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How ethnocentrism, racism, discrimination, stereotyping and the acculturation process are represented in movies that portray intercultural interactions.
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HOW ETHNOCENTRISM, RACISM, DISCRIMINATION, STEREOTYPING AND THE ACCULTURATION PROCESS ARE REPRESENTED IN MOVIES THAT PORTRAY INTERCULTURAL INTERACTIONS. Intercultural communications is concerned with face-to-face communications between people from different cultural backgrounds. Ethnocentrism, racism, discrimination, stereotyping and acculturation are some of the phenomena that arise when intercultural communication takes place, each of which is further explained with sequences from the movies. Ethnocentrism is the belief that one's culture is the centre of the world and thus considering all other cultures as being inferior. This natural phenomenon can be expected to arise where a contact is established between different ethnic, racial or linguistic groups. This is what happened when Europeans and other explorers started to move to faraway places and explore new worlds. They were directly confronted with cultural variations. People commonly feel that their own customary behaviour and attitudes are the correct ones; therefore, people who do not share such patterns are immoral...
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