Cultural Dimensions Of Intercultural Communication

hoose one of the following two assignments to complete this week. Do not do both assignments. Identify your assignment choice in the title of your submission.

Option #1: Microcultures and Cultural Dimensions
For this assignment, you are required to describe information regarding a “microculture” of your choice. Look to Chapter 3 for an in-depth description of a “microculture.”

· Then, explain what makes this group a “microculture.”

· Apply at least two of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions to this “microculture.”

· How do these cultural dimensions help us understand how this group differs from other cultures?

Your paper should be 2-3 pages in length and conform to APA formatting. Include at least three peer-reviewed references from the library databases, in addition to the course textbook.

Option #2: Horizontal and Vertical Individualism and Collectivism
In our chapter readings for this week as well as the lecture content pages, Singelis, Triandis, Bhawuk, and Gelfand differentiated between horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism. In subsequent studies other researchers have compared many cultures on this construct. For this assignment, identify two nations that you believe to differ on this construct.

· Describe how the two nations represent the two sides of horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism.

· What are the defining characteristics?

Your paper should be 2-3 pages in length and conform to APA formatting. Include at least three peer-reviewed references from the library databases, in addition to the course textbook