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Introducing intercultural communication : global cultures and contexts /

Основен автор: Liu, Shuang.
Други автори: Gallois, Cynthia., Volčič, Zala.
Формат: Книга
Език: English
Публикувано: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 2011.
Издание: 1st ed.
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Съдържание:
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  • 1.
  • Challenges of Living in a Global Society
  • Living in a global village
  • Contributors to cultural diversity
  • The necessity and benefits of intercultural communication
  • Summary
  • Case Study: The Cronulla riots
  • Further Reading
  • 2.
  • Understanding Communication
  • The essence of communication
  • The multifaceted nature of communication
  • Models of communication
  • Levels of communication
  • Communication and culture
  • Summary
  • Case Study: Hanging out in the public square
  • Further Reading
  • 3.
  • Understanding Culture
  • The pervasive nature of culture
  • Definitions and components of culture
  • Characteristics of culture
  • Subcultures
  • Summary
  • Case Study: The Roma people in Eastern Europe
  • Further Reading
  • 4.
  • The Influence of Culture on Perception
  • The nature of human perception
  • Stages of the perception process
  • The influence of culture on perception
  • Perception and intercultural communication
  • Summary
  • Case Study: How are Eastern Europeans perceived by the West?
  • Further Reading
  • 5.
  • Cultural Orientations and Behaviours
  • Culture as a repertoire of human behaviours
  • Dimensions of culture
  • Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck's value orientations
  • Intercultural communication ethics
  • Summary
  • Case Study: Dinner at a Japanese home
  • Further Reading
  • 6.
  • Verbal Communication and Culture
  • The power of language
  • The components and characteristics of verbal codes
  • Language and perception
  • Cultural variations in verbal communication
  • Language and identity
  • Summary
  • Case Study: How many languages still exist in the world today?
  • Further Reading
  • 7.
  • Nonverbal Communication and Culture
  • Universality and variation of nonverbal communication
  • Characteristics and functions of nonverbal codes
  • Types of nonverbal communication
  • Influence of culture on nonverbal communication
  • Summary
  • Case Study: Yum cha and Chinese culture
  • Further Reading
  • 8.
  • Categorization, Subgroups, and Identities
  • The multifaceted nature of identities
  • Social categorization and identities
  • Subgroup memberships and different types of identities
  • Identities and intercultural communication
  • Summary
  • Case Study: History of South African identity and apartheid in South Africa
  • Further Reading
  • 9.
  • Developing Relations with Culturally Different Others
  • The nature of human relationships
  • Dimensions of human relationships
  • Stages of human relationship development
  • Culture and human relationship development
  • Developing intercultural relationships
  • Summary
  • Case Study: Love by arrangement in India
  • Further Reading
  • 10.
  • Managing Intercultural Conflicts
  • Pervasiveness of intercultural conflicts
  • Potential sources of intercultural conflict
  • Stages in the conflict process
  • Conflict management styles and approaches
  • Influence of culture on conflict management
  • Summary
  • Case Study: Violent conflicts in the former Yugoslavia
  • Further Reading
  • 11.
  • The Mass Media, Technology, and Cultural Change
  • The world of the mass media
  • Globalization, technology, and the mass media
  • The mass media and symbolic social reality
  • The mass media and cultural change
  • Summary
  • Case Study: OhMyNews in South Korea
  • Further Reading
  • 12.
  • Immigration and Acculturation
  • Immigration and cultural diversity
  • Migration and globalization
  • Diversity and multiculturalism
  • Acculturation and culture shock
  • Cross-cultural adaptation
  • Summary
  • Case Study: Migration and diversity in Australia
  • Further Reading
  • 13.
  • Becoming an Effective Intercultural Communicator
  • Global and local dimensions of culture
  • Homogenization and fragmentation
  • From local to global
  • From global to local
  • Developing intercultural competence
  • Summary
  • Case Study: Doctors without Borders
  • Further Reading.