1. Why communication is important?

Communication is important in globalization for the more and better we communicate

with each other, the better we start to understand each other as well. This can lead to a feeling
of "us" rather than "them". As soon as we start talking about all humans as "us" we will find that
we have more empathy with different points of view, whether we agree with those views or not.
Breaking down communication barriers lead to trust, good relationships, and disagreements
without aggression.

Science and academics have had the historic emphasis for this. Obviously, governments
have to work out accommodations for each other's cultures. The modes of defense can have
long-term consequences and have to be exercised with caution. There are also the issues of
surveillance and censorship. As far as industry, trade seeks the most efficient conditions. That
develops the less sophisticated areas, often through investments.

It is also nice to be able to count on international support when natural disaster strikes
anywhere. Additionally, here are still trade-offs between nationalism and certain kinds of
progress. The global inertia brings together groups which have a variety of expectations of the
destiny of humanity.

2. Enumerate some highlights mentioned about globalization.

Globalization is a result of using a good solution for a problem all over the world in the
same way. As a result of massive trade flows, and quick traveling, telephone-, internet- and
email exchanges, all or most people in the world can talk and exchange ideas and work together
in solving problems.

Globalization has brought people closer together by improving availability and standards
of education, health, and communication in poorer and more remote areas in both third world
and first world countries. Modernization was impeded by poverty, and lack of electricity among
other factors.

Global communication is best used to see ourselves as citizens of planet earth and
working together to ensure that there is a future for all of our descendants. I know that this
sounds like an unreachable pie-in-the-sky dream, but the more effective we become at
communicating the more possibilities we open up for teamwork across countries and cultures.

3. Give your opinion or understanding on the five assumptions that take place during
intercultural communication.

During intercultural communication, the message sent is usually not the message

received because the process of encoding, decoding, and interpreting is filled with cultural
noise.  Culture acts as a filter and ethnocentric attitude affect ability to process information.
Secondly, intercultural communication is primarily a nonverbal act between people as a person
express intimacy, power and status typically through nonverbal messages. Intercultural
communication necessarily involves a clash of communicator style. Intercultural communication
is a group phenomenon experienced by individuals. Intercultural communication is a cycle of
stress and adaptation. In my opinion or understanding about these five assumptions, it can ruin
our good intention and be misinterpreted by a person with different culture we are talking to.

Communication is indeed a very complicated process which could be understood as a

message which is encoded into a certain verbal word or maybe a non-verbal behavior, which is
sent through channels and which is then decoded by the recipient.

Having been mentioned earlier that culture influences the way one perceives things, it is
needless to say that it affects the way we encode or decode the messages. As we grow,
interpreting messages and understanding of these signals become more inclined towards
culture, as culture dictates on as to how communications are “ought to be”.

When people communicate outside the boundaries of their own culture; as, in such cases,
the focus shifts from what the message was, to how the message was sent. This might lead to a
conflicting situation, as either the sender or the recipient might be labeled as “inappropriate” or
“rude”. Potential obstacles to an effective intercultural communication are: Naive assumptions,
non-verbal misinterpretations, preconceptions and stereotypes and uncertainty and ambiguity.

I think these things can be solve through mindfulness and uncertainty reduction. This
requires respect for worldviews, diversity and sensitivity towards high and low context
communication; lastly by dealing with situations in a more holistic manner.