An Introduction to Intercultural Communication: Identities in a Global CommunitySAGE, 2007 - 444 sayfa 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 illustrative material, such as vignettes, quotes, cases, and stories to keep the student′s attention and provoke thought while challenging existing viewpoints. It walks the student through the key concepts of communication and culture with chapters on barriers to intercultural communication; dimensions of culture; multiculturalism; women, family, and children; and culture′s influence on perception. New to the Fifth Edition: - Focus on Theory boxes that ground the practical material in communication and social theory - Each Part includes a Photo Essay that illustrates the main concepts of that section - Updated information, including more internationally focused material and material on gender issues, gives the book timely appeal to professors and students |
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The Dispute Over Defining Culture | 3 |
Race | 4 |
Culture | 6 |
Superstitions | 9 |
Cultures Within Cultures | 16 |
CoCulture | 21 |
American Indians | 22 |
From the Intercultural Perspective | 25 |
The Arab States | 212 |
Muhammad the Prophet | 214 |
The Koran | 215 |
Saudi Arabia | 217 |
Ruling Saud Family and Conservative Wahhabism | 218 |
Oman | 223 |
Dominant Cultural Patterns | 224 |
Activity Orientation | 225 |
Defining Communication as an Element of Culture | 27 |
Confucian Perspectives on Communication | 28 |
Western Perspectives on Communication | 31 |
Modern Theory | 32 |
Communication Contexts | 35 |
Global | 36 |
Intercultural Communication Ethics | 37 |
Ethics Across Cultures | 38 |
Intercultural Communication Competence | 44 |
Business Approach | 45 |
Communication Approach | 46 |
From the Intercultural Perspective | 47 |
Cultures Influence on Perception | 51 |
Sensing | 52 |
Effect of Culture on Sensing | 54 |
Organization | 56 |
Interpretation | 58 |
High Versus Low Context | 61 |
The Concept of Face | 65 |
From the Intercultural Perspectives | 67 |
COMMUNICATION VARIABLES | 69 |
Barriers to Inter cultural Communication | 71 |
Anxiety | 72 |
Assuming Similarity Instead of Difference | 73 |
Ethocentrism | 74 |
Negative Effects on Communication | 76 |
Stereotypes | 77 |
Prejudice | 81 |
China and the United States | 84 |
History | 85 |
Regional Differences | 87 |
ChinaUS Relationship Issues | 89 |
From the Intercultural Perspective | 94 |
Nonverbal Communication | 97 |
Nonverbal Behaviors as Cues | 98 |
Nonverbal Communications as Intentional Communication | 99 |
Functions | 100 |
Knowing Culture Through Nonverbal Messages | 103 |
Nonverbal Message Codes | 104 |
Kinesics | 105 |
Chronemics | 108 |
Paralanguage | 110 |
Silence | 111 |
Haptics | 113 |
Clothing and Physical Appearance | 115 |
Olfactics | 116 |
The Wai in Thailand | 117 |
From the Intercultural Perspective | 119 |
Language as a Barrier | 122 |
Study of Language Origins | 123 |
SapirWhorf Hypothesis | 125 |
Applications | 127 |
Translation Problems | 130 |
Vocabulary Equivalence | 131 |
Idiomatic Equivalence | 132 |
Conceptual Equivalence | 133 |
Pidgens Creoles and Universal Languages | 136 |
Creoles | 137 |
Language as Nationalism | 138 |
The Spread of English | 139 |
India | 140 |
South Africa | 142 |
Australia and New Zealand | 143 |
Canada | 145 |
United States | 147 |
From the Intercultural Perspective | 154 |
Cultural Values | 157 |
Dimensions of Culture | 159 |
Individualism Versus Collectivism | 160 |
Japan as a Homogeneous Culture | 163 |
Masculinity Versus Femininity | 171 |
Power Distance | 172 |
Uncertainty Avoidance | 174 |
Singapore | 177 |
Commercial Airline Pilots | 178 |
China | 179 |
From the Cultural Perspective | 181 |
Dominant US Cultural Patterns Using Value Orientation Theory | 183 |
Origins of US Cultural Patterns | 184 |
Forces Toward the Development of a Dominant Culture | 186 |
What is a Human Beings Relation to Nature? | 189 |
The IndividualandNature Relationship | 190 |
Science and Technology | 191 |
Materialism | 192 |
What is the Modality of Human Activity? | 194 |
Efficiency and Practicality | 195 |
Progress and Change | 196 |
What is the Character of Innate Human Nature? | 197 |
Rationality | 198 |
What is the Relationship of the Individual to Others? | 199 |
Social Organization | 204 |
Forces Toward the Development of Regional Cultures | 206 |
The New Regions | 207 |
Comparative Cultural Patterns Arab Culture | 211 |
Human Nature Orientation | 226 |
Communication Barriers | 228 |
Westernization Versus Cultural Norms | 229 |
Women Families and Children | 231 |
Perspectives on Communication of Women | 232 |
Status of Women | 234 |
Literacy and Education | 236 |
Life Expectancy | 237 |
Violence | 239 |
Laws | 241 |
Comparison of Individual Countries | 243 |
Mexico | 244 |
China | 246 |
Japan | 248 |
South Korea | 250 |
Arab States | 251 |
Status of Families | 253 |
Marriage | 254 |
Status of Children | 256 |
From the Intercultural Perspective | 258 |
Contact Between Cultures | 260 |
Colonialism | 261 |
Australia | 262 |
Cultural Icons | 263 |
Cultural Hegemony | 265 |
US Cultural Icons | 266 |
Diffusion Model | 276 |
Roles | 277 |
Quality Circles | 280 |
Convergence Model | 282 |
Adapting the Message | 283 |
Religious Missionary Work in New Guinea | 284 |
CULTURES WITHIN CULTURES | 287 |
Immigration and Acculturation | 289 |
Culture Shock | 290 |
Reverse Culture Shock | 291 |
Symptoms | 292 |
Immigration | 293 |
Migration to Argentina | 294 |
Migration From the United States to Brazil | 295 |
Recent Immigration to Western Europe | 296 |
Immigration to the United States | 298 |
Distribution Within the United States | 305 |
Predictors of Acculturation | 306 |
Similarity of Culture | 307 |
Categories of Acculturation | 309 |
Citizenship Policies | 310 |
Israel | 313 |
Japan | 314 |
From the Intercultural Perspective | 315 |
Cultures in Marginalization and Separation and Segregation | 317 |
The Hmong | 318 |
History | 319 |
Cultural Patterns | 320 |
Russians in Latvia | 321 |
Values | 322 |
Diversity Among the Amish | 326 |
AfricanAmericans | 328 |
Segregation | 330 |
German Reunification | 333 |
AsianAmerican Cultures | 336 |
Separation and Power | 338 |
Indigenous Cultures | 343 |
From the Intercultural Perspective | 345 |
Assimilation and Integration | 347 |
Australia | 348 |
United States | 349 |
PostCommunist Russia | 350 |
United States | 351 |
AsianAmerican Cultures | 352 |
Hispanic Cultures | 357 |
Postethic United States | 374 |
From the Intercultural Perspective | 375 |
Identity and Subgroups | 378 |
Argot | 379 |
Argot and Subgroup Boundaries | 380 |
Examples of Subgroups | 381 |
British Punk | 382 |
Corporate Cultures | 384 |
Labeling Subgroups as Others | 389 |
Labeling | 390 |
Claiming and Redefining the Label | 392 |
Rejecting All Labels | 393 |
Subgroup Indicators | 394 |
Prejudice Against Subgroups | 396 |
Homophobia | 397 |
SameSex Marriage or Marriage? | 399 |
Assimilation of Subgroups | 401 |
From the Intercultural Perspective | 402 |
References | 404 |
Glossary | 424 |
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