Cross-cultural Communication Course

Learning Culture Through Media By: Karolay Araya Leiva People acquire culture since birth through many different ways. Some of the most common ways are proverbs; folktales, legends, and myths; and through art. However, nowadays people are acquiring cultural aspects through an innovative way called media.  Media is unquestionably influencing people and the world in general. Social media are affecting cultures because it links people from different places and permits them to interact and learn about their habits and beliefs. Even though, it was after the 2000´s that media started to expand around the world and being available for more people in more diverse ways, television, which is a medium of communication, has being an influencing factor in culture acquisition for many years. Through television, individuals have access to a variety of products such as movies. Societies have used movies in order to communicate cultural and historical features to their individuals...

Learning about Generations By Karolay Araya Leiva  Our professor asked us what we know about generations. When I started thinking about that, I realized that the only think I knew was that there have been a lot of generations in human history, and that all of them have been characterized by specific aspects. However, I learned that there is much about human generations.  For instance, I did not know that since 1944, human society have been divided into four generations, and that this year 2020 a new one emerges. This new knowledge made realized that since this world is constantly changing, it is necessary to group people in generations because the generation each human belongs to says a lot about her or him, and that that is the best way to understand each individual. To analyze that, I thought of an example: it is complicated for elderly people to understand younger people, and they usually feel more comfortable when talking to people of their same generation be...