文档介绍：Session 1 Culture, Communication, munication Importance of Intercultural Communication ? Why did you choose this course? Chances for IC are caused by globalization ? Spurring development of transportation and communication systems (shortened touring time, works, the , international film industry) ? Cultural migration between nations (multiculturalism) ? New economic arena (multinational corporations) ? Ever-increasing world population (finite natural resources, pollution, international conflicts) Warming up ? Make a list of images from your home culture and try to explain what they express about who the people of your culture are and what their relationship is to people from other cultures. ? Which image do you prefer? Which do you think are the images that most truly express how people feel about themselves and the world? Lecture Outline definition Intercultural communication culture munication functions definition elements mode characteristics definition forms elements right attitudes 1. What is culture? More deeply: what the behavior and customs mean to the people who are following them On the surface: customs and behavior In a word: Culture is all about meanings Hall: Culture is everything and everywhere Sir Edward Tylor ’ s definition in 1871 (first use of this term): “ that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society ”? Kroeber and Kluckhohn (1952) ---- Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions (listing more than 300 definitions) ? Culture consists of patterns , explicit and implicit, of and for behavior acquired and transmitted by symbols, constituting the distinctive achievement of human groups, including their embodiment in artifacts; the essential core of culture consists of traditional (. histo