Chapter One Introduction to Intercultural Communication 1 1. The Chronological Develomn&bsp;of Intercultural Communication / 1 (1) The Contemporary Intercultural Communication in the U.S.A. / 2 (2) Intercultural Communication in China / 4 2. The Nature of Intercultural Communication / 5 3. Factors of the Develomn&bsp;of Intercultural Communication / 6 (1) Technological Develomn&bsp;/ 6 (2) Globalization of the Economy / 7 (3) Widespread Population Migration / 8 4. Why Study Intercultural Communication / 9 Chapter Two Culture and Cultural Patterns 1. The Nature of Culture / 21 2. Characteristics of Culture / 22 3. Whole Culture and Subculture / 24 4. The Nature of Cultural Patterns / 25 5. Components of Cultural Patterns / 26 (1) Beliefs / 26 (2) Values / 26 (3) Norms / 27 (4) So Practices / 27 6. An Overview of Five Cultural Orientations / 28 (1) Activity Orientation / 29 (2) So Relations Orientation / 31 (3) Self-Orientation / 32 (4) World Orientation / 33 (5) Time orientation / 36 7. Cultural Patterns and Intercultural Comece / 37 Chapter Three Culture and Cultural Context 1. Cultural Context / 46 2. Indiviasm and Collectivism / 47 (1) Indiviasm / 48 1) The American Values of Indiviasm / 48 (2) Collectivism / 5 l 1) The Japanese Values of Collectivism / 52 2) The Chinese Values of Collectivism / 53 (3) Indiviast-Collectivist Priorities / 54 3. Low-Context and High-Context Communication / 54 (1) Low-context Communication / 54 (2) High-context Communication / 55 (3) Characteristics of Low-Context and High-Context Communication / 56 4. Value Orientations / 57 (1) The Nature of Values / 57 (2) Western Values / 58 (3) Eastern Values / 59 5. Values and Communication / 60 Chapter Four Physical Environment and Culture 1. Physical Environment and Culture / 70 2. Natural Environment and Culture / 71 3. The Built Environment and Culture / 73 4. City Architectural Styles and Culture / 74 5. House Designs and Culture / 77 6. Group and Individual Field Protection and Culture / 78 7. Privacy / 79 8. Time Orientations / 80 (1) Monochronic Time Orientation / 81 (2) Polychronic Time Orientation / 82 (3) Characteristics of Monochronic and Polychronic Time Orientation / 82 ……
Intercultural Communication introduces the major principles of in terculturalcommunication and demonstrates these principles in action by exploring differences in perception, world views, values, and verbal and nonver balmessages. The book also includes current examples and concrete strategies for improving intercultural communication. The book is divided into eight chapters. Chapter 1 seeks to describe the rationale for studying in tercultural communication and introduces the chronological develomn&bsp;of in terculturalcommunication, the factors leading to the develomn&bsp;of interculturalcommunication, and the purposes of studying intercultural communication. Chapter 2 deals with the discussion of two fundamental concepts,culture and cultural patterns. The basic components of cultural patterns:beliefs, values, norms and so practices are explained. And a generaloverview of cultural orientations is made. Finally the relationship between cultural patterns and intercultural comece is explained. Chapter 3 touches upon cultural context. It focuses on the discussion ofthree dimensions of cultural variability that are useful for understandingcultural differences. The topics such as high- and low-context cultures,indiviasm-collectivism, and value orientation are explored. ……
《跨文化交际学教程》:to see the world with global eyes; to love the world with a global heart; to understand the world with a global spirit.