Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. The Histories of Intercultural, International, and Development Communication / Everett M Rogers, William B Hart --
Pt. 1. Cross-cultural communication.
Cross-cultural communication: introduction / William B Gudykunst.
Ch. 2. Cross-cultural communication theories / William B Gudykuns, Carmen M Lee.
Ch. 3. Cultural Communication / Gerry Philipsen.
Ch. 4. Language and Verbal Communication across Culture / Tae-Seop Lim.
Ch. 5. Nonverbal Communication Across Cultures / Peter A. Andersen, Michael L. Hecht, Gregory D. Hoobler, Maya Smallwood.
Ch. 6. Cultural influences on the expression and perception of emotion / David Matsumoto, Brenda Franklin, Jung-Wook Choi, David Rogers, Haruyo Tatani.
Ch. 7. Cognition and Affect in Cross-Cultural Relations / Cookie White Stephan, Walter G. Stephan.
Ch. 8. Cross-Cultural Face Concerns and Conflict Styles / Stella Ting-Toomey, John G Oetzel.
Ch. 9. Issues in cross-cultural communication research / William B. Gudykunst – Pt. 2. Intercultural communication.
Intercultural communication: introduction / William B. Gudykunst.
Ch. 10. Intercultural communication theories / William B. Gudykunst.
Ch. 11. Intercultural communication competence / Richard L. Wiseman.
Ch. 12. Identity and intergroup communication / Jessica Abrams, Joan O'Connor, Howard Giles.
Ch. 13. Communication in intercultural relationships / Ling Chen.1
Ch. 14. Adapting to a unfamiliar culture: an interdisciplinary overview / Young Yun Kim.
Ch. 15. Issues in intercultural communication research / George A. Barnett, Meihua Lee --
Pt. 3. International communication.
International communication: introduction / Bella Mody.
Ch. 16. Theory and research in international communication : a historical and institutional account / Stephen D. McDowell.
Ch. 17. Media Corporation in the Age of Globalization / Eduard Comor.
Ch. 18. Global communication orders / Oliver Boyd-Barnett.
Ch. 19. Media, war, peace and global civil society / Thomas L. Jacobson, Liren Benjamin Zeng.
Ch. 20. Transnational advertising / K. Viswanath and Liren Benjamin Zeng.
Ch. 21. Differing traditions of research in international media influence / Bella Mody, Anselm Lee.
Ch. 22. A pandemonic age: the future of international communication theory and research / Sandra Braman --
Pt. 4. Development communication.
Development communication: introduction / Bella Mody.
Ch. 23. Theories of development communication / Srinivas R. Melkote.
Ch. 24. State, development and communication / Silvio Waisbord.
Ch. 25. Development communication campaigns / Leslie B. Snyder.
Ch. 26. Communication technology and development: instrumental, institutional, participatory and strategic approaches / J. P. Singh.
Ch. 27. Participatory approaches to communication for development / Robert Huesca.
Ch. 28. Development communication as marketing, collective resistance and spiritual awakening: a feminist critique / H. Leslie Steeves.
Ch. 29. International development communication: proposing a research agenda for a new era / Karin Gwinn Wilkins.

This Second Edition illustrates how the field is composed and looks at how it has grown. The four parts examine cross-cultural communication; intercultural communication; international communication; and development communication. Each part begins with a chapter on theories and closes with one on issues. This Edition is thoroughly revised and reorganized with expanded coverage of international, development, and cross-cultural communication and new chapters.