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

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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