Does culture affect communication and how?

Answer 1

Hi, Andri. Welcome to Yahoo Answers. In anthropology, the field of science that looks at human origins and development, and the development of societies and cultures, culture is thought of as something made up basically of institutions, which include, among some other institutions, government, education, energy use, technology, science, family, and communication. Communication is a component of culture. Communication is to family member as culture is to family. One way of looking at your question is to ask, "Does FAMILY affect an individual family member?" Also, try to think this question, too, "Does an individual family member affect FAMILY?" Communication, as a human institution, is so important, it has it's own field of study called, "Linguistics" Anthropology. Here is a link to get started:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropological_linguistics

Answer 2

How Does Culture Affect Communication

Answer 3

yes ,culture really affects communication becoz how we communicative to other people is really based on our culture . culture of a person can be identified while we talk to people . culture can be changed by place to place .each individual hav its own culture .individual will communicate to other with their culture only .so culture will affect the communication , they are co related

Answer 4

If we let it,
The biggest one in america right now is us and the muslims,
It does in a way because of their cultue, and the past, most americans are ignorant to them, and REFUSE to communicate, out of that fear they harbor, and that fear eventually turns to hate, This is where prejiduce comes from, and if we just look at someone of a different culture, and learn about them as an individual, the the communication will open.


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Answer 5

different cultures have different forms of communication. If we as a whole do no tstrive to understand these different forms than the answer is yes it does. an example of this being: in the Inuit culture, to say no,they wrinkle their nose. If you were notl ooking directly at the person, or did not understand, you may think they are just ignoring you. and so on...

Answer 6

i dont know if you seen the movie "Scary Movie 3"? well when the alines came donw to heart and htey said hello? well in their cultur that's how they said hello! i know it's not in real life but it's an example that yes culture does have an effect in communication now what we need to do is get pass that in communicate the best way we all know how