Comments on: Time change

By: Chanel

Chanel — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:34:35 +0000

I thought this was an excellent post! I took a class in college about intercultural communication and it has made me a more effective communicator. I think intercultural communication skills can be used in several aspects of PR, especially social media. I would have never thought about it before I read your blog. From now on I will make sure my social media posts are strategic and appropriate for my entire audience.

By: Al Messert

Al Messert — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:46:58 +0000

I don’t dispute your definitions of monochronic or polychronic, nor do I disagree with the countries you indentify as each. I take exception to your idea that social media platform usage is preferred by a country’s citizens based on its perception of time. You state,“(t)he polychronic approach tends to favor blogs and Facebook.” How then do you reconcile the fact that the top three countries in Facebook usage are all monochronic – the US, UK and Canada? I would have liked to have seen more hard evidence that time perception affects social media usage.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:41:13 +0000

I understand where you are coming from. I also understand that you can’t catagorize people (nations) all under the same cultural context.
What I am talking about are simply generalizations that one may consider when communicating across cultures. I know that by no stretch are these going to apply to everyone you meet. I also know that the social media culture is becoming one of its own where natural cultural contexts do not necessarily apply.