​This course brings together various types of knowledge and skills from the humanities and social sciences. It encompasses a humanistic approach to communication and the areas associated with it as well as the role of communication in advancing human civilization. The course includes an understanding of various sociopolitical and cultural phenomena. This course will focus on improving good communication skills, with emphasis especially today’s digital world. Culturally, the course focuses on understanding the role of communication in intercultural dialogue, in cultural exchanges and cultural borrowing among people, stereotypes and mental images, as well as public diplomacy and communication. Finally, this course will explore the impact of communication from the perspectives of both cooperation and conflict and the cultural differences that take place in communication between different groups of people​