Intercultural Communication Gap Analysis

It is vital for intercultural communication to be understood in order for it to become more effective, and the only way that communication is certain to be effective is when the message that is received was as accurate as what the sender intended it to be. When the sender achieves their purpose of sending the message accurately, it is more likely to avoid misunderstanding and conflict among the parties. (Singer, 1987)

With that said, cultural differences have been one of the main causes of many conflicts among nations over the years. As the attempts to communicate among cultures continue to deplete, it only generates a greater friction towards how they perceive and treat one another. A way to combat that growing gap is by strengthening intercultural

While as the West drifted from the others, the rest still retained the more interdependent notion of the self. Although, it cannot be put aside that over the years, the remaining nations came to see the purpose of what the Westerners early on realize, so much so that they started to practice being self-reliant, which emphasizes the cultural value of individualism. According to Alan Roland (1988), a cross-cultural psychologist, all individuals possess three universal aspects of identity, and that is the individualized, familial, and spiritual identity. Although these aspects are present in all individuals, it does not necessarily mean that every person sees one individual the same as the individual perceive his or her self. Individuals, through communication with others, implement different identities depending on the perception of an individual to the others. This simply means that identities emerge when messages are exchanged between persons, but presenting the true identity is not a simple process; thus, interpretive perspective is being

Since no two individuals possess the same reality because of the difference in the way their sensory receptors react to a given situation, even when they belong to the same group, they do not perceive the same reality. Therefore, where there tends to be a different perception of reality, lessened or no communication among individuals is likely to occur at all. As a result, this allows further communication to be difficult to acquire making the progress of understanding of groups cease to continue. (Singer,