Culture and Communication

这是一篇关于Culture and Communication的思维导图，主要内容包括：Functions of culture，Component of culture，Metaphors of culture，Characteristics of culture，Classification of culture，Definition of culture。

Culture and Communication

• Definition of culture
  • Concise Oxford Dictionary：the art and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
  • the collective programming of the mind
  • a pattern of learned,group-related perception
  • ……
• Classification of culture
  • the litter C;the big C
  • material culture、behavioral culture、instituional culture、conceptual culture
• Characteristics of culture
  • learned
  • dynamic
  • symbol-based
  • transmitted from generation to generation
  • most part of culture is unconscious to us
  • integrated
• Metaphors of culture
  • Culture is an iceberg.
  • Culture is an onion.
  • Culture is our software
  • Culture is like the water a fish swims in.
  • Culture is the story we tell ourselves about ourselves.
  • Culture is the grammar of our behavior.
• Component of culture
  • artifact
  • behavior
  • concepts
• Functions of culture
  • Enable us to communicate with others through a language.
  • Make it possible to anticipate how others respond to our actions.
  • Give us standards for distinguishing.
  • Provide the knowledge and skill.