The Cambridge Introduction to Intercultural Communication

Provides concise, up-to-date overviews of key topics, a variety of staggered tasks, and 18 case studies for in-depth discussions and more.

Guido Rings (Author), Sebastian M. Rasinger (Author)

9781108842716, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 8 December 2022

262 pages
26 x 18.3 x 1.9 cm, 0.66 kg

Uniquely interdisciplinary and accessible, The Cambridge Introduction to Intercultural Communication is the ideal text for undergraduate introductory courses in Intercultural Communication, International Communication and Cross-cultural Communication. Suitable for students and practitioners alike, it encompasses the breadth of intercultural communication as an academic field and a day-to-day experience in work and private life, including international business, public services, schools and universities. This textbook touches on a range of themes in intercultural communication, such as evolutionary and positive psychology, key concepts from critical intercultural communication, postcolonial studies and transculturality, intercultural encounters in contemporary literature and film, and the application of contemporary intercultural communication research for the development of health services and military services. The concise, up-to-date overviews of key topics are accompanied by a wide variety of tasks and eighteen case studies for in-depth discussions, homework, and assessments.

Preface
Part I. Introducing Intercultural Communication: 1. From culture to cultural identity concepts
2. What is intercultural communication?
3. Rethinking intercultural competence
Part II. Theories, Key Concepts and Approaches: 4. Critical intercultural communication and postcolonial studies
5. Contrastive theories
6. Imagological perspectives in literature and cinema
7. Linguistic approaches to intercultural communication
8. Anthropological perspectives
9. Sociological approaches
10. Psychological perspectives
11. Raising intercultural awareness through storytelling
Part III. Application: 12. Communicating in the digital sphere
13. Migration and intercultural communication
14. Intercultural business communication
15. Intercultural communication in health services
16. Enhancing intercultural competence in military services
17. Intercultural competence revisited: development and assessment
18. Reflections on the future of intercultural communication
Glossary.

Subject Areas: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography [JHMC], Communication studies [GTC], Linguistics [CF]