication and culture. It explains how cultures differ and relate when it comes to communication. Things that can affect communication are race, ethnicity, sex and gender, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic status, age, generation, and disability. It also explains the potential barriers that can happen when it comes to communicating. These barriers include anxiety, assumed similarity or difference, ethnocentrism, stereotyping, incompatible communication codes, and incompatible norms and values. Another thing that people can experience within communication and culture, is culture shock. Culture shock is when you feel and experience a new culture but then all of a sudden everything feels very different. You may feel out of place and like you don't belong...
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