Introducing intercultural communication : global cultures and contexts / Shuang Liu, Zala Volcic, Cindy Gallois.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Challenges of living in a global community -- culture and people -- communication and culture -- perception and categorization -- value orientations and behaviour -- identities and subgroups -- verbal communication and culture -- nonverbal communication and culture -- immigration and acculturation -- intercultural and intergroup relations -- intercultural and international conflicts -- mass media and cultural change -- effective intercultural communication in a global society.

Many textbooks on intercultural communication are not written with an intercultural readership in mind. This team of authors has, on the other hand, put together an introduction to communicating across cultures that draws on examples and case studies from across the world, using no single culture as its frame of reference.