Intercultural Communication provides a critical introduction to the
dynamic arena of communication across different cultural and social
strata. Throughout this book, topics are revisited, extended,
interwoven, and deconstructed, with the reader's understanding
strengthened by tasks and follow-up questions.
The fourth edition of this popular textbook has been updated to feature:
■ new readings by Kwame Antony Appiah, Yoshitaka Miike, Edward Ademolu
and Siobhan Warrington, Helena Liu, and Michael Zirulnik and Mark Orbe,
which reflect the most recent developments in the field;
■ refreshed and expanded examples and tasks including new material on an
Asiacentric approach to intercultural communication, selfies as a global
discourse, the impact on intercultural communication of English as a
lingua franca in multinational organisations, and representations of
Africa in charity media campaigns;
■ extended discussions of topics including intercultural training,
voluntourism, challenging essentialism in business contexts, and
intersectional approaches to identity;
■ revised further reading suggestions.
Written by experienced teachers and researchers in the field, this
fourth edition of Intercultural Communication is an essential textbook
for advanced students studying this topic.