Intercultural Communication

Description

Intercultural Communication illustrates the dynamic role intercultural communication plays today in social problems, the workplace, health care settings, mass media, and history through a layered and contextualized perspective. Interpersonal communication concepts are looked at through the lenses of individual, interpersonal, organizational, and societal/cultural perspectives to help readers understand the context of both their own behavior and that of others. At the same time, the perspective emphasizes that people have agency and individuals can make a difference to address social problems.

Intercultural Communication, a new offering from Pearson’s VangoBook program, illustrates the dynamic role intercultural communication plays today in social problems, the workplace, health care settings, mass media, and history through a layered and contextualized perspective. Interpersonal communication concepts are looked at through the lenses of individual, interpersonal, organizational, and societal/cultural perspectives to help students understand the context of both their own behavior and that of others. At the same time, the perspective emphasizes that people have agency and individuals can make a difference to address social problems.

1.         Defining Intercultural Communication

                    Introduction

                    Defining intercultural communication

                    Why study intercultural communication?

                    How to study intercultural communication?

                    Summary

                    Review questions

                    Exercises

                    Glossary

                    References

2.         A Layered Approach to Intercultural Communication

                    Introduction

                    A layered approach: Social ecological framework

                    Four layers of intercultural communication

                    Summary

                    Review questions

                    Exercises

                    Glossary

                    References

3.         Identity

                    Introduction

                    Characteristics of identity

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• Each chapter begins with an opening vignette — either a current event or hypothetical scenario — to engage student readers and encourage analysis through chapter concepts. 
• In addition to presenting top-down and bottom-up perspectives, each chapter describes communication challenges from a layered perspective and provides practical recommendations and ideas that readers can use to enhance reflexivity and skills.
• Vibrant full-color design and presentation provides students with an engaging visual program to complement the dynamic content of the text — at an economical price made available through Pearson’s VangoBook program
• Applications-based feature set in each chapter emphasizes the practical nature of the main concepts including issues with Globalization, helps with What Went Right/Wrong in Intercultural Communication, and critical thinking prompts in Talking About Ethics.
• Incorporation of the social scientific, critical, and interpretive approaches into a single text provides students and professors with a truly balanced look at the field of intercultural communication.