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Ingroups and Outgroups
141 CHAPTER 7 Ingroups and OutgroupsThis chapter introduces some key elements from an intergroup communication perspec-tive (see Giles & Watson, 2008), one of many different ways of exploring intercultural rela-tions. This approach studies the effects of talking to someone from another culture based solely on that individual s membership in that group, rather than talking to the person based on individuating information, that is, unique characteristics, such as personality or tem-perament. The former would be considered a highly intergroup interaction, whereas the latter would be much more inter-individual in nature (Tajfel & Turner, 1986). Intercultural encounters can be either of these extremes and, sometimes, with the same person on dif-ferent occasions. For example, conversing with a newly fostered sister from China as though Journey Through Chapter 7 Sightseeing: On your journey, you will visit Ingroups and Outgroups and learn about intergroup boundaries that construct differences between cultural groups.
and outgroups and the role language plays in group identification. In order to explain how distinctions between ingroups and outgroups are communicated, intergroup boundaries are explored followed by a section on labeling. Next, group vitality, an important aspect of group identity, is discussed.
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