An introduction to intercultural communication : identities in a global community /: identities in a global community. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Fred E. Jandt.
• Authors: Jandt, Fred Edmund
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; 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, Ethnicity, and Identity; Civilization and Identity; Culture; Subculture; Ethnicity; Co-Culture; American Indians; Subgroup and Counterculture; Microculture and Community; 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; Chapter 2: Intercultural Communication Competence; Intercultural Communication Competence; Intercultural Communication Ethics; Multiple Cultural Identities; Third Culture; Multiculturalism; Postethnic Cultures; 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; Case Study: India; Case Study: The Roma; Case Study: Koreans in Japan; Case Study: White Privilege; Hate Speech; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Part 2: Communication Variables; Chapter 3: How Culture Affects Perception; Perception; Sensing; Effect of Culture on Sensing; Perceiving; Selection; Japanese/English Difficulties With Speech Sounds; Organization; Grouping Like Objects Together; Interpretation; Case Study: Dogs as Pets or as Food; Case Study: Weather Vane as Christian Cross; Case Study: Airport Security; High Versus Low Context; The Concept of Face; Case Study of Communication Between High and Low Context Countries—China and the United States; Communication Challenges Between High-Context China and Low-Context United States; Historical Context; Economy; Population; Current Issues in Chinese-U.S. Relations; Territorial Sovereignty; Taiwan; Tibet; Hong Kong; South China Sea; Airspace; Human Rights; Human Rights and Free Speech; Broadcast Media and the Internet; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; 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; Case Study: Nonverbals in High-Context Koreas; Nonverbal Misinterpretations as a Barrier; Case Study: U.S. Military Use of Symbols in Afghanistan; 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; Part 3: Cultural Values; Chapter 6: Dimensions of Nation-State Cultures; Hofstede’s Research; Criticisms of Hofstede’s Research; The Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner Dimensions; Cultural Dimensions; Individualism Versus Collectivism; Power Distance; Uncertainty Avoidance; Long-Term Versus Short-Term Orientation; Indulgence Versus Self-Restraint; Masculinity Versus Femininity; Happiness; Environmental Sustainability; Evolving Cultural Dimension; Case Study: Singapore; Case Study: Japan as a Homogeneous Culture; Geography and History; Population and Economy; Cultural Patterns; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Chapter 7: Values and Identity: 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 Motivation for 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; Chapter 8: Religion and Identity; Hinduism; Buddhism; Japan; Christianity; Islam; The Prophet Muhammad; The Quran; Views on Religion and Freedom of Thought; Religious Practices; Islam in the United States; 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; Communication Barriers; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Chapter 9: Culture and Gender; Status of Women<br /> United Nations Studies; World Economic Forum Study; Health and Survival; Educational Attainment; Economic Participation and Opportunity; Political Participation; Comparison of Individual Countries and Areas; Nordic Countries; Mexico; China; Japan; South Korea; India; Arab States; Role of Women; Marriage; Nonbinary Gender Identities; Examples; Cultural Status; Gender Expression and Communication; Summary; Discussion Questions; Key Terms; Part 4: Cultures within Cultures; Chapter 10: Migration and Acculturation; A World of Migration; Immigration and National Identity; Israel; Europe; Refugees; Muslim Immigration; 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<br
• Edition: Tenth edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 303.482; Intercultural communication; Intercultural communication -- United States; Communication, International
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781544383873
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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