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Understanding Face-to-Face Mediated Communication Intercultural Communication = communication among diverse peoples (pg. 35). IC Communication Competence “…refers to one’s skill in facilitating successful IC outcomes” “the multicultural person is one who respects cultures and has tolerance for differences” p35 Competence: Communication Approach, pg. 35-36 Personality Strengths: Traits that affect IC are self-concept, self-disclosure, self-monitoring, and social relaxation. Communication Skills: Message skills, behavior flexibility, interaction management, social skills. Psychological Adjustment: Culture shock- frustration, stress and alienation in ambiguous situations. Cultural Awareness: Understand social customs and social system of host country. How people think behave. Intercultural sensitivity Cognitive or intercultural awareness Behavior or intercultural adroitness IC Communication Ethics Guides for living, the moral right wrongs we learn from our culture. Different cultures have different ethical guidelines. Common to all is the belief that Peace is a fundamental human value. Respect Truthfulness Uniqueness Identification Environmental Ethics Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring -1962 Paul Ehrlich’s -1968 The Population Bomb “What duties do humans have with respect to the environment, and why?” Cultural Definitions ofCommunication “Culture is a code we learn share…which both require communication” p. 39 How cultures define communication provides insight into the culture. K’ung-Fu-Tzu (550-478 B.C.E), later Latinized to Confucius, proposed a government based less on heredity than on morality merit. P. 39 Confucianism is a philosophical system that has deep roots in Asian beliefs culture. Family Structure Modern Chinese Family Confucianism provides an ethical system to guide interactions in the family, the community, and the state. Of the five social guidelines set forth, three relate to the family relat