Intercultural Communication in Contexts (Int'l Ed)

6 ed
ISBN: 978-0-07-131824-2
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

Buch, Englisch, 560 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 808 g

Reihe: College Ie Overruns

With the rapid expansion of globalization, intercultural contact is now part of daily life for most of us. Intercultural Communication in Contexts examines conflict and communication in multicultural relationships and provides practitioners with the tools for effective communication amidst 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Martin, Judith N.

Martin, Judith

Nakayama, Thomas K.

Nakayama, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Nakayama, Thomas
Thomas K. Nakayama is Professor and Director of the Department of Communications Studies, Northeastern University. He received his Ph.D. in communication studies from the University of Iowa. He has been a Fulbright lecturer at the Universitï¿ de Mons-Hainaut in Belgium and Libra Professor at the University of Maine. He has taught at Arizona State University, California State University, San Bernardino and the University of Iowa. His interests are in critical theory, cultural studies, and rhetorical studies.

Martin, Judith
Judith N. Martin is currently Herberger Professor of Communication in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University. She received her Ph.D. in speech communication from the Pennsylvania State University. She also studied at the Universitï¿ de Grenoble for a year, and was involved in study aboard administration for a number of years. She also has experience in cross cultural training and has co-authored three books with Prof. Tom Nakayama. Her current research interests focus on: the role of communication in cross cultural transitions, white identity and and communication, and pedagogical issues in teaching intercultural communication.