Culture and Perception Final Draft.docx - 1 Jaden...

Jaden Montgomery
COM-263
March 10, 2019
Edward Eyler
Culture and Perception: Mexico
Culture is the social behavior or beliefs and values that are passed down
generation to generation in a specific social group. Culture can encompass anything
from language to religion or music and arts. Different cultures cause diversity in the
world, there wouldn’t be any Mexican food if it wasn’t for the Mexican culture. This
paper is going to focus on the cultural aspect of Mexico, how the Mexican culture
compares to U.S. culture and the impact of mass media on intercultural communication.
Cultural Identity is a matter of “becoming as well as of “being”, it belongs to the
future as much as to the past (Meyer, 1996). The cultural identity of any cultural comes
from its roots and shows the core values and principles, but like anything that is old, it
has to go through change. This change that happens makes the understanding of
Mexican-Americans even more complex. The majority of the Mexican population speaks
Spanish, but you will find differences depending on what city. There is also the
difference in style of speaking that some Mexicans do, “Mexicans use a lot of
diminutives to convey their meaning in a softer or more affectionate way” (Evason,
2018). The Mexican culture mainly turns to television or soap operas for their free time.