Theories in intercultural communication / edited by Young Yun Kim, William B. Gudykunst.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kim, Young Yun.

Gudykunst, William B.

Speech Communication Association. Commission on International and Intercultural Communication.

Series:

International and intercultural communication annual 0270-6075 ; v. 12.

International and intercultural communication annual, 0270-6075 ; v. 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intercultural communication.

Physical Description:

328 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Newbury Park : Sage Publications, [1988]

Summary:

This volume provides an up to date overview and assessment of intercultural communication theories. Advancements stimulated by empirical research resulting from the 1983 title in the same series, Intercultural Communication Theory, are reflected in this volume. In addition to revised chapters on such topics as constructivist theory, coordinated management theory, convergence theory, and adaptation in intercultural relationships, a number of new perspectives have been developed, including discussions on intercultural tranformation and network theory. Contributors from UK and Australia serve to broaden the scope. Just as the earlier volume helped to define the field, Theorizing Intercultural Communication is an important contrib

Contents:

1. On Theorizing Intercultural Communication / Young Yun Kim 11

2. A Taxonomic Approach to Intercultural Communication / Larry E. Sarbaugh 22

Part II Culture and Meaning

3. A Constructivist Theory of Communication and Culture / James L. Applegate, Howard E. Sypher 41

4. Coordinated Management of Meaning: A Critical Theory / Vernon E. Cronen, Victoria Chen, W. Barnett Pearce 66

5. Cultural Identity: An Interpretive Perspective / Mary Jane Collier, Milt Thomas 99

Part III Intercultural Behavior

6. Uncertainty and Anxiety / William B. Gudykunst 123

7. Communication Accommodation in Intercultural Encounters / Cynthia Gallois, Arlene Franklyn-Stokes, Howard Giles, Nikolas Coupland 157

8. Episode Representations in Intercultural Communication / Joseph P. Forgas 186

9. Intercultural Conflict Styles: A Face-Negotiation Theory / Stella Ting-Toomey 213

Part IV Intercultural Adaptation

10. Network Theory in Intercultural Communication / June Ock Yum 239

11. A Theory of Adaptation in Intercultural Dyads / Huber W. Ellingsworth 259

12. The Convergence Theory and Intercultural Communication / D. Lawrence Kincaid 280

13. Intercultural Transformation: A Systems Theory / Young Yun Kim, Brent D. Ruben 299.

Notes:

"Published in cooperation with the Speech Communication Association, Commission on International and Intercultural Communication."

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

ISBN:

0803931506

0803931492

OCLC:

18803178