"What is intercultural communication? How does perspective shape a person’s definition of the key tenets of the term and the field? These are the core questions explored by this accessible global introduction to intercultural communication. Each chapter explores the topic from a different geographic, religious, theoretical, and/or methodological perspective, with an emphasis on non-Western approaches, including Buddhist, South American, Muslim, and Chinese perspectives." (Back cover)
I. WHAT IS INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
1 Why Intercultural Communication? / Stephen Croucher, 3
2 Intercultural Communication in South America / Javier Protzel, 14
3 Intercultural Communication: A European Perspective / João Caetano, 21
4 Intercultural Communication in South Africa / Sabihah Moola and Babalwa Sibango, 25
5 Intercultural Communication: A West African Perspective / Elvis Ngwayuh, 29
6 Intercultural Communication: An Israeli Perspective / Yuval Karniel and Amit Lavie Dinur, 32
7 Intercultural Communication: An Iranian Perspective / Nourollah Zarrinabadi, 37
8 Intercultural Communication: A Chinese Perspective / Jiang Fei, 40
9 Intercultural Communication: A Korean Perspective / Young-Ok Lee, 47
10 Intercultural Communication: A Japanese Perspective / Jiro Takai, 53
11 Intercultural Communication: An Australian Perspective / Terry Flew, 58
12 Intercultural Communication: A Christian Perspective / Janie Harden Fritz, 62
13 Intercultural Communication: A Muslim Perspective / Hassan Abu Bakar and Munif Zarirruddin Fikri Nordin, 66
14 Intercultural Communication: A Buddhist Perspective / Tenzin Dorjee, 71
II. CULTURE
15 Cultures and Values in Intercultural Communication / Stephen Croucher, 77
III. THEORETICAL DOMAINS
16 Identity and Intercultural Communication / Stephen Croucher, 97
17 Language and Intercultural Communication / Todd Sandel, 129
18 Intercultural Communication and Relationships / Chia-Fang (Sandy) Hsu, 155
19 Culture and Conflict / Dale Hample and Mengqi Zhan, 179
20 Intercultural Adaptation / Gina Barker, 205
IV. INTERCULTURAL CONTEXTS
21 Intercultural Communication Competence / Carmencita Del Villar, 247
22 Intercultural Communication and Organizations / Chin-Chung Chao and Dexin Tian, 270
23 Intercultural Communication and Health / Diyako Rahmani and Cheng Zeng, 315
V. CONCLUSION
24 The Bases for Intercultural Communication in a Digital Era / Shiv Ganesh, Mingsheng Li and Franco Vaccarino, 355