There are many perspectives on culture. ... The second and what can be regarded as the "sociological perspective on culture" came into being in such fields of study as sociology and cultural anthropology. ... From this sociological perspective, therefore, culture, or our meaning-making experience, is (1) an on-going phenomenon, (2) ever-changing, (3) not a static entity, (4) not easily put in distinct categories, and, equally important, (4) subjective. ... For our purpose, however, we will look at two of them, namely, the technical perspective and the ritual perspective on communication. .....

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Coming from a different culture and perspective than the American culture and being able to live in America as a women, helped me view the major difference in the roles of women. ... From a sociological perspective, I narrowed down exactly to why these women's roles have been modified due to societal changes and historical events. ... "Women nowadays are so Americanised, it's a shame," said a fellow student in this sociology course. ...

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The content of culture teaching in ELT was categorized into aesthetic, sociological and pragmatic senses, with the emphasis on communicative aspects rather than knowledge information. ... Secondly, culture in the aspect of sociology refers to the way of life in the target community, consisting of the structure of different institutions from national health system to the family and the interpersonal relations at home, work, and during free time activities. ... In other words, as Politzer (1959) said, "we teach language without teaching at the same time the culture in which it operates, we ...

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In sociological perspective, "tourism consists of the of phenomena of space movement connected with voluntarily temporal change of place in space, change of life rhythm and environment accompanied by making personal contact with the visited environment Mpofu (2009)Both tourism and globalization can have positive and negative impact on socio-cultural, economic, political and environmental aspects of indigenous (local) peoples. ...

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However, is the "national identity" or "national character" still the right perspective to have when analyzing intercultural communication nowadays? ... However, when this word is used in sociology and interpersonal communication, its general definition is "the negotiated public image, mutually granted each other by participants in a communicative event" (p. 47). ...

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