Intercultural Communication Theory: Current Perspectives

Abstract

Preface Part One Introduction William B Gudykunst Theorizing in Intercultural Communication An Introduction Roichi Okabe Cultural Assumptions of East and West Japan and the United States L E Sarbaugh and Nobleza Asuncion-Lande Theory Building in Intercultural Communication Synthesizing the Action Caucus Part Two Theories Based on Traditional Communication Perspectives James L Applegate and Howard E Sypher A Constructivist Outline W Barnett Pearce and Richard L Wiseman Rules Theories Varieties, Limitations, and Potentials Vernon E Cronen and Robert Shuter Forming Intercultural Bonds Jolene Koester and Carl B Holmberg Returning to Rhetoric Brent D Ruben A System-Theoretic View Part Three New Theoretical Developments Hamid Mowlana Mass Media and Culture Toward an Integrated Theory George A Barnett and D Lawrence Kincaid Cultural Convergence A Mathematical Theory Huber W Ellingsworth Adaptive Intercultural Communication Dennis W Tafoya The Roots of Conflict A Theory and Typology Part Four Contributions from Other Disciplines Ralph E Cooley Codes and Contexts An Argument for Their Description Nobleza Asuncion-Lande Language Theory and Linguistic Principles Peter Ehrenhaus Culture and The Attribution Process Barriers to Effective Communication Joseph J Pilotta The Phenomenological Approach Bernard I Blackman Toward A Grounded Theory Molefi Kete Asante and Erika Vora Toward Multiple Philosophical Approaches