An introduction to intercultural communication : identities in a global community /: identities in a global community. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Fred E. Jandt.
• Authors: Jandt, Fred Edmund
• Contents: About the Author; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part 1. Culture as Context for Communication; Chapter 1. Defining Culture and Communication; Sources of Identity; Religion and Identity; National Identity; Class and Identity; Gender and Identity; Race, Skin Color, and Identity; Civilization and Identity; Culture; Subculture; Ethnicity; Co-Culture; American Indians; Subgroup; Microculture; Communication; Cultural Definitions of Communication; Confucian Perspectives on Communication; Western Perspectives on Communication; The Media of Intercultural Communication; Human Couriers and Intermediaries; Telephone; Internet; Social Media; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Note; Readings; Chapter 2. Barriers to Intercultural Communication; Anxiety; Assuming Similarity Instead of Difference; Ethnocentrism; Stereotypes and Prejudice; Stereotypes; Negative Effects on Communication; Case Study: Asian-Americans; Prejudice; Racism; White Privilege; Case Studies; The Roma; Japan and Korea; Extended Case Study of Intercultural Communication Barriers: China and the United States; Anxiety; History; Economy; Population; Regional Differences; Assuming Similarity Instead of Difference; Air Space; South China Sea; Broadcast Media and the Internet; Ethnocentrism; Status of Taiwan; Tibet; Human Rights and Free Speech; Stereotypes and Prejudice; Energy and Sustainability; Economic Issues; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Readings; Part 2. Communication Variables; Chapter 3. Context, Perception, and Competence; High Versus Low Context; The Concept of Face; Perception; Sensing; Effect of Culture on Sensing; Perceiving; Selection; Japanese/English Difficulties With Speech Sounds; Organization; Grouping Like Objects Together; Interpretation; Dogs as Pets or as Food; Weather Vane as Christian Cross; Case Study: Airport Security; Intercultural Communication Competence; Third Culture; Multiculturalism; Postethnic Cultures; Intercultural Communication Ethics; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Note; Readings; Chapter 4. Nonverbal Communication; Nonverbal Behaviors; Nonverbal Communication Functions; Types of Nonverbal Communication; Proxemics; Territoriality; Kinesics; Chronemics; Paralanguage; Silence; Haptics; Artifactual Communication; Olfactics; Knowing Culture Through Nonverbal Messages; Case Study: The Wai in Thailand; Nonverbal Misinterpretations as a Barrier; Case Study: Korean-American Neighborhood Businesses; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Chapter 5. Language as a Barrier; Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis; Development of the Hypothesis; Vocabulary; Grammar and Syntax; Criticisms of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis; Linguistic Relativism; Case Study: Arabic and the Arab Culture; Translation Problems; Vocabulary Equivalence; Idiomatic Equivalence; Grammatical-Syntactical Equivalence; Experiential Equivalence; Conceptual Equivalence; Human and Machine Translators; Pidgins, Creoles, and Universal Languages; Pidgins; Creoles; Esperanto; Language as Nationalism; Kiswahili in East Africa; The Spread of English; India; South Africa; Australia and New Zealand; Canada; United States; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Readings; Part 3. Cultural Values; Chapter 6. Dimensions of Nation-State Cultures; The Hofstede Dimensions; Individualism Versus Collectivism; Case Study: Singapore; Masculinity Versus Femininity; Power Distance; Uncertainty Avoidance; Long-Term Versus Short-Term Orientation; Indulgence Versus Self-Restraint; Environmental Sustainability; The Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner Dimensions; Case Study: Japan as a Homogeneous Culture; Geography and History; Population and Economy; Cultural Patterns; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Readings; Chapter 7. Dominant U.S. Cultural Patterns Using Value Orientation Theory; Origins of U.S. Cultural Patterns; Pre-16th Century Indigenous Americans; European Enlightenment; Regional Differences Resulting From Immigration; Forces Toward the Development of a Dominant Culture; Value Orientation Theory; What is a Human Being’s Relation to Nature?; The Individual-and-Nature Relationship; Science and Technology; Materialism; What is the Modality of Human Activity?; Activity and Work; Efficiency and Practicality; Progress and Change; What is the Temporal Focus of Human Life?; What is the Character of Innate Human Nature?; Goodness; Rationality; Mutability; What is the Relationship of the Individual to Others?; Individualism; Self-Motivation; Social Organization; Popular Acceptance of Dominant U.S. Cultural Patterns; Forces Toward the Development of Regional Cultures; The New Regions; Social Class; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Note; Readings; Chapter 8. Religion and Identity; Hinduism; Buddhism; Japan; Christianity; Islam; Muhammad, the Prophet; The Qur’an; Religious Practices; The Arab States; Saudi Arabia; Geography; Discovery of Oil; Ruling Saud Family and Conservative Wahhabism; Media; Regional Instability; Dominant Cultural Patterns; Human Being-Nature Orientation; Activity Orientation; Time Orientation; Human Nature Orientation; Relational Orientation; Role of Women; Communication Barriers; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Readings; Chapter 9. Culture and Gender; Status of Women; United Nations Studies; World Economic Forum Study; Health and Survival; Economic Participation and Opportunity; Political Participation; Comparison of Individual Countries and Areas; Nordic Countries; Mexico; China; Japan; South Korea; India; Sub-Saharan Africa; Arab States; Marriage; Family Units; Nonbinary Gender Identities; Examples; Cultural Status; Gender Expression and Communication; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Readings; Part 4. Cultures Within Cultures; Chapter 10. Immigration and Acculturation; A World of Migration; Immigration and National Identity; Israel; Europe; Muslim Immigration; Refugees; Brazil; First Wave; Second Wave; Third Wave; Recent Immigration; United States; Colonial Policies on Immigration; U.S. Policies on Immigration; Contributing Countries Prior to 1800; Contributing Countries Since 1800; Immigration and Individual Identity; Culture Shock; Stages of Culture Shock; Symptoms; Reverse Culture Shock; Predictors of Acculturation; Effect of Media and Transportation Advances; Categories of Acculturation; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Readings; Chapter 11. Cultures Within Cultures&
• Edition: Ninth edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 303.48/2; Intercultural communication; Intercultural communication -- United States; Communication, International
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506361635; 1506361633
• Related ISBNs: 9781506361659
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.