Local and Global communication in multicultural context

• Local communication


  Being able to communicate with the members of your local area, either in your local language (mother tongue) or a common language spoken within your town
• Global communication


  The term used to describe ways to connect, share, relate and mobilize across geographic, political, economic, social and cultural divides
• Multicultural


  The existence of a variety of cultural or ethnic groups within a society
• Intercultural


  Knowing that there are multiple different cultures, involving accepting those differences without insisting your own culture is better
• Cross-cultural


  Refers to the process of communicating and interacting with people from different cultural backgrounds
• Communication is the sending and receiving of information and can be one-on-one or between groups of people, and can be face-to-face or through communication devices
• Communication in multicultural setting

  • Awareness of the interrelatedness of local, global, international, and intercultural issues, trends, and systems
  • Skill which an individual must possess
• Communication is a reflection of the culture of a society or community, and our verbal and nonverbal communication reflect our culture
• Multicultural communication means different cultures living together without much interaction in the same place
• Intercultural communication focuses on productive interactions between different cultures, and can occur between individuals with common languages or across different languages
• Cross-cultural communication refers to the process of communicating and interacting with people from different cultural backgrounds
• Ethnocentrism


  A habitual disposition to judge foreign peoples or groups by the standards and practices of one's own culture or ethnic group
• Ethnocentrism


  • A group of students in your class who all speak the same language at home, celebrate similar holidays, and have common traditions like sharing special foods during certain events
• Possible effects of ethnocentrism on intercultural and global communication include prejudice, bias, discrimination, miscommunication, and division
• Cultural relativism


  A belief that all culture is of equal value and should be treated with respect and fairness rather than being treated with criticism and negative judgement
• Cultural appreciation


  Appreciating a culture by actually spending the time to understand it, such as visiting the country and knowing the cultural meaning behind the items you wear
• Cultural appropriation


  The inappropriate adoption and the lack of acknowledgement of one's culture for the sake of the one's personal interest