Intercultural communication : a reader /
[edited by] Larry A. Samovar, Richard E. Porter and Edwin R. McDaniel
- 12th ed
- South Melbourne, Australia ; Boston, Mass. : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, c2009
- viii, 482 p. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
This eye-opening reader explores how communication values and styles can be similar or different for members of various cultures and communities. INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: A READER focuses on practical strategies you can use to communicate more effectively in a variety of contexts, including interpersonal, rhetoric, group, business, education, health care, and organizational. This broad-based, highly engaging reader, compiled by the authors who defined the course, includes a balanced selection of articles--some commissioned solely for this text--that discusses the classic ideas that laid the groundwork for this field, as well as the latest research and ideas. Material is presented in such a way that you can read, understand, and then apply course concepts to your own life