Intercultural Communication in Contexts examines communication in multicultural interactions and provides the tools for effective communication amid cultural, ethnic, and religious differences in domestic and global contexts. Students are introduced to the primary approaches for studying intercultural communication along with a theoretical and practical framework for applying the approaches in their own lives.
Part I: Foundations of Intercultural Communication
1. Why Study Intercultural Communication?
2. The Study of Intercultural Communication
3. Culture, Communication, Context, and Power
4. History and Intercultural Communication
Part II: Intercultural Communication Processes
5. Identity and Intercultural Communication
6. Language and Intercultural Communication
7. Nonverbal Codes and Cultural Space
Part III: Intercultural Communication Applications
8. Understanding Intercultural Transitions
9. Popular Culture and Intercultural Communication
10. Culture, Communication, and Intercultural Relationships
11. Culture, Communication, and Conflict
12. Striving for Engaged and Effective Intercultural Communication
Judith N. Martin is currently Herberger Professor of Communication in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University. She received her Ph.D. in speech communication from the Pennsylvania State University. She also studied at the Université de Grenoble for a year, and was involved in study aboard administration for a number of years. She also has experience in cross cultural training and has co-authored three books with Prof. Tom Nakayama. Her current research interests focus on: the role of communication in cross cultural transitions, white identity and and communication, and pedagogical issues in teaching intercultural communication.
Thomas K. Nakayama is Professor and Director of the Department of Communications Studies, Northeastern University. He received his Ph.D. in communication studies from the University of Iowa. He has been a Fulbright lecturer at the Université de Mons-Hainaut in Belgium and Libra Professor at the University of Maine. He has taught at Arizona State University, California State University, San Bernardino and the University of Iowa. His interests are in critical theory, cultural studies, and rhetorical studies.
