Proceedings of the International Conference on Communication and Media 2022 (i-COME 2022)

Cultural Influences on Interpersonal Communication

Authors
Aida Suhana Abdul Hamid1, *, Aida Zuliyana Ahmad Anuar1, Nan Zakiah Megat Ibrahim1, Azfa Izzah Roslan1
1Universiti Poly-Tech Malaysia (UPTM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
*Corresponding author. Email: aida_suhana@kuptm.edu.my
Corresponding Author
Aida Suhana Abdul Hamid
Available Online 31 August 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-098-5_18How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Cultural influences; interpersonal communication; Social Penetration Theory; higher education institution
Abstract

The establishment of cultural was driven from the past cultural activity which inherited from generation to generation. An individual perception of a culture meaning might vary depending on what they are experiencing. However, the need of good communication skills is important to survive especially in dealing with the new unfamiliar environment particularly in a higher education setting. To minimize any types of communication risk and to avoid misunderstanding, the high level of communication skill is important. Accordingly, the study explores the connection of cultural influences and interpersonal communication among higher education institution students where’s a quantitative method using questionnaire were applied in the study, and distributed among 320 students in Kuala Lumpur. The finding showed a positive relationship between the influences of cultural with interpersonal communication among the students. The results also shown a different stage of the influences of culture and respondent interpersonal communication. Therefore, the finding is able to enhance the establishment of an extensive communication in interpersonal communication together and broaden the explanation of Social Penetration Theory.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Communication and Media 2022 (i-COME 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
31 August 2023
ISBN
978-2-38476-098-5
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-098-5_18How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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AU  - Aida Zuliyana Ahmad Anuar
AU  - Nan Zakiah Megat Ibrahim
AU  - Azfa Izzah Roslan
PY  - 2023
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