Communication in Everyday Life: A Survey of Communication
Fourth Edition
Learning Objectives
After reading this chapter, you will be able to:
- Define what it means to view culture as “structured.”
- Explain what it means to view culture as “transacted.”
- Describe how communication is organized to reflect cultural beliefs about context, collectivism/individualism, and time.
- Explain what it means to say culture is coded into communication.
- Clarify what it means to say that cultural groups are created through communication.
- Outline how people enact cultural membership through communication.