Bøger af Alberto Gonzalez

Face the global challenges of the future with this accessible introduction to communication across boundariesCommunication between cultures can be challenging in a number of ways, but it also carries immense potential rewards. In an increasingly connected world, it has never been more important to communicate across a range of differences created by history and circumstance. Contributing to global communities and rising to meet crucial shared challenges--human rights disputes, refugee crises, international climate crisis--depends, in the first instance, on a sound communicative foundation.Intercultural Communication for Everyday Life provides a thorough introduction to this vital subject for students encountering it for the first time. Built around a robust and multifaceted definition of culture, which goes far beyond simple delineation of national boundaries, it offers an understanding of its subject that transcends US-centricity. The result, updated to reflect dramatic ongoing changes to the interconnected world, is essential for students of cross-cultural communication and exchange.Readers of the second edition of Intercultural Communication for Everyday Life readers will also find:* Accessible definitions of core concepts* Revised and updated chapters reflecting the COVID-19 crisis, climate change challenges, and more* An all-new chapter on social media as a tool for intercultural communicationIntercultural Communication for Everyday Life is essential for students and other readers seeking a foundational overview of this subject.