Jandt, Fred Edmund.

An introduction to intercultural communication : identities in a global community / Fred E. Jandt. - 6th ed. - Los Angeles : SAGE, c2010. - 1 v. (various pagings) : ill., map ; 23 cm.



The dispute over defining culture -- Defining communication as an element of culture -- Culture's influence on perception -- Barriers to intercultural communication -- Nonverbal communication -- Language as a barrier -- Dimensions of culture -- Dominant U.S. cultural patterns: using value orientation theory -- Comparative cultural patterns: Arab culture -- Women, families, and children -- Contact between cultures -- Immigration and acculturation -- Cultures within cultures -- Identity and subgroups.

9781412970105 (pbk.)

2009003137


Intercultural communication.
Intercultural communication--United States.
Communication, International.

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