Co-culture Presentation
Students will choose a co-culture within a country and create a 5 minute presentation for the class identifying the beliefs, values, norms, and practices of this group. You may select one of your own co-cultures for this assignment. Evaluate your experience with the dominant culture and the co-culture, and compare them with the 7 dimensions of cultural difference. How do the dimensional differences between cultures affect communication?
Ensure that you get approval on your topic from the instructor.Two secondary sources (besides the e-text) are required. Acceptable sources include textbooks and academic journal/research articles. You will submit your presentation visuals and presentation notes. No paper is required for this assignment.
- COM3461 – Intercultural/Interracial Communication – Sections U13 & U3M – Fall 2018
- Co-Culture Presentation
Answer preview-culture are groups that have shared activities, shared beliefs and shared behavior. Take, for instance, Buddhist, and this is a religion that qualifies as a co-culture since the members believe in the same things and have the same practices. All over the world, Buddhists have the same beliefs it does not matter in which corner of the world that they are in. In some cases, a co-culture can also use symbols which they use to represent themselves. For instance, a logo that the GBLT community uses. This can also be a handshake…
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