#interpersonal communications

We as constant internet consumers often and very easily forget that culture is a mosaic. Not one person has one type of culture, and everyone you meet and talk to are walking kaleidoscopes of cultures.

Cultures derives from everything a person consumes, and every thought a person processes. When writing characters from cultures we are not familiar with we must research. 

However since so many types of cultures are never brought up people don’t realize it’s something that they may need to touch up on. Many people don’t even realize what cultures they aren’t apart of, and make mistakes in speaking up on situations that they know little about.

So here are some different types of culture

National

National is not the same racial/ethnic culture, even though the two go hand in hand. National or racial are often the cultural archetypes that come to mind when culture is mentioned.

National is culture that derives from the country we come from, and the experiences we hold with it. National culture can range from big things such as the average beliefs, to little things like what shape the toilet is supposed to be.

Racial/Ethnic

Racial is not the same as national culture. It derives from the ethnicity someone is, and how they were raised as that ethnicity. 

All the around the world there are culture wars going on over racial and ethnic cultures. Ethnic culture, like all types of cultures, can carry great historical burdens from all sides. People are very aggressive right now on how ethnic culture should be handled and viewed. And it is important to remember that culture reflects off of every individual differently.

Racial culture shows through in a multitude of ways, such as cooking style, celebrations and common beliefs, and even strings of dialects and languages that formed amongst the culture.

Socioeconomic

Socioeconomic culture derives off of people’s social/economic status, including class, position in society as a worker, and the privileges that come with money. There are many different socioeconomic statues, and unfortunately there is a lot of problems between how socioeconomic cultures treat each other. 

The bottom of the barrel lower classes are mistreated and exploited constantly. There is also confusion about whether or not people classify as either lower class or middle class. In some countries a lower middle class has aggressively formed, and many people in that class view themselves as just lower class.

Socioeconomic culture shows itself as behaviors and beliefs. People of wealthy culture approach many situations differently than those of lower class culture. Today is often shown in clothing style, and treatment of that clothing.

Identity Culture (Gender, Sexualities, Etc.)

Identity culture has always been a thing, however been aspects of it and how it is viewed has changed drastically over the years. It is important to note that many grew up with different values in identity culture, and many all around the world still are.

Identity culture derives from how we label and identify ourselves. Many people can be apart of labels but decide not to go by them. These cultures show themselves in different ways; pride parades, man caves, clothing style, etc.

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For this assignment,you will write a letter of advice to either a newly engaged couple or a group of coworkers. Imagine that either the engaged couple or coworkers hear that you are taking a course in interpersonal communication and want advice regarding how to communicate in their personal or professional relationships. Based on what you have…

Captain Awkward

This was not directed at me, but holy cow this is exactly how I am VS the rest of my family, and I only recently began to identify it. When talking with my parents and sister, the argument is never just about the one thing - it becomes a laundry list of all the things I do wrong and that they don’t like. Example:

Me: I felt really hurt when you said that thing to me. Mom: You are making a big deal out of nothing and you are too sensitive. Also remember that time you said a thing? You never think about the effect of your words!

Weirdly enough, this also happens with apologies. Example:

Me: I’m sorry I accidentally broke the thing. Mom: You should have been more careful and why are you always so clumsy and you always rush things and you’re never patient etc. etc.

The difference Mediated Interpersonal communication and Mass communication is the audience and the message. The Interpersonal communication appears to be limited in the audience while Mass communication is able to reach huge audiences at the same time. When it comes to message, mediated interpersonal communication creates messages by individuals or teams while mass communication creates by organizations.