Intercultural Communication in Contexts by Judith N. Martin, Thomas K. Nakayama, Thomas K. Nakayama
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- 528pp
Textbook Information
- ISBN-13: 9780073135274
- Edition Description: REV
- Edition Number: 4
- Pub. Date: July 2006
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: July 2006
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
- Format: Textbook Paperback, 528pp
- ISBN-13: 9780073135274
- ISBN: 0073135275
- Edition Number: 4
- Edition Description: REV
Synopsis
This text addresses the core issues and concerns of intercultural communication by integrating three different perspectives: the social psychological, the interpretive, and the critical. The dialectical framework, integrated throughout the book, is used as a lens to examine the relationship of these research traditions.
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A text in intercultural communication, with sections on foundations, processes, and application. Offers explicit discussion of different research approaches to intercultural communication, focusing on both strengths and limitations, and pays special attention to history, popular culture, and identity as important factors. Includes boxed readings of student voices, plus chapter summaries, questions, activities, and key words. This second edition offers expanded discussion of the dialectical perspective, mediation, social class, and religion. The author is affiliated with Arizona State University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Judith N. Martin is currently Herberger Professor of Communication in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University. She received her Ph.D. in speech communication from the Pennsylvania State University. She also studied at the Université de Grenoble for a year, and was involved in study aboard administration for a number of years. She also has experience in cross cultural training and has co-authored three books with Prof. Tom Nakayama. Her current research interests focus on: the role of communication in cross cultural transitions, white identity and and communication, and pedagogical issues in teaching intercultural communication.
Thomas K. Nakayama is a Professor in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication and Director of the Asian Pacific American Studies Program at Arizona State University. He received his Ph.D. in communication studies from the University of Iowa. He has been a Fulbright lecturer at the Université de Mons-Hainaut in Belgium and Libra Professor at the University of Maine. He has taught at California State University, San Bernardino and the University of Iowa. His interests are in critical theory, cultural studies, and rhetorical studies.
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