This easy-to-read volume covers a wide range of material including a historical framework to view the development of current topics; an integration of media as a variable in the advancement of issues and ideas; and the key concepts of communication and culture. This new Third Edition retains its classic coverage of intercultural communication while updating and expanding topics to include racial profiling, the effects of immigration on cultures world-wide, and preservation of indigenous cultures and languages. INDICE: PART ONE: CULTURE AS CONTEXT FOR COMMUNICATIONThe Dispute Over Defining CultureDefining Communication as an Element of CultureBarriers to Intercultural CommunicationStereotypes and Prejudice as BarriersPART TWO: COMMUNICATION VARIABLESNonverbal CommunicationKnowing Culture through LanguageLanguage as a BarrierCulture's Influence on PerceptionPART THREE: CULTURAL VALUESDimensions of CultureDominant United States Cultural Patterns Using Value Orientation TheoryComparative Cultural Patterns Arabian CultureWomen, Families and ChildrenContact between CulturesPART FOUR: CULTURES WITHIN CULTURESImmigration and AcculturationForces against AssimilationForces to Conform to One Cultural IdentityReclaiming a CultureIdentity and SubgroupsPART FIVE: THE FUTUREMulticulturalismChallenges Facing Intercultural Communication
- ISBN: 978-0-7619-2201-8
- Editorial: SAGE Publications, Inc
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 544
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