Intercultural Communication for Everyday Life (eBook)

John R. Baldwin, Alberto González, Nettie Brock, Ming Xie, Chin-Chung Chao (Autoren)

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2023 | 2. Auflage
384 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-119-89792-7 (ISBN)

Infos

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION FOR EVERYDAY LIFE

Face the global challenges of the future with this accessible introduction to communication across boundaries

Communication between cultures can be challenging in a number of ways, but it also carries immense potential rewards. In an increasingly connected world, it has never been more important to communicate across a range of differences created by history and circumstance. Contributing to global communities and rising to meet crucial shared challenges--human rights disputes, refugee crises, the international climate crisis--depends, in the first instance, on a sound communicative foundation.

Intercultural Communication for Everyday Life provides a thorough introduction to this vital subject for students encountering it for the first time. Built around a robust and multifaceted definition of culture, which goes far beyond simple delineation of national boundaries, it offers an understanding of its subject that transcends US-centricity. The result, updated to reflect dramatic ongoing changes to the interconnected world, is essential for students of cross--cultural communication and exchange.

Readers of the second edition of Intercultural Communication for Everyday Life readers will also find:

* Accessible definitions of core concepts

* Revised and updated chapters reflecting the COVID-19 crisis, climate change challenges, and more

* An all-new chapter on social media as a tool for intercultural communication

Intercultural Communication for Everyday Life is essential for students and other readers seeking a foundational overview of this subject.

Autor

John R. Baldwin, is Professor of Communication and Culture at Illinois State University, USA, where he teaches on culture, diversity, and communication. He has published extensively on these and related subjects over a career spanning more than a quarter century. Alberto González, is Distinguished University Professor in the School of Media and Communication, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA. His research is situated at the intersection of criticial intercultural communication and rhetorical criticism. Nettie Brock, is Assistant Professor of Convergent Media at Morehead State University, USA. Her research and teaching concern popular culture texts and their connections to the societies that produce and receive them. Ming Xie, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at West Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on intercultural communication, female leadership in nonprofit organizations, and emergency management. Chin-Chung Chao, is Professor of Communication at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, USA. She is a past President of the Association for Chinese Communication Studies and a past Chair of the Asian/Pacific American Communication Studies Division, and has researched and published extensively on communication, conflict management, and related subjects.

Inhalt

Preface xi

Acknowledgements xv

About the Companion Website xvi

Walk through xvii

Part one Foundations 1

1 Intercultural communication for uncertain times

Why should we know about other cultures? 3

2 Action, ethics, and research

How can I make a difference? 25

3 Origins

How can I talk about culture? 47

Part two Elements 69

4 Subjective culture

What is the base upon which cultural communication is built? 71

5 Identity--Struggle, resistance, and solidarity

How can I think about my identity and that of others? 91

6 Intolerance-acceptance-appreciation-equity-inclusion

How can we make the world a more tolerant and inclusive place? 108

Part three Messages 133

7 Verbal communication

How can I reduce cultural misunderstandings in my verbal communication? 135

8 Nonverbal communication

Can I make nonverbal blunders and not even know it? 156

9 Rhetoric and culture

How does my culture relate to persuasive writing and speaking? 177

10 Media and intercultural communication

How do media shape our views of others? 200

11 Information and communication technologies

How do social media impact culture? 220

Part four Contexts 243

12 Adaptation and intercultural competence

How can I be effective in a new culture? 245

13 Relationships and conflict

How can I have better cross-cultural relationships? 267

14 The political context

How can we use communication to shape politics and culture? 287

15 Intercultural communication in organizations

How does culture shape business and how is business culture changing? 304

Conclusion 328

Glossary 330

Index 343

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.9.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Communication & Media Studies • Communication & Social Interaction • Cultural Communication • Intercultural communication • Interkulturelle Kommunikation • Kommunikation u. Medienforschung • Kommunikation u. soziale Interaktion • Kulturelle Kommunikation • Linguistics • Psychologie • Psychology • Sprachwissenschaften
• ISBN-10: 1-119-89792-0 / 1119897920
• ISBN-13: 978-1-119-89792-7 / 9781119897927