Review current events involving 2 different cultures

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1.     Review current events involving 2 different cultures.
   
   Select 1 current event that demonstrates poor intercultural communication between 2 cultures.
   
   Write a 525- to 700-word paper that illustrates the lack of intercultural communication in the current event you selected by answering:
   • Which cultural patterns, such as theories, identity, and bias, are present in the example you selected? Define them.
   • Which communication devices, such as communication foundations and taxonomies, occurred between the 2 cultures?
   • How does communication play a role in each culture?
   • What communication devices were used by both cultures in this example?
   • How did these communication devices work or not work in the intercultural communication example?
   • Which key intercultural communication theorist would you enlist to help solve this intercultural communication problem? Summarize your selected theorist’s position, and explain how their ideas might apply to the situation.
   • What are 1 or 2 intercultural communication theories or approaches that may resolve the intercultural communication example that you selected?
   • Cite at least 2 external peer-reviewed sources.
     Format your assignment according to appropriate course level APA guidelines. It requires a title sheet and references page. Do NOT write this in question/answer format. Citations and references are required in all assignments.
     
     Submit your assignment.