Intercultural Communication in Your Life

About this book

Where groups of people gather there is always an elephant in the room: difference. Elephants are remarkable complex creatures which take up much space. Likewise matters of race culture and difference require creative and complicated conversationswhich moves us beyond we are all alike or we all matterto understanding the significance of difference as both a gift and a challenge. Intercultural Communication in Your Life teaches readers the essential nature of difference what to do with difference and how to see difference beyond deficiency. It provides a lens for understanding the complex networks of communication in which we dwell. Readers are invited to study communication and culture as a part of their everyday lived experience including but not limited to popular culture co-culture worldview race gender social class sexual orientation personal relationships verbal/nonverbal communication conflict new media and more. The NEW third edition of Intercultural Communication in Your Life: Streamlines the vast research base for intercultural communication and speaks directly to the reader. Takes readers on a journey through many rooms personal and professional. Readers will see many critical topics theories and dialogue embedded within this textproviding concrete and complex but accessible approaches to studying and thinking seriously about culture and everyday life. Incorporates an In Your Life organizing feature - a process designed to develop the readers critical thinking skills and make him/her a more reflexive communicator with the ability to adapt and continually improve. Is a perfect choice for a variety of face-to-face hybrid and online courses - including introduction to intercultural communication cultural competence communication and diversity and more.