Globalization - As transportation and telecommunication systems have improved, our world has become even more connected. It effects us on a political and economic level. Inside the mind of google youtube? -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKT93faSVLI Globalization questions -- How do we communicate effectively? How can communication enhance multicultural understanding? How can communication processes protect rights of workers? How do corporations communicate about balance between consumer needs and employee needs? Changing demographics-- Demographics describe who we are in the most basic of terms, and thus can have a foundational impact on how we communicate with each other, how we organize, how we address critical problems in our social world. Age, sex, ethnicity, income, educational attainment, etc. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/04/11/6-demographic-trends-shaping-the-u-s-and-the-world-in-2019/ Field of organizational communication can contribute to debates about changing demographics How communicate with members of culturally diverse workforce? How can “sandwich generation” cope? What are communication patterns of age groups? How use technology for virtual workplaces? How support an aging America? What role does communication play in creating a level playing field for those with disabilities? ---------------------------------------- Complicating Thinking about Communication -- Early transmission models of communication were simplistic; In a constitutive (transactional) model, communication is a process that produces and reproduces shared meaning Craig-- 7 domains of communication theory 1. Rhetorical 2. Semiotic 3. Phenomenological 4. Cybernetic 5. Socio-psychological 6. Sociocultural 7. Critical https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6vvH-V0wuM