Fahad Y. Al-Sumait
Fahed Al-Sumait is an Assistant Professor and Chair of the Mass Communication Department at GUST where he teaches various courses on strategic communication, ranging from political communication to public relations. He was previously a Fulbright-Hays fellow for his research into discourses on Arab democratization and a post-doctoral research fellow at the Middle East Institute in the National University of Singapore. He holds an MA in intercultural communication from the University of New Mexico and a PhD in political communication from the University of Washington.
Communicating across cultures: Basic concepts
Like much of the region, Kuwait hosts a highly multicultural population. In addition to the varied cultural influxes, many residents also travel widely and experience foreign cultures first- hand. Simultaneously, mass media and the Internet have profoundly changed the flow of information, cultural products and values to which we are all exposed. In short, the globalised and multicultural environment of Kuwait is more diverse now than at any point in its history. In this lecture, Dr Al-Sumait will introduce some basic concepts in intercultural communication, the field of study concerned with improving communication between people from different cultural backgrounds, and offer suggestions and resources to help improve the quality and effectiveness of your intercultural interactions.