Intercultural Communication in Contexts

Thispopulartextaddressesthecoreissuesandconcernsofinterculturalcommunicationbyintegratingthreedifferentperspectives:thesocialpsychological,theinterpretive,andthecritical.Thedialecticalframework,integratedthroughoutthebook,isusedasalenstoexaminetherelationshipoftheseresearchtraditions.Thistextisuniqueinitsemphasisontheimportanceofhistories,popularculture,andidentities.Theneweditionfeaturesexpandeddiscussiononglobalization,computer-mediatedtechnologies,andtheroleofreligioninglobalanddomesticcontextsandhowtheyrelatetointerculturalcommunication.