I still remember Professor Bielasiak admonishing a student in my Poli-Sci Comparative Revolutions class freshman year at IU. As he handed the student his graded essay he announced to the class, “Never use the editorial “we” unless you are, indeed, an editor, or a person with tapeworms.” The “we” version of “me.” Then…
Notice anything different between me and Tracie? Geert Hofstede’s work serves as the basis for much of intercultural communications theory, particularly as relates to communication between individuals of different nationalities. Hofstede originally identified four dimensions of cultural difference: individualism (versus collectivism), masculinity (versus femininity); power distance, and uncertainty avoidance, studying 70 countries by these dimensions…
