Intercultural Communication and Modern Life

New technology, population changes, the new economic arena, immigration, and other developments in this new age world affect almost every area of modern life. The areas of life that will be addressed in this essay include: education, community, career goals, and career longevity.

Education has always been an arena that reflected the current trends in the common culture of society. As the common culture evolved, what was considered to be topical and import information to learn also evolve. As immigration increases, as stated in the text The Challenges of Intercultural Communication: Interactions in a Diverse World, page 7, “[I}t (the world’s population) is on the move. As many as 100 million people are living outside the country of their birth, and millions more latter-generation immigrants maintain their ethnic identities.” Also because of technological advances like the Internet, contact with cultures around the world is at the touch of a key. National borders don’t matter when researching and interacting on the Internet. To keep up with change in cultural trends due to immigration, new technology, and a change in the economic arena what course of study has changed significantly since the 1980s. Now when students select courses for their college majors, they need to include Middle Eastern studies, Asian culture studies advanced computer operation course, foreign language course, and religion studies so that after graduation, they can perform in the business world successfully. However, with each year the requirements change, new cultures take the spotlight in the international market place and the world’s attention. In order to keep up with the evolution of the global market, people will need to continue their education throughout their life, instead of only relying on four to six years of post secondary education.