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    Intercultural Communication Midterm Review: Chapters 1-6

    This review sheet highlights key concepts, theories, and terms to help you prepare for the
    midterm exam. Refer to your textbook (with page numbers) and class notes for in-depth
    explanations and examples.

    Part I: Foundations of Intercultural Communication

     Chapter 1: Why Study Intercultural Communication? (pp. 2-40)


     Imperatives:
     Self-awareness: Understanding your own cultural identity and biases. (p. 3)
     Demographic: Changing demographics and increasing cultural diversity. (p. 5)
     Economic: Globalization and the need for intercultural understanding in business. (p. 14)
     Environmental: The impact of environmental issues on intercultural encounters and conflicts.
    (p. 18)
     Technological: The influence of technology on communication and cultural interaction. (p. 20)
     Peace: The need for intercultural understanding to promote peace and resolve conflicts. (p.
    25)
     Ethical: Ethical considerations in intercultural communication and cultural studies. (p. 28)
     Chapter 2: The Study of Intercultural Communication (pp. 41-77)
     Development of the Discipline: Historical roots and interdisciplinary influences. (p. 42)
     Three Approaches to Studying:
     Social Science: Predicting behavior, quantitative methods (surveys, experiments), focus on
    cultural values and differences. (pp. 48-53)
     Interpretive: Understanding and describing behavior, qualitative methods (ethnography,
    interviews), focus on cultural contexts and meanings. (pp. 54-60)
     Critical: Changing behavior, analyzing power dynamics, understanding social structures, often
    uses textual analysis. (pp. 60-66)
     Dialectical Approach: Integrating all three approaches, emphasizes complexity,
    contradiction, and the interconnectedness of intercultural phenomena. (pp. 66-71)
     Six Intercultural Dialectics: (pp. 68-71)
     Cultural-Individual: Recognizing that communication is both cultural and individual.
     Personal-Contextual: Understanding the role of context in shaping communication.
     Differences-Similarities: Acknowledging both similarities and differences between cultures.
     Static-Dynamic: Recognizing that culture is both static and dynamic.
     History/Past-Present/Future: Understanding the influence of history on the present and
    future.
     Privilege-Disadvantage: Recognizing power dynamics and the interplay of privilege and
    disadvantage in communication.
     Chapter 3: Culture, Communication, Context, and Power (pp. 78-115)
     Defining Culture:
     Learned and shared patterns of perception, values, and behaviors (Social Science). (p. 82)
     Contextual symbolic patterns of meaning, involving emotions (Interpretive). (p. 83)
     Heterogeneous, dynamic, and a site of contestation (Critical). (p. 85)
     Communication: Symbolic process that creates and maintains shared meanings. (p. 87)
     Context: Physical, social, political, and historical factors that influence communication.
    (p. 105)
     Power: The ability to influence others and shape communication systems. (p. 106)
     Chapter 4: History and Intercultural Communication (pp. 116-156)
     Types of History: Political, Intellectual, Social, Family, National, Cultural-group. (pp.
    119-125)
     History, Power, and Identity: Grand Narratives (dominant cultural stories), Hidden
    Histories (marginalized narratives). (pp. 125-130)
     Narratives and Identity: How we construct and make sense of our identities through
    stories about the past. (pp. 131-132)
     Hidden Histories: Histories often silenced or overlooked, related to race/ethnicity,
    gender, sexual orientation, diaspora, colonialism, class, and religion. (pp. 132-143)
     Contact Hypothesis: Conditions for positive intergroup contact and prejudice reduction
    (equal status, support, voluntary, potential to extend beyond, cooperation, equal
    numbers, similar values, individuation). (pp. 144-150)

    Part II: Key Concepts in Intercultural Communication

     Chapter 5: Identity and Intercultural Communication (pp. 158-214)


     Identity Development:
     Minority Identity Development: Focuses on how individuals from non-dominant
    groups navigate their identity in relation to the dominant culture. Stages:
    Unexamined Identity, Conformity, Resistance and Separatism, Integration. (pp.
    169-172)
     Majority Identity Development: Focuses on how individuals from dominant
    groups understand their privileged position. Stages: Unexamined Identity,
    Acceptance, Resistance, Redefinition, Integration. (pp. 172-175)
     Social and Cultural Identities: Gender, Sexual Orientation, Age, Race/Ethnicity,
    Religion, Class, Nationality, Regionality. (pp. 175-194)
     Multicultural People: Individuals who live "on the borders" of two or more cultures,
    facing unique challenges and opportunities. This includes biracial/multiracial individuals,
    global nomads (third-culture kids), and those with significant intercultural experiences.
    (pp. 194-199)
     Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination: (pp. 200-204)
     Stereotypes: Widely held beliefs about groups of people, often simplified and
    inaccurate.
     Prejudice: A negative attitude toward a group based on little or no evidence.
     Discrimination: Behaviors resulting from prejudice that lead to unequal
    treatment.
     Chapter 6: Language and Intercultural Communication (pp. 215-259)
     Language and Perception: Does language shape how we think? (Nominalist, Relativist,
    Qualified Relativist positions). (pp. 218-220)
     Communication Style: High- vs. Low-Context, Direct vs. Indirect, Elaborate vs.
    Understated. (pp. 221-224)
     Co-cultural Communication: Strategies used by non-dominant groups to navigate
    communication with dominant groups (Assimilation, Accommodation, Separation). (pp.
    229-233)
     Language and Identity: How language shapes our sense of self and cultural belonging.
    (pp. 243-245)
     Multilingualism and Code-Switching: Challenges and benefits of navigating multiple
    languages and ways of speaking. (pp. 235-247)
     Language Policies and Politics: The role of official languages, language rights, and
    language policies in intercultural communication. (pp. 247-250)
     Globalization and Language: The increasing dominance of English, language
    endangerment, and language hybridity in a globalized world. (pp. 250-253)

    Key Terms for Chapters 1-6: (See individual chapter review sheets for specific terms and page
    numbers)

    Prepare for the exam by reviewing the chapters, defining key terms, understanding major
    theories, and being ready to apply these concepts to real-world situations.

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