Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Negotiations Assist?

I think I found something that may facilitate Israel-Arab negotiations, or completely mix us all up:


COMMUNICATION CAPSTONE
SPRING 2001 THEORY WORKBOOK
INTERCULTURAL CONTEXT

Intercultural Communication Defined

Intercultural Communication is the management of messages for the purpose of creating meaning across cultures. Culture, according to Philipsen, is defined as “A socially constructed and historically transmitted pattern of symbols, meanings, apprentices, and rules.” In other words, culture is a code (Griffin, 3rd ed. 404).

Unit of Analysis

The unit of analysis for intercultural communication is the culture itself.

List of Representative Theories
Anxiety Uncertainty Management Theory
Critical Theory (Habermas)
Critical Theory (Deetz)
Cross-cultural Adaptation
Cultrual Critical Studies
Face Negotiation
Feminist Genre
Genderlect
Marxist Theory
Meaning of Meaning Theory
Muted Group Theory
Nonverbal Typologies
Standpoint Theory
Stranger

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