While I have already touched a little bit on the relational communication norms that differ between my culture and other cultures, I believe that giving each culture more reflection is necessary to compare and contrast. One of the first relational communication norms to discuss is greeting rituals. While in the United States it is common for the greeting ritual to be a handshake, my culture replaces this greeting with kissing the other person on the cheeks, in the South Korean culture bowing is the most common in greetings. It is very important to recognize this as a natural greeting ritual in another culture because someone in a culture that is not used to this type of greeting might take it to mean something else. This goes back to being mindful about other people and what is the norm of their own culture. I know from my own experience, I shake hands with people who I do not know, but I give kisses on cheeks to people when I greet them if I …show more content…
More specifically, I would like to focus on the conversational expectations between the older and younger generations. I already discussed earlier how conversational expectations between higher status and lower status are different in each culture. In the older and younger generations of my culture and the South Korean culture, there is a lot more respect for the elders than with the American culture. In general, higher status culture views their elder generation with more respect and wisdom, and so the conversational expectations are reflective of these views. In contrast, the conversational expectations lower status culture is not quite the same like in the American culture. The elderly is viewed as crazy and unimportant. Therefore, the conversation expectations are much lower and reflective of their views of the
The Cambodian culture is very collectivistic and a lot of those values are still upheld by the younger generations of Cambodian Americans. In Cambodian culture, family comes first. Terry Nhim, her in-laws Mon Neang and Roeun Muth and her brother in-law Vanna Neang all greatly emphasized the importance of family and looking out for one another. “Our family is large, not being just my parents and sibling but rather my extended family as well. We try to be close to one another and of course, there are some families we’re not as close to as others. Towards my own family, we hug each other after greeting one another. With someone who isn’t family or just not close to me, I just leave it as the formal greeting. With that being said, if we touch, as a family it is fine, it shows love, but to someone ot...
Formal greeting calls for a prolonged handshake with the left hand to support the right arm and direct eye contact to show respect
For example, In the United States, a woman may offer their hand first for a handshake, essentially the same ratio to that of a man. However, when compared on a global basis, a woman offers her hand first the majority of the time. Additionally, in countries such as Brazil and the United States, a firm handshake is not only expected, but is how others make a judgment on one’s character (all based on the firmness). This would not be culturally appropriate and be considered too rough in the United Kingdom, as the British prefer to greet each other with a lighter, more sensitive and sincere handshake. As states previously, every country hence has a unique set of customs and norms established within their culture. As a student studying Anthropology, it is not only important for Anthropologists but also myself to recognize and respect the cultural differences in communication methods such as gestures. It is noted that, “Linguistic anthropologists are not only interested in written or spoken languages, they study all forms of communication. Gestures (including American Sign Language and Deaf Culture, choices about clothing or jewelry, even the physical distance we maintain between ourselves and others all send culturally specific messages” (Linguistic Anthropology). These culturally specific messages and greeting gestures can range from anything such
For example, when meeting the person for business the first time, men will commonly shake hands uncomfortably hard and followed by a back-slapping or the touching of the forearm or elbow to show how powerful they are .For women, a kiss on the cheek is the more common form of greeting, as a way to connect on a personal level. Since they are a more of a touching society, people stand closely together when conversing or when standing; therefore, American are the opposite way making them more distance of others when meeting someone for the first time. At business meetings the handshake is required but not more than that. Any other action can be considered a trespassing of privacy like the kiss on the cheek for instance. Unlike Brazilians, Americans don’t like to stand too close to someone, especially in a business environment. It can be considered rude or invasive in the United States and it can lead to intimidation. Similarly, both countries are open to make a relationship with each other in a formal way, which is the smart way to approach not being rude. Gestures can communicate as effectively as
In the Grenadian culture, everyone is greeted the same way however, in the Nigerian culture their greetings are very symbolic. Because in the Nigerian culture, one’s age and social status demands respect. Whenever you meet an elderly man or woman, you must greet them in a particular way; you extend your hands to them and bow your heads. Also, you must take time to ask about their health and well-being. Because, rushing a greeting is considered as being rude. Unlike the Grenadian culture, there is no set way in which we should greet anyone, furthermore, greeting people is a matter of choice. One can choose to greet or not to greet anyone, either way it can be considered as being
One thing that is easy to spot in a culture is the way that people great each other. The way that people great each other in America vs. Mexico may seem similar but actually are very different. The greeting in America’s pop culture has a variety. First off the greeting between two people that now each other is very relaxed. Usually a hug or a custom handshake is used to greet a friend. However greeting some one that you don’t know is different. People great with a normal handshake and make eye contact to try and make a good impr...
Even should relate between touching ritual. For example, when you meet someone in the work you will shake hand and when someone leaves a friend’s house at the end of a visit, they may give the friend a hug. When I did my project about culture and touch one of people said I levied in Korean about five years then the ritual is respect. For example, can't touch with your girlfriends even your partner they have more structure like when someone make massage or sauna , it is strictly confined to people of the same sex or couples .Also , culture and touch in Korean pure concept about touch like someone walking long time with her or his impossible to catch her hand by romantic way . If you compare between touch in Korean and Saudi absolutely is different. Accepted more touch in Saudi than Korean .It's not allowed to touch same sex. There is not acceptable observe to us .Because we are more friendly and have sense of hummer. We feel more contact with other by touch. In Korean marriages having affairs is common and doesn't threaten the marriage. These days it is changing a bit though. Also, one of women said I don't think touching and feeling is part of our culture, but some guys (including my friends) liked to touch their girlfriends because they loved their girlfriends. In addition more guy would never to touch. Like keep your hand to person who don’t know. I take notice
Communication is important in relationships as it allows us to share our interest, concerns, support each other; organize our lives and make decisions; and it allows us to work together. Effective communication is based on the way we talk and listen, how we respond and our body language. We can all learn how to improve the way we communicate.
Each group of people is going to have its own verbal and non-verbal greetings making it necessary to become familiar with all three languages. The most appropriate nonverbal greeting in a social situation for the German speaking Swiss, is a firm handshake, or three kisses. For the French speaking Swiss, in a social situation a light handshake is appropriate between men while between women, kissing each cheek is customary. And for the Italian speaking Swiss, it is customary to greet each other by kissing in social situations. While in business situations things are handled more professionally. In business situations the German, French, and Italian, greet one another with a firm handshake (Global Road Warrior,
At workplace, maintaining boundaries between personal and professional beliefs is a crucial thing to be maintained. Keeping a line between personal and professional role at workplace is a key to achieve success.
Effective communication with people of difference cultures can be especially challenging. The way people interpret the world can be strikingly different between cultures. Intercultural communication occurs when a member from one culture produces a message that is absorbed by a member of another culture. How that message is understood by the communicating party is a vital part in intercultural communication. For example, in Cambodia it would be considered rude to discuss business in a social setting (Language, culture, customs and etiquette, n.d.). However, in the United States this is a common practice and is almost an encouraged event. Another important factor and consideration in intercultural communication is the importance of understanding cultures, values, history and beliefs. For instance, in Cambodia, if you deliver a present that is wrapped in white paper, this is considered to represent mourning. This is one of the many reasons why it is important to assimilate into a culture and be mindful of communication between cultures (Language, culture, customs and etiquette, n.d.).
"Americans smile at strangers. I personally don't know what to think of that." -Russian Engineer. "Americans seem cold. They seem to get upset when you stand close to them." -Jordanian Teacher (Levine & Adelman, 1993). Nonverbal communication can go wrong because of cultural differences. You could do a certain thing and think that it is okay to do it because it is fine to do in your own culture and then get in trouble just because you were communicating with a person from a different culture (Stoy, 2010). People from different cultures read things differently so you have to be careful with your nonverbal communication around them because we show our attitudes and feelings nonverbally more than we do verbally so they could get the wrong message if we are not careful.
Therefore, it is essential to study nonverbal and verbal communication Nonverbal communication is all forms of communication other than words themselves, which includes “body motions; vocal qualities; and the use of time, space, and even smell” (Neuliep, 2011, p. 269). On the other hand verbal communication or language “consists of symbols in the form of spoken or written words (Wood, 2014, p. 67). Thus cultures have different representations of symbols and what one culture interprets another may define or view differently. Communication is closely related to culture because communication expresses and alters culture. In a culture you learn behaviors and acceptable ideologies. This can be seen in verbal and nonverbal communication. For example, the tone of your voice is based on culture. Without communication you are unable to establish cultural differences. Your own culture directly shapes how one communicates, such as when it is appropriate to make eye contact. We are not born knowing when and how we should speak; this is a learned behavior that is taught by interaction with others. This is not an easy task because nonverbal signals differ from culture to culture. Charles Braithwaite stated, “One of the fundamental components of cultural and linguistic competence is knowing how and when to use silence as a communication tactic” (Neuliep, 2011, p. 64). Before one can communicate effectively one must understand the context in which the culture exchanges information. One must have a working awareness of how each society conveys meaning, hence high vs. low context cultures. According to the Central Michigan University text, organizational dynamics and human behavior (2009), to become a successful international manager one must develop “cross-cultural skills”. One part of the skill set involves the comprehension of the difference between high-context and low-context
Greeting plays a great role in our life, and it is a powerful communication strategy in the world. People begin their communication and know each other well by greeting. While people are greeting, they know whether their partner polite or rude, intimate, intimate and others. For me greeting is the face of a person. As we know every country has their own greetings and they differ from each other. Every person likes and wants to travel a lot to other countries. And of cource, for visiting another country, we try to learn that country’s language. There has also one important thing is that we should learn about their culture, greeting ways, slangs in order not to come across with difficult situation. Greetings help us to take attention, and to suggest a type of relationship social status formal or informal between individuals or groups of
Communication ethics questions ones personal narratives about what is good, bad, right and wrong. It makes us question communication and observe not only what drives us to do what we do but what drives the other person in a communication situation as well. Ethics determines how we enter situations, react to events and ultimately carry out our daily routines. The purpose of taking COM 380 Communication Ethics is to be able to successfully carry out ethical communication in both our public and private life. This course has one question that must be determined; “What is communication ethics literacy, and how does it affect the role of ethics in our communication and interactions?” This question makes us learn as individuals by actively listen to other people and engage the idea of diversity of ideas