Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Molefi Kete Asante ,  William B. Gudykunst ,  Eileen Newmark
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.710kg
ISBN:  

9780803958685

ISBN 10:   0803958684
Pages:   520
Publication Date:   05 July 1994
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: OVERVIEWS Theoretical Perspectives for Studying Intercultural Communication - William B Gudykunst and Tsukasa Nishida Inquiry in International Communication - Thomas McPhail Inquiry in Development Communication - Everett M Rogers The New International Information and Communication Order - Kaarle Nordenstreng and Wolfgang Kleinwächter PART TWO: PROCESSES AND EFFECTS Communicator Characteristics - Howard Giles and Arlene Franklyn-Stokes Language and Intergroup Communication - William B Gudykunst et al The Cultural Dimensions of Nonverbal Communication - Michael L Hecht, Peter A Andersen, and Sidney A Ribeau Social Networks and Communication - Gabriel Weimann Social Cognition and Intergroup Communication - William B Gudykunst and Lauren Gumbs Emotions in Intercultural Communication - David Matsumoto, Harold G Wallbott and Klaus R Scherer Intercultural Communication Competence - Mitchell R Hammer Interpersonal Power and Influence in Intercultural Communication - Dorthy L Pennington Intercultural Adaptation - Young Yun Kim Electronic Mass Media Effects Across Cultures - Peter Yaple and Felipe Korzenny Television and Social Perceptions Among African Americans and Hispanics - Oscar H Gandy Jr and Paula W Matabane PART THREE: CONTEXTS Identity and Interpersonal Bonding - Stella Ting-Toomey Encounters in the Interracial Workplace - Molefi Kete Asante and Alice Davis The International Marketplace - Robert Shuter Diplomacy - Glen Fisher National Development - Njoku E Awa Intercultural Communication Training - Richard W Brislin PART FOUR: RESEARCH ISSUES Problems in Intercultural Research - J David Johnson and Frank Tuttle Translation - Christiane F Gonzalez

Reviews

Author Information

Molefi Asante is a distinguished scholar and is best known for creating the discipline of Black Studies over 25 years ago.  He is the Editor for the Journal of Black Studies (Sage) and the Encyclopedia of Black Studies (Sage Reference, 12/04  933 units, $82k LTD).  His recent research has centered on the history and present developments of African religions. 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.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Countries Available

All regions