本书作者客观地审视了目前跨文化交际研究的众多方法，在综合和批判的基础上，提出了一个新的研究视角一辩证法。作者首先强调应在社会、政治、历史等大环境中研究和探索跨文化交际；其次，作者非常重视权势与交际的关系，交际中的交往双方地位“永远不平等”的观点，是本书两位作者的独特见解；再之，本书把研究重点放在美国国内不同亚文化或不同共存文化之间的交际方面，对读者了解和认识美国不同群体文化的交际大有助益。
Preface
To the Student
PART I FOUNDATIONS OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
Chapter 1 hy Study Intercultural Communication?
The Technological Imperative
Technology and Human Communication
Access to Communication Technology
The Demographic Imperative
Changing U.S. Demographics
Changing Immigration Patterns
The Economic Imperative
The Peace Imperative
The Self-Awareness Imperative
The Ethical Imperative
Relativity Versus Universality
Being Ethical Students of Culture
Discussion Questions
Activities
References
Chapter 2 The History of the Study of Intercultural Communication
The Early Development of the Discipline
Nonverbal Communication
Application of Theory
An Emphasis on International Settings
An Interdisciplinary Focus
Perception and Worldview of the Researcher Three Approaches to Studying Intercultural Communication
The Social Science Approach
The Interpretive Approach
The Critical Approach
A Dialectical Approach to Understanding Culture and Communication
Combining the Three Traditional Paradigms:The Dialectical Approach
Six Dialectics of Intercultural Communication
Keeping a Dialectical Perspective
Discussion Questions
Activities
References
Chapter 3 Culture, Communication, Context, and Power
What Is Culture?
Social Science Definitions: Culture as Learned, Group-Related Perceptions
Interpretive Definitions: Culture as Contextual Symbolic Patterns of Meaning
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PART II INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION PROCESSES
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开 本：16开
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