Abstract
This study analyzes the negative effects of ethnocentrism in My Big Fat Greek Wedding movie by Joel Zwick. The data were in the form of dialogues and monologues collected by watching the movie, reading the script, identifying the data based on the research problem, and classifying the data.. Based on the findings, there are three negative effects of ethnocentrism shown by ethnocentric people. First, ethnocentrism builds a strong belief that their culture is superior to others. Second, ethnocentric people will perform high level of egocentrism. Third, ethnocentrism will affect inter-cultural communication in negative way. These three negative effects happen because ethnocentric people tend to focus only in group and evaluate other cultures based on their standards.
Highlights
Ethnocentrism is defined as “the view of things in which one’s own group is the center of everything, and all others are scaled and rated with reference to it,” (Sumner, 1906, quoted in Branner, 2013)
A person may see his cultural values as superior ones compared to other cultures further it is called as negative effects of ethnocentrism (Jandt & Gudykunst, 2004, quoted in Zikargae, 2013)
This study belongs to a qualitative study aimed at analyzing the negative effects of ethnocentrism in My Big Fat Greek Wedding movie because the data used in the study were qualitative data
Summary
Ethnocentrism is defined as “the view of things in which one’s own group is the center of everything, and all others are scaled and rated with reference to it,” (Sumner, 1906, quoted in Branner, 2013). This belief means an ethnic regards their own culture is superior and tends to reject other cultures. A person may see his cultural values as superior ones compared to other cultures further it is called as negative effects of ethnocentrism (Jandt & Gudykunst, 2004, quoted in Zikargae, 2013)
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