INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

     Intercultural communication is communication that occurs between people who have different cultures (can be racial, ethnic, or socio-economic, or a combination of all these differences. Culture is a way of life that develops and is embraced by a group of people and lasts from generation to generation). generation.

    Communication has always been an important need of all societies. Since the time of our cave-dwelling ancestors, people have communicated in different ways. Neanderthals drew on cave walls, American Indians communicated using drums and smoke.

     In war, soldiers use pigeons to communicate key secrets. Letters and telephones are the next steps in communication. Finally, in this century most of the communication process is done through the internet. Communication can be interpreted as an exchange of meaning. It involves sending and receiving information between sender and receiver. This happens not only through the use of words but also through nonverbal factors, such as gestures and facial expressions.

    Intercultural communication, sometimes used synonymously with cross-cultural communication, is a form of communication that aims to share information across different cultures and social groups. It is used to describe the various communication processes and problems that naturally arise in an organization made up of individuals from different religious, social, ethnic, and educational backgrounds. In this sense, it seeks to understand how people from different countries and cultures act, communicate and understand the world around them.

    Intercultural communication focuses on the social attributes, mindsets, and cultures of different groups of people. It also involves understanding the different cultures, languages ​​, and customs of people from other countries. Intercultural communication plays a role in social sciences such as anthropology, cultural studies, linguistics, psychology, and communication studies. Intercultural communication is also referred to as the basis for international business.

Examples of Japanese intercultural communication

Japanese people demand that their interacting partners understand their culture as opposed to trying to understand other people's cultures. The researcher's assumption is that their nationalism, which prioritizes their own language and culture, becomes the reference for Japanese people's actions even when dealing with foreign cultures with different values. The synergy between socialization agents, both family institutions, schools, communities, and the media, seeks to continuously internalize Japanese cultural values so that it leads to a 'steady' and 'solid' action.