Understanding Intercultural Communication |
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| Author:
| Ting-Toomey, Stella
Chung, Leeva C. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-977336-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2011 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $95.95 |
Book Description:
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Understanding Intercultural Communication introduces students to the foundations of intercultural communication, a growing sub-discipline within Communication. Ting-Toomey and Chung are both well known and active in the scholarly community, and their book features a theme of flexible intercultural communication, positioning itself as an antidote to texts that are prescriptive and rules-y or overly theoretical. Praised for its attention to pedagogy and its holistic approach, the...
More DescriptionUnderstanding Intercultural Communication introduces students to the foundations of intercultural communication, a growing sub-discipline within Communication. Ting-Toomey and Chung are both well known and active in the scholarly community, and their book features a theme of flexible intercultural communication, positioning itself as an antidote to texts that are prescriptive and rules-y or overly theoretical. Praised for its attention to pedagogy and its holistic approach, the bookalso avoids some of the pitfalls of the market leader, Samovar, written from a fairly masculinist and US frame.