When Ariel and Eric meet Eric is not even aware that mermaids exist. Through a series of events like sight-seeing around town and dancing in the town square their relationship went from impersonal to personal and they fell in love. Go to the top of this page. Go to index for Human Comm Goes to the Movies. Intercultural Communication is an exchange of information between two co-cultures whose backgrounds differ in ways that make the signs and symbols of communication difficult to understand.
Ethnocentrism is a belief that one's own culture is better than someone else's.
He tries to prove to Ariel that a life on land is horrible and a life under the sea is the only acceptable way of life. Go to the top of this page. Go to index for Human Comm Goes to the Movies. Small Group Comminication is used when a topic needs to be debated among different view points. Small Group Commincation is when members of a group ban together to work toward a common goal which they are pursuing together.