COM2006 Week 2 Project $20.00
Instructions
Communication and Cultural Diversity
In this assignment, you will analyze an intercultural interaction. Find a movie or a television show that has characters who come from different cultures.
Step 1: Watch your selected movie or television show. On the basis of your observations, respond to the following questions:
- How did the characters communicate?
- What is your opinion about the characters’ communication skills?
- Who communicates effectively, and who doesn’t?
Step 2: Select one of the characters in the movie or the television show. On the basis of your observations, respond to the following questions:
- What do you think of your character’s interactions in terms of speech accommodation theory? Did your character adapt his or her communication message or style when talking with different people?
- Did this character’s communication skills influence others in the film? How?
- Did this character’s communication skills evolve throughout the film? How?
- What is this character’s listening style? Was he or she able to overcome barriers to effective listening?
- Did this character display any cultural or racial stereotyping and prejudice?
- Did he or she display evidence of creating a “third culture”?
- What evidence did the character display of adapting predictively or reactively?