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Communication between cultures / Larry A. Samovar, Richard E. Porter, Edwin R. McDaniel ; assisted by Carolyn S. Roy.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Wadsworth series in communication studies | Wadsworth series in speech communicationPublication details: Boston, MA : Cengage Learning, ©2013.Edition: 8th edDescription: xx, 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781111349103 (pbk.)
  • 111134910X (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • P94.6 .S26 2013
Contents:
1. Intercultural Communication: Interaction in a multicultural world. -- 2. Communication and culture: The voice and the echo. -- 3. The deep structure of culture: Lessons from the family. -- 4. Cultural history: Our antecedents. -- 5. Worldview: Cultural explanations of life and death. -- 6. Cultural values: Guidelines for behavior. -- 7. Culture and identify: Situating the individual. -- 8. Verbal messages: Exchanging ideas through language. -- 9. Nonverbal communication: The messages of action, space, time, and silence. -- 10. Cultural influences on communication contexts: Responding to the setting.
Summary: From the Publisher: Communication between cultures helps you develop practical skills for improving your communicaiton with people from other cultures and provides a unique focus on the deep structure of culture, emphasizing the roles that family, religion, and history play in intercultural communication. The text book is divided into four interrelated parts: Part I introduces the study of communication and culture; Part II focuses on the ability of culture to shape and modify our view of reality; Part III puts the theory of intercultural communication into practice; and Part IV converts knowledge into action.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Intercultural Communication: Interaction in a multicultural world. -- 2. Communication and culture: The voice and the echo. -- 3. The deep structure of culture: Lessons from the family. -- 4. Cultural history: Our antecedents. -- 5. Worldview: Cultural explanations of life and death. -- 6. Cultural values: Guidelines for behavior. -- 7. Culture and identify: Situating the individual. -- 8. Verbal messages: Exchanging ideas through language. -- 9. Nonverbal communication: The messages of action, space, time, and silence. -- 10. Cultural influences on communication contexts: Responding to the setting.

From the Publisher: Communication between cultures helps you develop practical skills for improving your communicaiton with people from other cultures and provides a unique focus on the deep structure of culture, emphasizing the roles that family, religion, and history play in intercultural communication. The text book is divided into four interrelated parts: Part I introduces the study of communication and culture; Part II focuses on the ability of culture to shape and modify our view of reality; Part III puts the theory of intercultural communication into practice; and Part IV converts knowledge into action.

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