This reader is organized around foundational and contemporary themes of intercultural communication. Each of the 14 chapters pairs an original research article explicating key topics, theories, or concepts with a first-person narrative that brings the chapter content alive and invites students to develop and apply their knowledge of intercultural communication.
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Accompanys: We offer these texts bundled together at a discount for your students! Kathryn Sorrells, Intercultural Communication: Globalization and Social Justice Intercultural Communication: Globalization and Social Justiceintroduces students to the complex relationships, structures, and contexts that shape intercultural communication in the new millennium.
This book examines intercultural communication within the geopolitical, economic, and cultural context of globalization and offers a dynamic and complex understanding of culture that addresses the many challenges we face today—from discrimination, racial profiling, and ethnic conflict to local and global wealth disparities.
This book takes a social justice approach and provides a framework to create a more equitable world through communication. Kathryn Sorrells, Globalizing Intercultural Communication: A Reader Globalizing Intercultural Communication: A Readerintroduces students to intercultural communication within the global context, and equips them with the knowledge and understanding to grapple with the dynamic, interconnected and complex nature of intercultural relations in the world today.
Each chapter's pair of readings is framed by an introduction highlighting important issues presented in the readings that are relevant to the study and practice of intercultural communication and end-of-chapter pedagogical features including key terms and discussion questions. Please contact your Sales Representativefor more information. Ours is an era of ubiquitous mobile communication, economic outsourcing, mass migration and imported consumer goods.
At the same time, people everywhere are concerned to keep their identities rooted and sense of place in the face of momentous change. This new edition of Thomas Hylland Eriksen's concise and engaging landmark textbook outlines the main debates and controversies around globalization, and develops a unique perspective to show how globalization is an inherently double process, taking place both from above and below. Each chapter is supported by boxed case studies and bullet points summarizing the core information, suggestions for further reading, and essay and discussion questions, making this the ideal guide for both the classroom and independent study.
Focusing on key concepts of globalization and drawing on international examples, this book is essential for anyone wishing to understand the fundamental processes underlying the contemporary world and the consequences these have for all of us.
Combining these two concerns, this book examines a range of questions pertinent to public opinion toward globalization in urban China: To what degree are the urban residents in China exposed to the influences from the outside world?
How many transnational social connections does a typical urban Chinese citizen have? How often do they consume foreign media? To what extent are they aware of the notion of globalization, and what do they think about it? Do they believe that globalization is beneficial to China, to the city where they live, and to them personally?
Kathryn Sorrells Ph. Sorrells is author of the book entitled Intercultural Communication : Globalization and Social Justice and has Sorrells, K. Bennett ed. Posted on
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