Intercultural Communication for Everyday Life

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Synopsis

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION FOR EVERYDAY LIFE Face the global challenges of the future with this accessible introduction to communication across boundaries Communication between cultures can be challenging in a number of ways, but it also carries immense potential rewards. In an increasingly connected world, it has never been more important to communicate across a range of differences created by history and circumstance. Contributing to global communities and rising to meet crucial shared challenges—human rights disputes, refugee crises, the international climate crisis—depends, in the first instance, on a sound communicative foundation. Intercultural Communication for Everyday Life provides a thorough introduction to this vital subject for students encountering it for the first time. Built around a robust and multifaceted definition of culture, which goes far beyond simple delineation of national boundaries, it offers an understanding of its subject that transcends US-centricity. The result, updated to reflect dramatic ongoing changes to the interconnected world, is essential for students of cross—cultural communication and exchange. Readers of the second edition of Intercultural Communication for Everyday Life readers will also find: Accessible definitions of core concepts Revised and updated chapters reflecting the COVID-19 crisis, climate change challenges, and more An all-new chapter on social media as a tool for intercultural communication Intercultural Communication for Everyday Life is essential for students and other readers seeking a foundational overview of this subject.

Book details

Edition:
2
Author:
John R. Baldwin, Alberto González, Nettie Brock, Ming Xie, Chin-Chung Chao
ISBN:
9781119897910
Related ISBNs:
9781119897903
Publisher:
Wiley
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2023-09-09
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2024
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Communication, Language Arts, Nonfiction