COMM 335 1ST Edition Lecture 2 Outline of Last Lecture II The self awareness imperative III Imperatives for better understanding intercultural communication A Demographics B Economics C Peace D Ethics E Self Consciousness Reflexivity F Technology Outline of Current Lecture IV Changing Immigration Patterns a Heterogeneous b Homogenous c Diversity d Immigrants V Relationships with new immigrants a Anglo centrism b Melting pot c Nativistic Current Lecture I II III IV Heterogeneous differences in a group culture or population Homogenous similarity in a group culture or population a Cultures can change over time and become more or less homogeneous They can also be more heterogeneous than another culture Diversity the quality of being different Diversity can expand our conceptions of what is possible linguistically politically socially as various lifestyles and ways of thinking converge Immigrants People who come to a new country region or environment to settle more or less permanently These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute V VI VII Anglo Centrism Using Anglo or white cultural standards as the criteria for interpretations and judgments of behaviors and attitudes Melting Pot A metaphor that assumes that immigrants and cultural minorities will be assimilated into the U S majority culture losing their original culture Nativistic Extremely patriotic to the point of being anti immigrant
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