Research Proposal Provisional title- Social media and the hidden spaces of online identity management Topic: Social Networking and Interaction This project is concerned with computer mediated communication (CMC) between individuals via the social networking platform, Facebook. Created by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004, Facebook is a social networking forum wherein individuals can share photographs, personal information, conversations and friends (Buckman, 2005). Although other online sites such as
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constructs our life in the public sphere. Multi-faceted social identity refers to an identity that is not limited to one particular aspect and is comprised of many different levels of characteristics. Characteristics can be both personal, what makes us who we are, and social, the part of ourselves that is connected to our group memberships. I socially identify as as Asian, specifically as Korean-American. Communication continuously shapes my identity. I was born in the United States and grew up speaking
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you tame a wild tongue?” Gloria Anzaldua asks. Today, we live in a society where we are stripped and torn apart by the way we act and where we come from. In the essay “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”, Anzaldua makes it known to us that the different languages and the various ways we speak is something that separates us from each other. Anzaldua chooses to focus this topic on the Spanish culture and uses her personal experience to further dive into the struggle of growing up in a place where speaking Spanish
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Week 2 1. Which of the following is true about the development of the intercultural communication area of study? a. it originated with scholars looking for practical answers to help overseas workers. 2. Which approach to intercultural communication has the goal of initiating social change? b. critical 3. Which of the following approaches to intercultural communication views reality as external to humans? c. social science 4. Which methods are primarily used in the
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Language and ethnicity Language and ethnicity are known to be closely intertwined (Giles &ump; Coupland 1991). However, prior to analyzing interrelation between language and ethnicity I faced the problem of identifying the concept of ‘ethnicity’ itself. Thus, Fishman (1997: 327) points out that ‘ethnicity’ like other notions it is in a close association with, i.e. ‘race’, ‘people’, ‘nation’, ‘nationality’, is not “an exact scientific term”. Therefore it is not clearly defined and thus is open
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completely wrong perception and assessment of the group of people. This is exactly what happens with the conventional definition of Hispanic identity. In order to fully understand how the concept of ethnicity has been constructed in Latin America it is important to start with some historic background. The formation of what will be known as “Hispanic Identity” started centuries ago when Portuguese and Spanish colonists arrived to the South America and started to oppress, enslave and exploit populations
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portray the voice of many people, who, on a daily basis, are underprivileged of speaking their own language, thus, emphasizing onto the lives of linguistic minority students around the world and how they struggle to cope in school and at home. Audience: Class HUM-111 and Dr. Connelly Purpose: To highlight the difficulties students have at school and at home when it comes down to learning a language which they aren’t acquainted to and the consequences of such, depending on their social background
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In recognising the value of individual languages we acknowledge the dignity and worth of our fellow human beings. – Desmond Tutu (Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights Follow-up Committee. April, 1998) It all began with the steam engine. The industrial revolution, which kicked off in late 18th Century set off a series of rapid improvements in technology, which provided us with mass transit and mass communications. Many places that were once exotic realms barely set upon, became multi million
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humanness to the characters in their novels. Kelman defines humanness as having two key attributes, identity and community. Dehumanisation occurs when these are removed from society. It is true that individuality is denied to citizens and although the community remains, it is subverted in order to fit the government ideal. It can therefore be said that dehumanisation occurs as people are denied and identity and the true meaning of community which is the perception that a person is part of an interconnected
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Language Planning in Malang Da Malang Da is a multi-cultural country. Six major languages are using in this country among different groups. These languages are Akang, Dazakh, Pulao, Lua, Kaw, and French. In 2013, Malang Da receives its independence from France after many years of colonial governance. The government’s Language Planning Commission is seeking new national language and official language for Malang Da. Language Planning Commission should adopt Dazakh as the national language and French
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