Intercultural communication for everyday life /
John R Baldwin, Alberto González, Nettie Brock, Ming Xie, and Chin-Chung Chao.
- Second edition.
- pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents Preface xi
Acknowledgements xv
About the Companion Website xvi
Walk through xvii
Part one Foundations 1
1 Intercultural communication for uncertain times
Why should we know about other cultures? 3
2 Action, ethics, and research
How can I make a difference? 25
3 Origins
How can I talk about culture? 47
Part two Elements 69
4 Subjective culture
What is the base upon which cultural communication is built? 71
5 Identity--Struggle, resistance, and solidarity
How can I think about my identity and that of others? 91
How can we make the world a more tolerant and inclusive place? 108
Part three Messages 133
7 Verbal communication
How can I reduce cultural misunderstandings in my verbal communication? 135
8 Nonverbal communication
Can I make nonverbal blunders and not even know it? 156
9 Rhetoric and culture
How does my culture relate to persuasive writing and speaking? 177
10 Media and intercultural communication
How do media shape our views of others? 200
11 Information and communication technologies
How do social media impact culture? 220
Part four Contexts 243
12 Adaptation and intercultural competence
How can I be effective in a new culture? 245
13 Relationships and conflict
How can I have better cross-cultural relationships? 267
14 The political context
How can we use communication to shape politics and culture? 287
15 Intercultural communication in organizations
How does culture shape business and how is business culture changing? 304
Conclusion 328
Glossary 330
Index 343
"The years since the first edition of this text (2014) have seen many changes, and these have often bought increased tension and uncertainty. This tension augments the fact that many young adults were struggling with anxiety and depression in the U.S.A. and other cultures even before recent times. In the last years, we have seen protests across many cultures for racial justice, women's rights, LGBTQ rights, the right to public expression. Some countries are accused of suppressing Muslim, Kurdish, or other minority groups, seeking to force them to conform to dominant cultures. We have seen a growing frequency of climate-related changes, such as increased storms in some areas, rising sea levels, shrinking ice caps, and resulting changes in food supplies. The number of refugees from local strife and from climate-related issues has risen drastically. At the time of this writing, there is open conflict in Ukraine, Ethiopia, and Yemen, but also refugees fleeing Syria, Venezuela, and other countries. And then there was that whole COVID-19 virus. Surrounding all of these, many of our countries are seeing a rise in political polarization, which hints of political instability."--
About the Author John R. Baldwin, is Professor of Communication and Culture at Illinois State University, USA, where he teaches on culture, diversity, and communication. He has published extensively on these and related subjects over a career spanning more than a quarter century.
Alberto González, is Distinguished University Professor in the School of Media and Communication, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA. His research is situated at the intersection of criticial intercultural communication and rhetorical criticism.
Nettie Brock, is Assistant Professor of Convergent Media at Morehead State University, USA. Her research and teaching concern popular culture texts and their connections to the societies that produce and receive them.
Ming Xie, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at West Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on intercultural communication, female leadership in nonprofit organizations, and emergency management.
Chin-Chung Chao, is Professor of Communication at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, USA. She is a past President of the Association for Chinese Communication Studies and a past Chair of the Asian/Pacific American Communication Studies Division, and has researched and published extensively on communication, conflict management, and related subjects.