TY - BOOK AU - Jandt,Fred Edmund TI - An introduction to intercultural communication: identities in a global community SN - 9781412992879 U1 - 302.2 PY - 2013/// CY - Los Angeles PB - Sage KW - Intercultural communication KW - Communication KW - Communication, International N1 - 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 N2 - Prepares today readers to successfully navigate our increasingly global community. Integrates media as a variable in advancing issues and ideas ER -