Theorizing About Intercultural Communication / Edition 1

by William B. Gudykunst

Overview

In Theorizing About Intercultural Communication, editor William B. Gudykunst brings together key theories that have shaped and influenced human intercultural communication. This text provides an excellent overview of the major theories currently in use and examines how these theories will also support the foundation for future research in this area. Contributors to this text include individuals who actually developed the theories covered in the book. Each contributor highlights the evolution, development, and application of the theory to provide a thorough and contemporary view of the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761927495
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	09/14/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	488
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.99(d)

About the Author

William B. Gudykunst (Ph.D., Minnesota, 1977) is Professor of Speech Communication at the College of Communications, California State University, Fullerton. Bill has written and edited numerous works for SAGE, including the Handbook of Intercultural and International Communication, 2/e, and Bridging Differences: Effective Intergroup Communication, 3/e as well as the best-selling introductory undergraduate texts Building Bridges: Interpersonal Skills for a Changing World (Houghton Mifflin) and Communicating with Strangers: An Approach to Intercultural Communication, 3/e (Mc Graw-Hill). He is extremely well known in the discipline and is one of its most prolific writers/scholars in the areas of intercultural communication and human communication theory.

Table of Contents

Preface - William B. Gudykunst
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Theorizing about Intercultural Communication: An Introduction - William B. Gudykunst, Carmen M. Lee, Tsukasa Nishida, and Naoto Ogawa
Part II: Theories of Communication Incorporating Culture
Chapter 2: The Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) - W. Barnett Pearce
Chapter 3: Speech Codes Theory: Restatement, Revisions, and Response to Criticisms - Gerry Philipsen, Lisa Coutu, and Patricia Covarrubias
Part III: Theories Focusing on Cross-Cultural Variability in Communication
Chapter 4: The Matrix of Face: An Updated Face-Negotiation Theory - Stella Ting-Toomey
Chapter 5: Culture-Based Conversational Constraints Theory: Individual- and Culture-Level Analyses - Min-Sun Kim
Part IV: Theories Focusing on Adaptations in Interactions
Chapter 6: Communication Accomodation Theory: A Look Back and a Look Ahead - Cindy Gallois, Tanya Ogay, and Howard Giles
Chapter 7: Cross-Cultural and Intercultural Applications of Expectations Violations Theory and Interaction Adaptation Theory - Judee K. Burgoon and Amy Ebesu Hubbard
Chapter 8: From the Margins to the Center: Utilizing Co-Cultural Theory in Diverse Contexts - Mark P. Orbe and Regina E. Spellers
Part V: Theories Focusing on Identity
Chapter 9: Identity Management Theory: Facework in Intercultural Relationships - Tadasu Todd Imahori and William R. Cupach
Chapter 10: Identity Negotiation Perspective: A Theoretical Framework - Stella Ting-Toomey
Chapter 11: Theorizing Cultural Identifications: Critical Updates and Continuing Evolution - Mary Jane Collier
Chapter 12: A Communication Theory of Identity: Development, Theoretical Perspective, and Future Directions - Michael L. Hecht, Jennifer R. Warren, Eura Jung, and Janice L. Krieger
Part VI: Theories Focusing on Effective Communication & Decisions
Chapter 13: An Anxiety/Uncertainty Management (AUM) Theory of Effective Communication - William B. Gudykunst
Chapter 14: Association and Dissociation: A Contextual Theory of Interethnic Communication - Young Yun Kim
Chapter 15: Effective Intercultural Work Group Communication Theory - John Oetzel
Part VII: Theories Focusing on Adjustment and Acculturation
Chapter 16: Adapting to a New Culture: An Integrative Communication Theory - Young Yun Kim
Chapter 17: Cultural Schema Theory - Hiroko Nishida
Chapter 18: An Anxiety/Uncertainty Management (AUM) Theory of Sojourner Adjustment - William B. Gudykunst

Editorial Reviews

"Each chapter takes on the issue at hand with a considerable degree of rigor that incorporates extensive literature review, theoretical backgrounds, and detailed explanations of the development of each theoretical perspective. "-International Criminal Justice Review— Adrian Holiday

International Criminal Justice Review

"Each chapter takes on the issue at hand with a considerable degree of rigor that incorporates extensive literature review, theoretical backgrounds, and detailed explanations of the development of each theoretical perspective. "
—International Criminal Justice Review

International Criminal Justice Review - Adrian Holiday