QUESTION

Globalization raises many questions and challenges. Have information and communication technologies brought us closer together or encouraged diversification based upon our differences? What challenges do we face now as members of a global village?

Name one type of cultural customs or rituals from your culture, which might seem strange or be misinterpreted by people outside of your culture.

In what ways do you believe immigrants bring changes to the culture of their host society? Provide examples based on your own experience. Do immigrants have to be accepted into the mainstream society for the mainstream culture to be affected? Why or why not?

Think about cultural rules you have learned as you grew up. Which rules were learned at a conscious level and which rules were learned at an unconscious level? Have your interpretations of those rules changed over time? Why and how?

Do you think mass communication is influenced by cultural communication 'rules'? What are some examples that may illustrate this?