C O M – 360

C O M – 360

Subject: Communications    / General Communications   
Question

Watch one of the following films:

· Why Did I Get Married (PG-13)

· Slumdog Millionaire (R)

· Real Women Have Curves (PG-13)

· Whale Rider (PG-13)

· The Princess and the Frog (G)

· The Kite Runner (PG-13)

· Brokeback Mountain (R)

· The Secret Life of Bees (PG-13)

· Six Degrees of Separation (R)

· Friends with Money (R)

· Double Happiness (PG-13)

· Far From Heaven (PG-13)

· The Joy Luck Club (R)

· My Big Fat Greek Wedding (PG)

· Soul Food (R)

· Crash (2004) (R)

· The Family Stone (PG-13)

· Like Water for Chocolate (R)

· Frida (R)

· Driving Miss Daisy (PG)

· My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (R)

· Smoke Signals (PG-13)

· The Crying Game (R)

· Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (R)

· Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (PG-13)

Write a 1,750- to 2,100-word paper about the cultural differences portrayed in the film.

Provide specific examples of how both Hall’s perspective of culture as a screen and Hofstede’s five dimensions are reflected in a particular cultural pattern.

Address the following in your paper:

· Evaluate both cultural identity and cultural bias within the film.

· Explain the concept of cultural patterns and what types of cultural patterns are exhibited in the film.

· Illustrate examples of both verbal and nonverbal intercultural communication within the film. How do these relate to a particular intercultural communication theory?

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.