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Share Photo courtesy of Flickr user Fibonacci Blue On InSites, we’re no stranger to talking about the power of language to evoke perceptions of people and issues positively or negatively. In past posts, we’ve talked about the importance of person-first language, the virtues of culturally- and linguisticly-competent word choice when telling health stories, and even [...] April 4th, 2013 | Tags: AP, AP Style, AP Stylebook, Associated Press, audience research, cultural competency, illegal immigrant, immigration, Integrated Media Services, linguistic competency, Media Relations, mental health, mental illness, multicultural communication, Multicultural Outreach, person-first | Categories: Integrated Media Services, Media Relations, Social Issues
Leave a comment | Share: Share On Tuesday, I attended an election briefing hosted by a national Latino-focused group. The panelists spoke in Spanish and English, but they didn’t always offer questions or responses in both languages. Being bilingual, it wasn’t a problem for me; however, the panelists made some excellent commentary in Spanish only, leaving English-only speakers at a deficit. Source: Daquella manera’s Flickr page As [...] October 25th, 2012 | Tags: anthropology, bilingual, communicators, cultural competency, diversity, majority-minority, multicultural, Project 2050, translation | Categories: Multicultural Outreach, Social Issues
Leave a comment | Share: Share Photo Courtesy of jsindal on Flickr Two weeks ago Junior Seau, one of the NFL’s most beloved, cheery and charismatic athletes, took his own life. In support of the American Psychological Association’s Mental Health Blog Party as part of May is Mental Health Month, I would like to take a few paragraphs to [...] May 16th, 2012 | Tags: communication, cultural competency, mental health, mental health blog day, social change, Social Marketing, stigma | Categories: Social Issues
3 comments | Share: Share Photo courtesy of Franklin Garcia Though it may not seem to be the case, any great communicator has to be a great listener as well, and there is no doubt that Saul Solorzano was just that. I met Saul more than 20 years ago when I was just learning to speak Spanish. Though [...] August 22nd, 2011 | Tags: advocacy, CARECEN, civil rights, communications, cultural competency, multicultural, Saul Solorzano | Categories: Communications Heroes, Social Issues
One comment | Share: Share Romanization of character language systems, such as Chinese, can pose cultural and linguistic challenges for communicators. Photo credit: Our Signature by 2493™ on Flickr Have you noticed in the coverage about the protests in Libya that the name of the country’s leader is spelled differently depending on the news organization? I’ve seen his name reported as Muammar el-Qaddafi, [...] March 1st, 2011 | Tags: audience outreach, audience research, communication, cultural competency, el-Qaddafi, Gaddafi, Gadhafi, language, Latin, Libya, linguistic competency, multicultural communication, Multicultural Outreach, Qaddafi, Romanization, Slate, transliteration | Categories: Design & Editorial, Multicultural Outreach, Policy Communications, Social Issues, Social Marketing
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