Description
Book SynopsisThe International Encyclopedia of Intercultural Communication employs a broadly-based taxonomy of intercultural communication (ICC) that consists of six organizing themes. Those themes are the traditional ICC core themeknown as intercultural communicationand five associated themes recognized as cross-cultural communication, cultural communication, intergroup communication, intercultural training, and critical intercultural communication. This encyclopedia addresses issues of ethnicity and race in intercultural communicationnot as a separate theme, but as an integral part of each thematic area. It also provides entries outside the ICC''s discipline of communication, such as cross-cultural psychology, cultural anthropology, and social psychology.
This work features 256 articles written by 249 authors representing 19 different countries. The articles address issues, theories, and concepts that have substantively contributed to the development of ICC theory and research (i
Table of Contents
Volume I
The International Communication Association vii
About the Editors ix
Expert Readers xi
Editorial Board Members xiii
Contributors xv
Alphabetical List of Entries xxv
Thematic List of Entries xxxi
Editor’s Introduction: Mapping the Domain of Intercultural Communication xxxvii
Acknowledgments xlix
Intercultural Communication A–E 1
Volume II
Intercultural Communication F–I 775
Volume III
Intercultural Communication J–Z 1555
Index 2011
