Full Description
With its incorporation and representation of diverse perspectives, Samovar/Porter/McDaniel's COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CULTURES, 10th Edition, helps students increase their understanding of the importance of cultural understanding for successful intercultural interactions. Packed with the latest research and compelling examples, this edition helps students look at their own assumptions, perceptions and cultural biases so they can see the subtle and profound ways culture affects communication. The 10th Edition addresses the importance of intercultural communication in the context of current global and technological and is accessible to all students, inclusive in its writing and personalization of activities.
Contents
1. Intercultural Communication: A Requirement for the Interdependent Global Society.
2. Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo.
3. The Deep Structure of Culture: Lessons from the Family.
4. Worldview: Cultural Explanations of Life and Death.
5. Cultural History: Precursor to the Present and Future.
6. Cultural Values: Roadmaps for Behavior.
7. Culture and Identity: Situating the Individual.
8. Verbal Messages: Exchanging Ideas Through Language.
9. Nonverbal Communication: The Messages of Action, Space, Time, and Silence.
10. Intercultural Communication in Contexts: Application in Business, Education, and Healthcare.
11. The Challenges of Intercultural Communication: Managing Differences.
