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Intercultural Communication - International Student Edition
A Contextual Approach

Eighth Edition

Other Titles in:
Intercultural Communication

April 2020 | 520 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
In this fully updated Eighth Edition of Intercultural Communication:  A Contextual Approach, author James W. Neuliep provides a clear contextual model (visually depicted by a series of concentric circles) for examining communication within cultural, microcultural, environmental, sociorelational, and perceptual contexts. Beginning with the broadest context—the cultural component of the model—the book progresses chapter by chapter through the model, to the most specific traits of communication, verbal and nonverbal messages. Each chapter focuses on one context and explores the combination of factors within that context, including setting, situation, and circumstances. Highlighting values, ethnicity, physical geography, and attitudes, the book examines means of interaction, including body language, eye contact, and the exchange of words, as well as the stages of relationships, cross-cultural management, intercultural conflict, and culture shock. 

 
Chapter 1: The Necessity of Intercultural Communication
The Need for Intercultural Communication

 
Human Communication

 
The Nature of Culture

 
The Study of Intercultural Communication

 
Fundamental Assumptions About Intercultural Communication

 
The Ethics of Intercultural Communication

 
The Goal: Intercultural Communication Competence

 
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Developing Intercultural Communication Competence

 
Key Terms

 
 
Chapter 2: The Cultural Context
Individualism–Collectivism

 
The Pancultural Self

 
High- and Low-Context Communication

 
Value Orientations

 
Power Distance

 
Uncertainty Avoidance

 
Long Term-Short Term Orientation

 
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Ethical Considerations Within the Cultural Context

 
Developing Intercultural Communication Competence

 
Key Terms

 
 
Chapter 3: The Microcultural Context
Microcultural Group Status

 
Muted Microcultural Groups

 
Microcultures in the United States

 
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Ethical Issues and Microcultures

 
Developing Intercultural Communication Competence

 
Key Terms

 
 
Chapter 4: The Environmental Context
Environments and Information Load

 
Culture and the Natural Environment

 
The Built Environment

 
Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Housing

 
Privacy

 
Monochronic Versus Polychronic Time Orientation

 
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Ethics and the Environmental Context

 
Developing Intercultural Communication Competence

 
Key Terms

 
 
Chapter 5: The Perceptual Context
Culture and Cognition

 
Stereotyping

 
Ethnocentrism

 
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Ethics and the Perceptual Context

 
Developing Intercultural Competence

 
Key Terms

 
 
Chapter 6: The Sociorelational Context
Dimensions of Group Variability

 
Role Relationships

 
Sex and Gender Roles Across Cultures

 
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Ethics and the Sociorelational Context

 
Developing Intercultural Communication Competence

 
Key Terms

 
 
Chapter 7: The Verbal Code
The Relationship Between Language and Culture

 
The Structure of Human Language

 
Elaborated and Restricted Codes

 
Cross-Cultural Communication Styles

 
Gendered Language Style Across Cultures

 
Language and Ethnic Identity

 
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Ethics and the Verbal Code

 
Developing Intercultural Communication Competence

 
Key Terms

 
 
Chapter 8: The Nonverbal Code
Definitions of Nonverbal Communication

 
The Relationship Between Verbal and Nonverbal Codes

 
Channels of Nonverbal Communication

 
Nonverbal Communication and Dimensions of Cultural Variability

 
Nonverbal Expectancy Violations Theory

 
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Ethics and the Nonverbal Code

 
Developing Intercultural Communication Competence

 
Key Terms

 
 
Chapter 9: Developing Intercultural Relationships
Communication and Uncertainty

 
Anxiety/Uncertainty Management Theory of Effective Communication

 
Uncertainty Reduction and Intercultural Communication Apprehension

 
Empathy and Similarity in Relationship Development

 
Perceptions of Relational Intimacy Across Cultures

 
Intercultural Relational Maintenance

 
Mate Selection and Desirability Across Cultures

 
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Ethics and Intercultural Relationships

 
Developing Intercultural Communication Competence

 
Key Terms

 
 
Chapter 10: Intercultural Conflict
Definition of Intercultural Conflict

 
Intercultural Dialogue, Conflict Resolution, and a Culture of Peace

 
The Concept of Face, Facework, and Communication Conflict Styles

 
The Intercultural Conflict Style Inventory

 
Individualistic and Collectivistic Approaches to Conflict

 
Conflict Resolution in High- Versus Low-Context Cultures

 
Resolving Cross-Cultural Conflict: A Contingency Model

 
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Ethics and Intercultural Conflict

 
Developing Intercultural Communication Competence

 
Key Terms

 
 
Chapter 11: Intercultural Communication in Business, Health Care, and Educational Settings
Intercultural Management

 
Management Practices Across Cultures

 
Culture, Intercultural Communication, and Health Care

 
Intercultural Communication and Educational Settings

 
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Ethical Considerations

 
Developing Intercultural Communication Competence

 
Key Terms

 
 
Chapter 12: Acculturation, Culture Shock, and Intercultural Competence
Acculturation

 
Culture Shock

 
Indicators of Success in the Intercultural Context

 
Intercultural Communication Competence

 
Chapter Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Ethical Considerations: Some Final Thoughts on Developing Intercultural Competence

 
Key Terms

 

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