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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 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
One comment | Share: Share A scary afternoon in Washington, D.C. last week brought mental health back into the headlines. Earlier this year, I talked about the importance of using culturally and linguistically competent words, especially when talking about mental health. But in reviewing the coverage of the Discovery Channel hostage situation in Silver Spring, Maryland, it seems like [...] September 7th, 2010 | Tags: American Psychological Association, APA, breaking news, communication, cultural competency, Discovery Channel, health communications, hostage, James Jay Lee, linguistic competency, media, Media Relations, public relations, stigma, University of Washington, Washington DC, word choice | Categories: Integrated Media Services, Media Relations, Multicultural Outreach, Social Marketing, Strategic Planning, Training & TA
One comment | Share: Share This guest blog post is by Leah Holmes-Bonilla, a Senior Account Supervisor and the Multicultural Services Manager at Vanguard Communications. Have you ever mused about wanting to live in a world with a generation of self-assured, enthusiastic, forward-thinking and culturally diverse young people? Think no more because they are here. Fifty million 18-to-29-year-olds make up [...] April 29th, 2010 | Tags: audience research, communication, cultural competency, cultural diversity, Generation Next, hispanics, InSites, linguistic competency, marketing, Millennials, multicultural, Pew Research Center, public relations, social media, social networking, values, Vanguard Communications, young adults, young people, youth | Categories: Advertising & Promotion, Integrated Media Services, Multicultural Outreach, Social Marketing, Strategic Planning
3 comments | Share: Share From coverage of Cornell University’s response to six students’ deaths by suicide to reports of entertainer Marie Osmond’s teenage son’s death by suicide, recently reporters are writing and talking a lot about suicide. While it’s great that news coverage is driving public dialogue about this often taboo topic, the news coverage does not utilize linguistically [...] April 5th, 2010 | Tags: AIDS, American Association of Suicidology, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Annenberg Public Policy Center, audience outreach, cancer, Celebrity Psychings, Cornell University, cultural competency, culture, health communications, HIV, language, linguistic competency, Marie Osmond, media, media outreach, news coverage, phrases, public relations, suicide, words | Categories: Integrated Media Services, Media Relations, Multicultural Outreach, Strategic Planning, Training & TA
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