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COMM 176: Intercultural Communication
- Chapter 11
- What Are the Communication Issues Facing a Global Identity?
Chapter 11 investigates the influence of technology and pop culture on identities on a global level.
Social media and the world.
To Do This Week:
1. Watch these videos
Global Digital Culture: Cultural Differences and the Internet (BBC)
Journalist Alexs Krotoski looks into the evolving face of the web, to find out what it says about who we are.
Please click on the image to start the video. The runtime of the video is 7:48.To turn on Closed Captioning for this video, please click the "cc" box at the bottom of the video screen.
What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
Please click on the image to start the video. The runtime of the video is 3:53. To turn on Closed Captioning for this video, please click the "cc" box at the bottom of the video screen.
2. Read Chapter 11
You should read the chapter before completing Discussion Board entries or completing an online exam. It is suggested that you complete the Chapter 1 Guide while reading the chapter.
3. Complete the Chapter Guide
You should complete the chapter guide while you are reading the chapter. You can find Chapter Guides by clicking the "Chapter Guides" button on our main Blackboard (Bb) page.
Chapter Guides are for your own personal use and should not be turned-in to the instructor.
4. Post on the Discussion Board
Make one Original Post and two Reply Posts on the Discussion Board. Original Posts are due on Wednesday by midnight. Reply Posts are due on Saturday by midnight.
To keep discussion varied and lively, each student has been assigned to a group by last name. To find out which group you are in, click on the "Disc. Board" button above.
Please remember your group designator. You will remain in this group for the duration of the semester.
You must follow all the Discussion Board Guidelines in order to earn all the points possible on this assignment. Click "Disc. Board" link to review guidelines.
5. Take the Chapter 11 Exam
You can access the exam by clicking on the "Exams, Tests, and Quizzes" button on our main Bb page.
The exam must be completed by the exam deadline -- next Tuesday at noon.
If you do not finish the exam by the deadline, you will not be allowed to make it up.