Full Description
With the rapid expansion of globalization, intercultural contact is now part of daily life for most of us. Intercultural Communication in Contexts examines communication in multicultural relationships and provides practitioners with the tools for effective communication amid cultural, ethnic, and religious differences. Students are introduced to the primary approaches for studying intercultural communication along with a theoretical and practical framework for applying these approaches themselves.
Contents
PART I. FOUNDATIONS OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION Chapter 1. Why Study Intercultural Communication? Chapter 2. The History of the Study of Intercultural CommunicationChapter 3. Culture, Communication, Context, and Power Chapter 4. History and Intercultural CommunicationPART II. INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION PROCESSES Chapter 5. Identity and Intercultural CommunicationChapter 6. Language and Intercultural Communication Chapter 7. Nonverbal Codes and Cultural SpacePART III. INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS Chapter 8. Understanding Intercultural TransitionsChapter 9. Popular Culture and Intercultural Communication Chapter 10. Culture, Communication, and Intercultural Relationships Chapter 11. Culture, Communication, and ConflictChapter 12. Striving for Engaged and Effective Intercultural Communication
