Chapter 1
The system of communication in speech and writing that is used by people of a particular country or area
Shared behaviors, customs, and practices within a group of people.
What is a culture?
False stories that appear to be news, spread on the internet or using other media, usually created to influence political views or as a joke
What is fake news?
A formal way of speaking which differs from a conversation in being a monologue with a clear purpose and structure.
What is a speech?
Implicit comparison between two things that are different, but still have common characteristics.
What is a metaphor?
The form of a language that is spoken in one area with grammar, words and pronunciation that may be different from other forms of the same language
Negative felings that may arise when someone moves to a very different envionment, for example if you are an exchange student abroad.
What is culture shock?
A video of a person in which their face or body has been digitally altered so that they appear to be someone else. It´s often used to spread false information.
What is deep fake?
Three rhetorical appeals that many speakers use to establish their credibility, engage with listeners and present a clear message.
What are ethos, pathos and logos?
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
What is a connotation?
Word pairings in two different languages that appear to have a similar phonetic form, but in reality have entirely different meanings, origins, and spelling
What are false friend words?
A preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
What is prejudice?
An environment where a person only encounters information or opinions that reflect and reinforce their own.
What is an echo chamber?
The use of words to imply the opposite meaning of what is actually stated.
What is irony?
A language used for communication between two people who do not speak each other's native language
Placing your own group of people at the centre and not understanding that there are other perspectives than your own
What is ethnocentrism?
The ability to critically analyze stories presented in the mass media and to determine their accuracy or credibility.
What is media bias?
Guarantees of equal social opportunities and equal protection under the law of a country, regardless of race, religion, or other personal characteristics.
What are civil rights?
Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity
What is assonance?
A simple form of a language, especially English, Portuguese or Dutch, with a limited number of words, that are used together with words from a local language.
What is a Pidgin language?
The ability to function effectively across cultures, to think and act appropriately, and to communicate with people from different cultural backgrounds.
What is intercultural competence?
A process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer.
What is an algorithm?
Policies and practices that exist throughout a whole society or organization, and that result in and support a continued unfair advantage to some people and unfair or harmful treatment of others based on race.
What is systemic racism?
Ironically minimizing a fact for humor or emphasis.
What is meiosis? (Understatement)