COM 200 Ashford University Culture and Communication Paper

Culture and Communication

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapter 3 of Making Connections: Understanding Interpersonal Communication(attach below), review the Sample Week 2 Paper(attach below) and watch the Week 2 Webinar – Culture in Action (Links to an external site.) video (https://ashford.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/Week+2+Webinar+-+Culture+in+Action/0_74gfapck).

Resources

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Week 2 Paper Advice (attach below)

Week 2 Paper Video Resources (links above)

Sample Week 2 Paper(attach below)

Engaging With Course Content

Avoiding Plagiarism

For this assignment, you will explore the relationship between culture and communication. In her definition of culture, Bevan (2020) states it is the collective set of customs, values, beliefs, and norms of a group of people. In this paper, you will explore how culture creates customs of verbal and nonverbal communication and then explore two other themes covered in Bevan. Ultimately, you will discuss how paying attention to culture can help us improve as communicators.

In your paper,

Explain two points detailing why it is so important to be aware of culture when thinking about communication, utilizing Bevan.

• Explain how culture shapes verbal and nonverbal communication, utilizing Bevan.

Describe the relationship between culture and two other themes that are central to culture from this list, utilizing Bevan:

• Gender(Chapters 2 and 3)

High versus low context cultures (Chapter 3)

• Dominant cultures versus co-cultures (Chapter 3)

Individualism and collectivism (Chapter 3)

• Perceptual filters (Chapter 3)

NOTE: If you’d like to supplement your points by learning more about the roles of race or class in communication, please use one or more of the videos in the “Resources” box in the upper right corner to assist you. This is not required, but can enrich your paper.

• Explain how paying attention to culture can help a person improve as a communicator, utilizing Bevan and, if you choose, one of the supplemental videos you watched.