COMS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Standpoint Theory, Culture Theory, Speech Community
14 Dec 2016
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Relationship between communication and culture is reciprocal and interactive. Ongoing cycle: communication creates, expresses, and reproduces, and sometimes alters cultural life. Patterns of communication reflect cultural values and perspectives. Facial expressions, gestures, behaviours, etc. can be interpreted differently depending on the culture: ex. Slurping soup in american is considered rude, leaving your shoes on in the house in japan is rude but not in america. 3 theories in communication communities: standpoint theory: T(cid:396)a(cid:272)es ho(cid:449) disti(cid:374)(cid:272)t so(cid:272)ial g(cid:396)oups (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) a so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) shape (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396)"s experiences, knowledge, and ways of interacting: speech community theory: How interaction with particular social groups shapes styles of communication that differ for women, men, and members of different ethnicities: organizational culture theory: Illuminates the role of communication in creating and sustaining distinct culture in organizational life. Main idea: social groups that we belong to powerfully shape our experiences and how we communicate. Focuses on groups of people, not the individual.
