Theorizing About Intercultural Communication - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0761927484 ISBN 13 : 9780761927488

Editeur : SAGE Publications Inc, 2004

Synopsis

In Theorizing About Intercultural Communication, editor William B. Gudykunst brings together key theories that have shaped and influenced human intercultural communication. This text provides an excellent overview of the major theories currently in use and examines how these theories will also support the foundation for future research in this area. Contributors to this text include individuals who actually developed the theories covered in the book. Each contributor highlights the evolution, development, and application of the theory to provide a thorough and contemporary view of the field.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

William B. Gudykunst (Ph.D., Minnesota, 1977) is Professor of Speech Communication at the College of Communications, California State University, Fullerton. Bill has written and edited numerous works for SAGE, including the Handbook of Intercultural and International Communication, 2/e, and Bridging Differences: Effective Intergroup Communication, 3/e as well as the best-selling introductory undergraduate texts Building Bridges: Interpersonal Skills for a Changing World (Houghton Mifflin) and Communicating with Strangers: An Approach to Intercultural Communication, 3/e (McGraw-Hill). He is extremely well known in the discipline and is one of its most prolific writers/scholars in the areas of intercultural communication and human communication theory.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

"Each chapter takes on the issue at hand with a considerable degree of rigor that incorporates extensive literature reviews, theoretical backgrounds, and detailed explanations of the development of each theoretical perspective."
-Adrian Holliday, Canterbury Christ Church University, North Holmes Campus, UK

There are several approaches to incorporating culture into communication theories. First, culture can be integrated with the communication process in the theories of communication. Second, theories can be designed to describe how communication varies across cultures. And third, theories can be generated to explain communication between people from different cultures. In Theorizing About Intercultural Communication, editor William B. Gudykunst brings together key theories that have shaped and influenced human intercultural communication.

Theorizing About Intercultural Communication provides an excellent overview of the major theories currently in use and examines how these theories will also support the foundation for future research in this area. Contributors to this text include individuals who actually developed the theories covered in the book. Each contributor highlights the evolution, development, and application of the theory to provide a thorough and contemporary view of the field.

Key Features

• First student text on intercultural communication theories with consistent chapter organization, headings, and pedagogy to aid comprehension and allow for theories to be easily compared and contrasted
• Intercultural communication theories are discussed by those who developed them to provide a firsthand look at how these theories originated
• An introductory chapter and part overviews highlight the importance of studying and using intercultural communication theories
• Each theory¿s testing and application is emphasized to demonstrate how the theory can be implemented
• Several new hypotheses on topics such as co-cultural and dialectical concepts are examined, in addition to modifications of long-standing theories, making this the most up-to-date text on intercultural communication theories

Theorizing About Intercultural Communication is an excellent text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on Intercultural Communication, Communication Theory, and Cultural Studies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Inc
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0761927484
• ISBN 13: 9780761927488
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 488
• Éditeur: Gudykunst William B.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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