How Society Uses Intercultural Communication Research and the Politics of Speaking For Others

April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 Discipline: Communications and Media

Please read ALL of these news articles designated below and answer ALL of the following questions in relation to those news articles:

 

News Article #1:

Karen Fischer, “Many Foreign Students Find Themselves Friendless in the U.S.” News Article (Located below)

  • How is intercultural communication research used in this article? In a positive way or negative way? How so?  Explain.

 

  • How are the cultures from the research depicted?

 

  • To what extent is this news article misrepresenting the cultures focused on in the research study?

 

News Article #2:

Abigail Marsh, “Could A More Individualistic World Also Be A More Altruistic One?”:

https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2018/02/05/581873428/could-a-more-individualistic-world-also-be-a-more-altruistic-oneLinks to an external site.

 

  • How is intercultural communication research used in this article? In a positive way or negative way? How so?  Explain.

 

  • How are the cultures from the research depicted?

 

  • To what extent is this news article misrepresenting the cultures focused on in the research study?

 

News Article #3:

Mickiewicz, Du, Shepotylo, “Are individualistic societies worse at responding to pandemics?”:

https://theconversation.com/are-individualistic-societies-worse-at-responding-to-pandemics-147386Links to an external site.

  • How is intercultural communication research used in this article? In a positive way or negative way? How so?  Explain.

 

  • How are the cultures from the research depicted?

 

  • To what extent is this news article misrepresenting the cultures focused on in the research study?

 

News Article #4:

Mark Travers, “Cultural Psychology Research Suggests The U.S. May Be Less Individualistic After Coronavirus Pandemic”:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2020/03/23/what-will-the-post-covid-19-world-look-like-lessons-from-cultural-psychology/Links to an external site.

  • How is intercultural communication research used in this article? In a positive way or negative way? How so?  Explain.

 

  • How are the cultures from the research depicted?

 

  • To what extent is this news article misrepresenting the cultures focused on in the research study?

 

News Articles #5 and #6:

Marc Parry, “Conflict Over Sociologist’s Narrative Puts Spotlight on Ethnography” News Article: (Located below)

 

 

 

 

 

Leon Nayfakh, “The Ethics of Ethnography” News Article:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/06/alice-goffmans-on-the-run-is-the-sociologist-to-blame-for-the-inconsistencies-in-her-book.htmlLinks to an external site.

  • What is the key controversy surrounding Goffman’s ethnographic research as discussed in both Article #5 and Article #6?  How does Goffman speak for others in her ethnography?

 

  • How are Black males and the Black community depicted?

 

  • How do these news articles frame Goffman’s research?

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