t3: intercultural communication

the study of the human use of space and the effects that population density has on behaviour, communication, social interaction

the study of signs and symbols

- contacts between different cultures which causes cultural change
- distinct from assimilation
- can be directly, through media

- the understanding that one culture cannot be judged randomly according to the standards of another
- a person's behaviour can only be undertood in terms of the values, beliefs, and norms of their culture

the values, beliefs, and traditions of culture that give societ stability

- an alteration in the way people behave, or how their society is structured
- can result from acculturation

some aspects of one group's culture are absorbed by another group

how individuals shape their identity and role in society from people and groups in their environment