In all cultures people assume roles. Discuss the relationship between roles and communication.
What will be an ideal response?
Roles and communication are integrally linked. Roles prescribe (1) with whom, (2) about what, and (3) how to communicate. There are at least four dimensions on which roles vary across cultures: the degree of personalness, formality, hierarchy, and deviation from the ideal role enactment. Because roles prescribe with whom, about what, and how to communicate with others, communication in cultures with a rigid social stratification system is very predictable. Verbal and nonverbal messages are prescribed according to one’s role and rank in the social hierarchy.
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a. true b. false
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