Two of these characteristics I feel strongest are a large repertoire of skills and adaptability.
Chapter One
Two of these characteristics I feel strongest are a large repertoire of skills and adaptability. I know sometimes I need to be blunt and tactful as well as time to speak up and a time to be quiet. I usually start the conversation with a stranger by introducing myself. I think I am also highly adaptable. Like I usually have a joking personality but when I meet older people, I usually restrain myself and talk seriously.
Two of these characteristics I feel weakest are the ability to perform skillfully and empathy/ perspective. I sometimes get stutter, instead of practicing to overcome my weakness and be more confident, I usually am quiet and chose to be silent. Also, I am sometimes too confident in myself that I don’t empathize or perspective with my friend’s opinions.
Two specific things I need to improve as an interpersonal communicator need to try to overcome stuttering, be confident in myself and try to empathize with everyone’s point of view
Chapter Two
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One useful takeaway I have from the podcast episode is that screen time should be treated as if it were nutrition. It doesn’t matter how much I consume but rather what I’m consuming. If I just look and see how much mindless scrolling, I am doing instead of doing something constructive.
Another takeaway I have is how harmful mindless scrolling is. I think I, like many other people, use mindless scrolling as a coping mechanism for anxiety but it is doing more bad than good. Identifying when I’m scrolling mindlessly because I’m feeling anxious could help my anxiety by confronting those feelings.
I can use this information to have more off-screen connections with family and friends. I heavily related to her when she was talking about just watching a movie without scrolling through Twitter. I know a lot of my friends who are my age also struggle with not checking their phones during a movie. I think incorporating this into my social life will create a better sense of communication with my friends because being on your phone can make you seem closed off.
One realistic goal I have for improving my use of screens in the weeks ahead is I want to try having a “bedtime” for my phone. After a certain time before going to bed, I will put my phone away and do the physical activities that she recommended, such as reading or maybe yoga.
A new piece of information I have learned was on pages 33 and 34, which discusses high- and low-context cultures. This section made me realize some things in my personal life. For example, my boyfriend comes from a Hispanic household, and I come from a white household. During confrontations, I am very upfront and honest about how I feel while he tends to hold it in more or not directly say what’s upsetting him. This makes me realize I have a low-context cultural communication style and he has a high-context cultural communication style.
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For me, one important takeaway from the podcast episode was the concept of balancing “The Three C’s” (consumption, creation, and connection). This is relevant for me because I tend to spend significantly more time consuming content online than creating or connecting. I could improve my balance by spending less time scrolling through news sites and watching YouTube videos. In addition, finding more ways to strengthen my connections with friends and family over screens, like posting and engaging more on social media, could help me become a better communicator and make better use of my screen time. Another important tip I picked up from the podcast was to make a list of non-screen activities that you enjoy. I often find myself going online when I am bored, and I suspect I would do it less if I had a list of alternative activities available for quick reference. This will help me spend less time passively consuming content. A goal that I have for the next few weeks is to set up some video calls with my friends who don’t live near me anymore so that I can use more of my screen time for connection.
One piece of information that I learned from the textbook that is very relevant to my life is that not using digital communication enough can actually be harmful to relationships (p. 38-39). I am not someone who uses digital communication methods all that much, and it is probably true that this is causing me to miss out on a way to keep in touch with people and strengthen my relationships. I don’t want to go overboard and start using social media too much, but adding just a little bit to my life could potentially help me get the positive benefits of social connection from it.
Chapter Three
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Two of my own unique cultural identities that have a significant impact on my values and viewpoints are age and generation. In my opinion, with typical aging, communication skills change subtly at least partly because of changes in physical health, depression, and cognitive decline. Aging is responsible for physiologic changes in hearing, voice, and speech processes. For example, when people get older, their ability to absorb information will be slower than when they were younger. Also, different generations tend to interpret written communications differently, leading to intergenerational conflict. This is mostly because of social factors. Two qualities I should work on to improve my own intercultural communication competence are knowelege and skill. I will improve on these by taking courses to learn about Japanese cultural on the next semester and gain as much as experiences by travelling.
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Yeah one more for chapter threeTwo unique cultural identities that retain most to me are Individualistic culture and high context culture. The both retain to me perfectly, collectivistic culture is the biggest one for me, my loyalties to my family and friends are my main priorities, being able to trust them and rely on them makes communication way easier, because I am not afraid to say certain things and being way more than the entire community as a whole. Being able to have that non verbal talk between people is the best too. Knowing what the other people are thinking and not being afraid to have silence is best. I never want to think about what to say, I want it to flow out of me. The two qualities that I can improve on most in motivation and attitude, and knowledge and skill. For one, I hate talking to strangers or people I just met, I can never think of an idea or a conversation to make with them, having the motivation and confidence to go up to anyone is what I have dreamed of. Knowledge and skill is one that I kind of have but need to improve. When a parent or a new person is asking me about their interests, I feel like it would be cool to know everything, while not even liking that subject. If a parent asks me about hockey for example, it wouldn’t be easy for me to talk about it unless I actually knew a lot about it. There could be so many different things to know but increasing my knowledge for those little things is all I can improve on.
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