Soul Food Cultural Differences
University of Phoenix | Cultural Differences | Culture Differences Paper | Sharon BanksDon Case | COM/360 | 9/2/2013 |
This document is about the culture differences in the film” Why Did I Get Married and “Soul Food”. This document will provide specific examples of Hall’s perspective of culture as a screen and Hofstede’s five dimensions are reflected in a particular culture pattern. This document will evaluate both culture identity and culture bias in both of these films; explain the concept of cultural patterns and what type are showed in both films, and illustrations of verbal and nonverbal communications and how these relate to a particular intercultural communication theory. |
“Soul Food”
This hit domestic comedy-drama concerned the fortunes of an African-American family.” Soul Food” is about families especially the younger generation. It gets to the …show more content…
Culture designates what we pay attention to, what we ignore and what we choose (consciously/unconsciously) .To take in, is what gives structure and meaning. Hall linked culture to a screen through which the world is viewed (Lustig & Koester. 2010). In Germany almost everything is low context and compartmentalized. The executive office is a refuge and a screen, a refuge for the boss (distractions), a screen for the employees (continual supervision). Information communicated in the office is not shared everyone, only a select few. Contexting perform multiple functions. Any shift in the level of context is a communication. Upscale (warming of the relationship), down scale (lowering the context), coolness or displeasure; something is going wrong with the relationship. Hall believes identity to be affected by history and culture, which he sees as an ongoing production. His works have played a key role in describing how people’s view of the world and behavior are determined by a complex grid of unconscious cultural
This document is about the culture differences in the film” Why Did I Get Married and “Soul Food”. This document will provide specific examples of Hall’s perspective of culture as a screen and Hofstede’s five dimensions are reflected in a particular culture pattern. This document will evaluate both culture identity and culture bias in both of these films; explain the concept of cultural patterns and what type are showed in both films, and illustrations of verbal and nonverbal communications and how these relate to a particular intercultural communication theory. |
“Soul Food”
This hit domestic comedy-drama concerned the fortunes of an African-American family.” Soul Food” is about families especially the younger generation. It gets to the …show more content…
Culture designates what we pay attention to, what we ignore and what we choose (consciously/unconsciously) .To take in, is what gives structure and meaning. Hall linked culture to a screen through which the world is viewed (Lustig & Koester. 2010). In Germany almost everything is low context and compartmentalized. The executive office is a refuge and a screen, a refuge for the boss (distractions), a screen for the employees (continual supervision). Information communicated in the office is not shared everyone, only a select few. Contexting perform multiple functions. Any shift in the level of context is a communication. Upscale (warming of the relationship), down scale (lowering the context), coolness or displeasure; something is going wrong with the relationship. Hall believes identity to be affected by history and culture, which he sees as an ongoing production. His works have played a key role in describing how people’s view of the world and behavior are determined by a complex grid of unconscious cultural