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Some US American Cultural Values Communication Studies: Dr. Chuck Braithwaite The Global Classroom Department of Communication Studies Center for Great Plains Studies Fall 2005 – Spring 2019 We have live, synchronous, real- International Partners time interaction US America Russia University of Nebraska University of Tyumen, Siberia V oronezh State Agricultural Turkey University Yeditepe University Pakistan Ataturk University Fatima Jinnah Women Haran University University, Islamabad Spain Oman Universidad Castilla Oman Tourism College La-Mancha Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat Costa Rica Japan University of Costa Rica- Shimane University, San Ramon Matsue Focus is on presentations about Six challenges international communicators social life and culture may face in US America:  Friendliness vs. friendship (this is how some  Talk vs. silence core values of US  Informal vs. formal American culture  Direct vs. indirect are enacted in  Private vs. public communication)  Assumptions about ethnicities/races (“equality”) 1

Friendliness vs. friendship Talk vs. silence  “How are you?”  Most US American’s highly value talk  I’ll get back to you.”  Silence indicates problems  “text me!”  May ask many questions  Even ask questions that have  “Gotta go!” already been answered!  Professor will often require talk and sometimes punish silence Informal vs. formal Direct vs. indirect  First names or  Little concern for Face shortened names  Use of critical  “small talk” vs. questions “big talk”  Point out errors in  preference for front of class impromptu speaking  If you are not direct you may be misunderstood Assumptions about Public life vs. private life ethnicities/races (“equality”)  Assumption they can be separate  In public = egalitarianism and equality is spoken as a truism  Strong commitment to being  But many clearly value status open AND being private  Hard to know when to reveal  We like stories where social class and when to conceal and culture did not get in the way  Students might ask personal  We like to assume that gender, questions culture, ethnicity will not get in the way of success  Or students might think some of your questions are too personal  We prefer to ignore history 2

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