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An introduction to intercultural communication :

Jandt, Fred Edmund

An introduction to intercultural communication : identities in a global community / Fred E. Jandt. - 7th ed. - Los Angeles : Sage, c2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Defining culture and identities --
2. Understanding face-to-face and mediated communication --
3. Culture's influence on perception --
4. Barriers to intercultural communication --
5. Nonverbal communication --
6. Language as barrier --
7. Dimensions of culture --
8. Dominant US cultural patterns: using value orientation theory --
9. Comparative cultural patterns: Arab culture --
10. Culture and gender --
11. Contact between cultures --
12. Immigration and acculturation --
13. Cultures within cultures --
14. Identity and subgroups. http://www.sagepub.com/jandt7e/

Prepares today readers to successfully navigate our increasingly global community. Integrates media as a variable in advancing issues and ideas.

ISBN: 9781412992879

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Intercultural communication
Communication
Communication, International

Dewey Class. No.: 302.2