an unfair treatment of dislike to a person or group because of race, sex, religion, etc.

to believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristics are the same

a tendency to believe that some people, ideas, etc. are better than others that usually results in treating some people unfairly.

is a form of prejudice against a person or people because of their social class.

a discrimination because of gender or sex.

a discrimination to a race or skin color.

a physiological condition. refers to a problem with a structure or organ of the body.

the consequence of an impairment. a functional limitation with regard to a particular activity. any restriction or lack of ability to perform an activity.

the social implication of a disability; a condition or barrier imposed by society or oneself.

is the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.

a system of beliefs, assumptions, and values shared by a group of people. shared patterns of behaviors and interactions, cognitive constructs and affective understanding that are learned through a process of socialization.

is the process of bringing people together and making them interact and exchange ideas across traditional borders.

is the increasing economic, political, and cultural integration and interdependence of diverse culture.

not inherited, they are acquired.

separate the world into "us" and "them"

cultural norms that affect interacting with one another.

a constant change

belong to multiple

one group assumes the beliefs, practices, and rituals of another group without sacrificing the characteristics or its own culture.

one group adopt the language, practices and beliefs of another group, often losing aspects of their traditional culture in the process.

belief that cultures, races and ethnicities should be accorded special acknowledgment of their differences.

individuals may take on values and beliefs of the host culture and accommodate them while maintaining the parent culture.

one cultural group refuse to interact or join the dominant culture.

sharing of meanings with individuals from different races.

interaction with individuals of different ethnic origins.

communication between person's representing different nations.

interaction with members of the same racial or ethnic group or subculture as yours.

compares other cultures by using a group's specific culture as the basis of that comparison, believing theirs to be superior and the standard to be used in comparison to other cultures.

one word interconnected by an electric nervous system (media).

a process by which people send messages or exchange ideas or thoughts with one another in a verbal or non-verbal manner.

It originates from the Latin term, communicare; meaning, to share, to unite, to join, or to have things in common.

the art and process of creating and sharing ideas. Effective communication depends on the richness of those ideas.

The sender carefully crafts the message. The sender may be anyone: an author of a book, a public speaker in a special occasion or even a traffic enforcer.

is the reason behind any interaction. It is meaning shared between the sender and the receiver.

take many forms. They could mean poems, songs, essays, news articles, road signs and even symbols.

is the means by which a message is conveyed.

is the person who receives the transmitted message. may be a part of an audience in a public speaking event, a reader of a letter or a driver who reads road signs.is expected to listen or read carefully, to be aware of different kinds of sender to jot down information when needed, to provide response and to ask questions for clarification.

is essential to confirm recipient understanding. like message, are expressed in varied forms. A simple nod for a question of verification is considered. may be written, spoken or acted out

The place, the feeling, the mood, the mindset and the condition of both sender and receiver. may involve the physical set-up of a location where communication takes place, the space occupied by both the sender and the receiver, including the objects surrounding the sender and receiver.

Speakers adjust their messages according to their audience and occasion to achieve a particular effect.

Encoding and Decoding are not automatic processes, both go through the filter of the interpreter. The message may either succeed or fail, based on the interpreter’s appreciation on the message. Presence of “semantic noise”.

For the message to reach the receiver, there must be a common field of experience between the sender and the receiver. Field of experience may constitute culture, social background, beliefs, experiences, values, and rules.

○ A continuous process with no real beginning or end. ○ There is a concept of feedback. ○ The speaker monitors the audience or the listener. ○ Paying attention to the listener’s verbal and non-verbal cues.

○ The sender encodes the message and sends it to the receiver through a technological channel like telephone and telegraph. The sender converts the message into codes understandable to the machine. The message is sent in codes through a medium. ○ The receiver has to decode the message before understanding it and interpreting it. The receptor machine can also act as a decoder in some cases. The channel can have noise and the receiver might not have the capacity to decode which might cause problems in communication process.