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This principle of relational attraction explains why people are often drawn to others who share similar attitudes, values, or behaviors.
What is similarity?
This term describes cultural change that occurs as a result of ongoing intercultural contact.
What is acculturation?
Directly asking someone questions to learn about them is an example of this type of uncertainty‑reduction strategy.
What is interactive?
This media theory assumes messages have direct, powerful, and uniform effects on audiences.
What is the magic bullet theory?
This metaphor represents a society where cultural differences are expected to disappear over time.
What is melting pot?
Feeling worried about offending someone from another culture because of possible social mistakes is an example of this type of anxiety.
What is intergroup anxiety?
Frustration, fatigue, and irritation experienced during adjustment to a new culture are common signs of this phenomenon.
What is culture shock?
This cultural metaphor emphasizes coexistence of distinct cultures without blending them into one.
What is garden salad?
This media effects theory explains how news coverage influences what audiences think is important, even if it doesn’t tell them what opinions to hold.
What is agenda setting?
When cultures influence one another and become more similar over time, this process is occurring.
What is cultural convergence?
This type of uncertainty focuses on predicting how another person will behave in an interaction.
What is predictive uncertainty?
Feeling disconnected and critical of one’s home culture after returning from abroad is known as this.
What is reverse culture shock?
These cognitive frameworks shape how people interpret behaviors like silence, eye contact, or participation.
What are cultural schemas?
Believing the world is dangerous as a result of long‑term exposure to negative media portrayals reflects this theory.
What is cultivation theory?
TikTok dance trends spreading across cultural boundaries illustrate this concept.
What is cultural diffusion?
A student says, “I know what my intercultural partner did, but I’m still trying to understand the cultural reasoning behind it.” This uncertainty interferes with interpretation rather than prediction.
What is explanatory uncertainty?
This acculturation model accounts for emotional and behavioral challenges after returning home.
What is the W-Curve Model?
A sojourner participates actively in the host culture while also preserving meaningful traditions and relationships from their home culture.
What is integration?
How does cultivation theory differ from agenda‑setting in explaining media influence?
What is cultivation theory explains long-term worldview formation, while agenda setting explains issue salience?
Global brands spreading worldwide while being locally adapted reflects resistance to complete cultural dominance through this tension.
What is homogenization versus fragmentation?
According to the Anxiety/Uncertainty Management (AUM) model, effective intercultural communication is most likely when a communicator manages anxiety and uncertainty in what way?
What is managing (not eliminating) anxiety and uncertainty within optimal thresholds through mindfulness and self‑reflection?
In intercultural communication, the process through which we reduce anxiety and seek information.
What is uncertainty reduction?
This acculturation strategy is associated with the greatest psychological risk.
What is marginalization?
Which pairing of media theories best explains how repeated fictional interactions with cultural out‑group members can normalize certain worldviews and reduce prejudice through perceived social relationships?
What is cultivation theory and parasocial contact theory?
When a community opposes a cultural group because they believe the group threatens traditional values, language, or national identity, which theory explains this reaction?
What is integrated threat theory?