How do we Draw a Picture of the World: Cultural Stereotypes
“No man is an island” said a famous poet John Donne, implying that it is impossible to live in isolation from the society. This is what makes us, people, similar. But what is that makes us all different? The first answer that may come to our mind is culture. Every culture is unique and divides the i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Russian |
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Academic Publishing House Researcher
2012-04-01
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| Series: | Evropejskij Issledovatelʹ |
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| Online Access: | http://www.erjournal.ru/journals_n/1334773322.pdf |
| Summary: | “No man is an island” said a famous poet John Donne, implying that it is impossible to live in isolation from the society. This is what makes us, people, similar. But what is that makes us all different? The first answer that may come to our mind is culture. Every culture is unique and divides the individuals that present it into hundreds of groups. In this article a closer examination will be given to the process of communication of these cultures. People all over the world interact daily with each other for personal, academic and business purposes. But is it easy to be done or does it require specific knowledge of one another? Well, certainly it does, that is why we all live in the stereotypes that our ancestors have fostered in us: we think that the British are conservative, the Germans organized and Italians are talkative. On the first case study that was provided for the purpose of the article it will be shown how stereotypes appear on the screens of our TV sets and will reveal the vision of the British people on some other cultures. On the second case study an online conference between Russian and Chinese students will depict of two behavior models and demonstrate how two groups interacted with each other in an academic environment. |
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| ISSN: | 2219-8229 2224-0136 |