Term Papers: role does communication and interaction play in the culture of Sardinia? How has culture (for example, family structure) influenced longevity in Sardinia? Does face-to-face communication have the same health benefits as online and social media communication?
Communication
Packet One
Speaker: Susan Pinker
Video Title: The Secret to Living Longer May be Your Social Life
1.What role does communication and interaction play in the culture of Sardinia?
2.How has culture (for example, family structure) influenced longevity in Sardinia?
3.Does face-to-face communication have the same health benefits as online and social media communication?
Speaker: N/A
Video Title: Dove: You’re More Beautiful Than You Think
1.At one point, one of the female participants says, “I should be more grateful of my natural beauty. It impacts the choices and the friends that we make, the jobs we apply for, how we treat our children, it impacts everything. It couldn’t be more critical to your happiness.” Explain how we view ourselves impacts the way we communicate and view others.
2.Choose one of your cultural identities. Write down how this cultural identity has shaped how your view yourself.
Speaker: Apollo Robbins
Video Title: The Art of Misdirection
1.What is the importance of attending in the perception process? How does what you attend to and what you don’t attend to impact the way you view the world?
2. You are walking through an airport, what you would be most likely to attend to (BE HONEST). Rate each one based on the likelihood it would gain your attention. Remember that the context is an airport. 1 = Most likely to gain your attention; 1 = Less likely to gain you attention. NOTE: You CANNOT have the same score for each one.
(a) A morbidly obese woman wearing skintight clothing ____
(b) A Muslim man wearing traditional Muslim religious clothing and his wife in a hijab ___
(c) A white male reading the newspaper ___
(d) An African-American man holding hands with a white male ___
(e) A woman consoling her screaming child ___
(f) A male giving with a syringe injecting himself with something ___
(g) A person in a wheelchair with both legs amputated ___
Speaker: N/A
Video Title: Labels are for Cans, Not People
2.What was surprising to the participants when the lights were turned on?
3.Were the participants’ original assumptions about the others in the group accurate? Explain.
Speaker: N/A
Video Title: 10 Surprising Ways to Offend People in Other Cultures
1.What cultural offense did you find most surprising? Why?
2.Why is communication so important in avoiding cultural offenses?
3.Describe an experience in which you unknowingly offended someone from another culture. What happened?
Speaker: Saba Safdar
Video Title: Everything You Wanted to Know About Culture
1.Saba Safdar explains that one of the best ways to study culture is to explore different values. Why is this an effective way to understand culture?
2.One of the themes that Saba Safdar focuses on is humor. Explain what she discusses about culture and humor. What does humor have to do with culture?
Packet Two
Speaker: Julian Treasure
Video Title: How to Speak So That People Want to Listen (5:00)
1.What are some of the voice strategies that Julian Treasure mentions?
2. How might you change your voice and delivery strategies based on different cultural audiences?
Speaker: Linda Cliatt-Wayman
Video Title: How to Fix a Broken Schoo
1. How does the speaker gain the audience’s attention? Identify the specific strategy.
2. How is the speaker credible to speak on this topic?
3. What is her preview of main points?
4. What is her main point #1? How does she support main point #1?
5. What is her main point #2? How does she support main point #2?
6. What is her main point #3? How does she support main point #3?
7. How did she conclude her speech? How did she reference what she stated in the introduction?
Packet 3
Speaker: Zachary Wood
Video Title: Why It’s Worth Listening to People We Disagree With
1. What is Zachary Wood’s attention getter?
2. What is Zachary Wood’s thesis?
3. How did Zachary Wood’s own cultural background impact how others perceived him? Use examples.
4. What are some of the consequences of closing our minds to others’ ideas and opinions?
5. Even though Zach’s mother was a liberal Democrat, she encouraged him to explore differing opinions, ones that opposed his own. How does culture influence the way in which we view different issues?
Speaker: Ester Perel
Video Title: The Secret to Desire in a Relationship
www.ted.com/talks/esther_perel_the_secret_to_desire_in_a_long_term_relationship
1. What are the relational dialectics that Ester Perel discusses? How can this balance be challenging?
2. What role does communication have in romantic relationships? What would communication look like in your relationship?
Packet 4
Speaker: Celeste Headless
Video Title: 10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation
www.ted.com/talks/celeste_headlee_10_ways_to_have_a_better_conversation
1. According to the speaker, what is the role of listening in society and what are some of the problems that are happening in society?
2. What are your strengths from the tips 10 things she talks about?
3. What are your areas for growth from the 10 things she talks about?
Speaker: Ester Perel
Video Title: The Secret to Desire in a Relationship
www.ted.com/talks/esther_perel_the_secret_to_desire_in_a_long_term_relationship
1. What are the relational dialectics that Ester Perel discusses? How can this balance be challenging?
2. What role does communication have in romantic relationships? What would communication look like in your relationship?
