An Introduction to Intercultural Communication: Identities in a Global Community 9th Edition

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The highly anticipated Ninth Edition of An Introduction to Intercultural Communication prepares today’s students to successfully navigate our increasingly global community by integrating major current events into essential communication skills and concepts. To spark student interest, award-winning professor and best-selling author Fred E. Jandt offers unique insights into intercultural communication, at home and abroad, through an emphasis on history, culture, and popular media. Each chapter integrates material on social media, as well as extensive new examples from recent international news and events. Throughout the text, Jandt reinforces the important roles that our own stories, personal experiences, and self-reflection play in building our intercultural understanding and competence. Half Title......Page 2 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 6 Brief Contents......Page 8 Detailed Contents......Page 10 About the Author......Page 19 Preface......Page 21 Acknowledgments......Page 28 Part 1Culture as Context for Communication......Page 30 Chapter 1Defining Culture and Communication......Page 32 Chapter 2Barriers to Intercultural Communication......Page 102 Part 2Communication Variables......Page 185 Chapter 3Context, Perception, and Competence......Page 187 Chapter 4Nonverbal Communication......Page 257 Chapter 5Language as a Barrier......Page 327 Part 3Cultural Values......Page 402 Chapter 6Dimensions of Nation-State Cultures......Page 404 Chapter 7Dominant U.S. Cultural Patterns Using Value Orientation Theory......Page 484 Chapter 8Religion and Identity......Page 562 Chapter 9Culture and Gender......Page 627 Part 4Cultures Within Cultures......Page 709 Chapter 10Immigration and Acculturation......Page 711 Chapter 11Cultures Within Cultures......Page 801 Chapter 12Identity and Subgroups......Page 874 Part 5Applications......Page 938 Chapter 13Contact Between Cultures......Page 940 Chapter 14Future Challenges......Page 1016 Glossary......Page 1067 References......Page 1081 Index......Page 1153