Social Behavior Human Societies
Social Behavior Human Societies
Social Behavior Human Societies
In the example, Sheila’s body language can be interpreted as any of the following: eager to
assist or help, intensely interested in what the employee has to say, aggressive and wanting
more information, or needing deeper engagement in the conversation. Her employee’s body
language could mean any of the following: protective, suspicious, not caring, or relaxed. To
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understand the dynamics of culture in this example, you would need to pay attention to the
things you do not see such as:
The reason that culture is dying is due to the lack of efforts to preserve and retain culture
(Meddah, Subzero Blue).
Apart from that, another reason for the loss of culture is the increasing interconnectedness
between people (Hall, 58-63).
The most crucial factor as to why culture is dying out is rapid globalization (Blomkamp, 199-
203).
Influence - impact on the young generation who did not grow up with strong cultural
values
New social media - Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp
Information travels fast - different places pick up on information quickly
Everywhere we look, there are signs of culture changes. There are plenty of factors that
contribute to the dying of culture. Future generation will be people of homogenous culture -
possibly a culture of liberalism and modernism - where everyone everywhere dress the
same way, eat the same food, practice the same values. People will lose the essence of
uniqueness, originality and a sense of identity.
In this day and age, culture and tradition of many communities of the world are dying
because of three major reasons, namely, lackadaisical effort, the influence of mass and
cyber media, and rapid globalization.
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REFERENCES
Blomkamp, Emma. "The Adverse Effects of the Loss of Culture and Tradition in A
Modern and Global Society." International Journal of Cultural Studies 15.3 (2012):
199-203.
Early, P. C., & Mosakowski, E. (2004). Cultural intelligence. Harvard Business Review, 82(10),
139–146.
Rein Raud (August 29, 2016). Meaning in Action: Outline of an Integral Theory of Culture.
Cambridge.