Communicating in a Culturally Diverse Society and World Exercise 1 Subject: Finding a pen pal from another country Your first web exercise for this chapter will be a lot of fun. Choose a country
that interests you. In a search engine (e.g., www.altavista.com,
www.google.com, www.northernlight.com)
enter the name of the country and other identifying information about that country.
Along with these keywords, enter several hobbies or sports that interest you.
You will likely get a listing of pages to visit. By all means, browse them. When you happen upon a page that lists someone's e-mail address, chances are
that this person will be affiliated with another one of the world's interesting
and sometimes exotic cultures. Write them, and begin an intercultural dialogue. Exercise 2 Subject: Examining elements of culture online Of course, every culture has a different understanding and expectation of
how communication works. As our textbook informs us, often the way communication
works in one culture is not the way it works in another. Visit www.india.com
- the online portal for India --and learn how food, clothing, jewelry, et cetera
are often affected by culture. Discuss your idea of culture briefly. Where does it come from? Can culture
be mass manufactured? If so, describe how that is possible and list various
examples. Exercise 3 Subject: Examining cultural ignorance Sometimes, the most offensive forms of communication serve society well as
examples of bad communication. For this exercise, locate a hate organization
online. As scholars, it is our duty to dissect both good and bad forms of communication. What site did you find? Why do you feel that the communication offered on this
site represents "cultural ignorance?" What examples of communication
on the site offended you? | 
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