Intercultural Communication: An Introduction - Softcover

Jandt PhD, Fred E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761914323 ISBN 13: 9780761914327

Publisher: SAGE Publications, 1998

Synopsis

Help your students communicate with others of diverse cultural backgrounds with Intercultural Communication, Second Edition, a comprehensive, clearly organized text designed to help students build effective communication skills. This new edition retains its classic coverage of intercultural communication while updating and expanding its coverage of gender and culture. New to this edition is a representation of perspectives from a variety of cultures, new examples and updated references, as well as numerous valuable web-site resources. This easy-to-read volume covers a wide range of material including a historical framework to view the development of current topics; an integration of media as a variable in the advancement of issues and ideas; and illustrative material such as vignettes, quotes, cases, and stories to keep the student's attention and provoke thought while challenging existing viewpoints. It walks the student through the key concepts of communication and culture with chapters on such topics as barriers in intercultural communication; dimensions of culture; multiculturalism; women, family, and children; and culture's influence on perception. The ideal text for undergraduate courses in intercultural communication, Intercultural Communication can also be used across the curriculum for courses on multiculturalism and diversity.

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About the Author

Fred E. Jandt(Ph.D., Bowling Green State University) is Professor of Communication at CSU San Bernardino. He was a visiting professor at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and has also taught at SUNY-Brockport (where he became SUNY’s first director of faculty development). In addition to his textbook, workbook, and instructor’s manual for SAGE, he’s also the author of Win-Win Negotiating (1985, Wiley; translated into 7 languages), The Cheapskate’s Guide to Business on the Internet (1996, Jist Works), Effective Interviewing for Paralegals, 2/e (1994, Anderson), Straight Answers to People Problems (1993, McGraw-Hill), Conflict Resolution through Communication (1975, Harper Collins) and co-editor of Constructive Conflict Management: Asia-Pacific Cases (1996). He’s currently at work on a major introductory interpersonal textbook for Wadsworth/Thomson Learning and on a proposal for SAGE dealing with computer-mediated communication (focusing on identity, culture, and the Internet). He attends and presents at major national and international conferences.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0761914323
• ISBN 13: 9780761914327
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 504