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Intercultural Communication: A Contextual Approach introduces students to the fundamental topics, theories, concepts, and themes of intercultural communication. Best-selling author James W. Neuliep presents a clear model for examining communication within a variety of contexts, including cultural, microcultural, environmental, sociorelational, and perceptual. Each chapter focuses on one context and explores the combination of factors within that context, including setting, situation, and circumstances. The updated Eighth Edition reflects the most recent research in the field and further incorporates the role of modern technology and its impact on intercultural communication.

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An engaging, relevant text that is straightforward and relatable. The text highlights how different layers of context influence the intercultural communication process, while using all sorts of different cultural groups as examples. --Rachel Reznik This textbook offers students an engaging and interactive approach to intercultural communication with very current examples of intercultural events and situations, and contemporary applications of technology. --Elizabeth M. Davis This book is a comprehensive exploration of all the major concepts in the field of Intercultural Communication that introduces students to essential research (and researchers) in the field. It provides a thorough treatment of the way cultures shape the way we communicate with each other in both local and global communities. --Danielle Saad The text is a thoughtful and thoroughly researched examination of the study and impact of intercultural communication and human relationships. --Dennis Sutton

This textbook offers students an engaging and interactive approach to intercultural communication with very current examples of intercultural events and situations, and contemporary applications of technology. --Elizabeth M. Davis This book is a comprehensive exploration of all the major concepts in the field of Intercultural Communication that introduces students to essential research (and researchers) in the field. It provides a thorough treatment of the way cultures shape the way we communicate with each other in both local and global communities. --Danielle Saad The text is a thoughtful and thoroughly researched examination of the study and impact of intercultural communication and human relationships. --Dennis Sutton An engaging, relevant text that is straightforward and relatable. The text highlights how different layers of context influence the intercultural communication process, while using all sorts of different cultural groups as examples. --Rachel Reznik

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James W. Neuliep (Ph.D., University of Oklahoma) conducts research and teaches courses in intercultural communication, communication theory, communication apprehension, ethnocentrism, and research methods at St. Norbert College. In addition to his introductory intercultural communication textbook, he was also written an introductory communication theory textbook, and his research has appeared in many respected journals. He is the former editor of the Journal of Intercultural Communication Research and has served on the editorial boards of Communication Reports, Communication Research Reports, Communication Studies; International and Intercultural Communication, Journal of Communication; Journal of Applied Communication Research; Journal of Social Behavior and Personality; and Communication Quarterly.

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