From a wide perspective, effective communication has been described as a tool that many people, organizations, and nations use to ensure that there is peace coexistence within the contextual parameters in which information is being relayed. Different cultures have different ways through which they engage in sharing information. The variation of how different communities share or relay information does not, however, differ when it comes to the content or the purpose of communication; what normally differs is the means through which this information is relayed.
To ensure that peace reigns among the different cultural dimensions and the entire society, there is need to have a common communication mechanism that will ensure that the information relayed, irrespective of the means and manner, is perceived uniformly across all cultures. The various hindrances that form part of the barriers of effective cross-cultural communication, such as illiteracy and language differentiation, should be considered to find alternative mechanisms that will ensure uniformity in fostering peace through communication.
This study will dwell on the various role communications among different cultures that are of great importance in fostering peace within and outside a country. It is important to note that for peace to exist, we must have individuals responsible for enforcing measures that will ensure peaceful coexistence and steady correlation. It is indisputable that a nation that upholds peaceful coexistence realizes development and improved standards of living for its citizens.
As a center of human interaction and a facilitator of change, communication should provide the connection between varied systems and settings that will later result to better correlation and peaceful coexistence that may later result to successes in terms of development in all dimensions.
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