Intercultural communication a contextual approach

• Main Author: Neuliep, James William 1957-
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sage Publications 2006
• Edition: 3rd ed
• Subjects: Culture; Intercultural communication
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• Physical Description: xv, 479 pages illustration 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781412917414; 1412917417 (pbk.)

In the fully updated Seventh Edition of Intercultural Communication: A Contextual Approach, bestselling author James W. Neuliep provides a clear contextual model (visually depicted by a series of concentric circles) for examining communication within cultural, microcultural, environmental, sociorelational, and perceptual contexts. Students are first introduced to the broadest context-the cultural component of the model-and progress chapter by chapter through the model to the most specific dimensions of communication. Each chapter focuses on one context and explores the combination of factors within that context, including setting, situation, and circumstances. Highlighting values, ethnicity, physical geography, and attitudes, the book examines means of interaction, including body language, eye contact, and exchange of words, as well as the stages of relationships, cross-cultural management, intercultural conflict, and culture shock.