Essays on Culture and Communication

Communication is essential to human life. It is the process by which we use symbols, signs, and behaviors to exchange information (O’Hair, Wiemann, Mullin, & Teven, 2015, p. 4). Communication can be influenced by a variety of factors, but a major one is culture. Culture...

Cultural Appropriation, by some it’s seen as an adoption culture being stolen away from a dominant group. Mostly, people view cultural appropriation as simply the adoption of some particular cultural aspects of another culture. Cultural appropriation is starting to become more evident in everyday life...

Introduction North Korea, currently ran by the Supreme Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, currently holds the highest literacy rate in the world holding an average of 99% according to website Asianinfo. Currently, North Korea has a population of over 25 million people according to...

Growing up as a kid in foster care, I was surrounded by many other cultures and races other than my own, of which each brought their own traditions and cultural rituals to my life. One cultural rite I have partaken in for many years and...

Today, The Day of the Dead in Aztlan, has become one of the most widely celebrated Mexican cultural traditions in the Southwest, United States. It strengthens the cultural cohesiveness of the Chicano community and is an unparallel example of how Chicano movement politics and Neo-Indigenous...

Introduction In this essay I will argue that symbols cannot be studied in and of themselves, but their meaning is directly tied with their associated culture’s way of living, beliefs systems and values. I will go on to explain that even certain symbols might evoke...

The article “Case Study of Cross Cultural Communication Issues for Filipino Call Centre Staff and Their Australian Customers” was written by Alison Owens (2008), an Australian Senior Research Associate. Its main purpose is to observe current challenges of cross cultural business communication over the telephone,...

In my analysis, I will be describing the cultural background and deviant tendencies of the fictitious character ‘Dwight Schrute’ from the television series ‘The Office. ’ In this series, Dwight Schrute is an uptight character who was raised in a very strict, conservative, German household,...

Although historians know very little, for certain, about much of Africa’s early history, there is however unanimity among scholars, that ‘tribes’ may have been around since time immemorial. Today, there are reportedly about 3,000 tribes in Africa, who are believed to be speaking more than...

In the sense of the total Social Functioning, how family, grouped, organizations and community. Considering the following: Culture, Politics, Economic, Spiritual, Technology. Today our country is still in the process of addressing the social issues of our country. One of these is the Social Functioning...

To begin with, Culture has been one of the most important things that we need to understand in order to know more about the consumer behavior, It includes everything from the influence of individual thought processes, beliefs, law, language and behavior which was passed down...

Each individual has their own culture as s part of that persons’ identity according to where they were born. As a result of Asians who study or work in different countries, have some obstacles to overcome in those cultures. Such obstacles are, cannot show their...

The Evolution of a Word The ability to communicate seems to come naturally to humans; it is a trait that is fairly unique to mankind. Parents teach their children to speak, and children learn without realizing how extraordinary the art of language really is. However,...

Since America and Asia are far apart, there are a lot of differences between American and Asian culture. Everybody knows it, but it brings to mind a question, “Why are they different even though we are human-beings who are all same?” I found out why...

It is extremely difficult to believe that a neutral question exists. Neutral is synonymous with objective, and being neutral means asking questions without being influenced by personal opinion or emotion. Just asking a question involves bias, which is favor for certain ideas over others, because...

In the first essay, “We’re not…” by Andrea Roman discussed the cultural conflicts when she lives in America with her Bolivian family, especially her strict Bolivian mother. However, in the second essay, “The Undercurrent” by Kelly Young emphasizes about her mother’s overly protective desire to...

School culture can generate from an array of factors that include goals, relationships, teaching, leadership practices, and the structure of organization. It can be promoted positively by the focus of the school vision, shared expectations, use of data, and collaborative teamwork. Culture can become negative...

Television has become an indispensable element for entertainment in the comfort of our home. The ideal is to have a television room, which has comfortable furniture that allows integration while sharing as a family. For this, an adequate interior design is important for the correct...

The Arts are powerful forms of expressions, something that is created with imaginations and skills. The meaningful expressions turns into drawings, music, videos, visual art, poems, stories, songs, pottery, carvings, waving, sculptures and etc. Art education explores musical concepts and expressions, drama through actions and...