Intercultural Communication: A Reader

by Larry A. Samovar, Richard E. Porter, Edwin R. McDaniel

This eye-opening reader explores how communication values and styles can be similar or different for members of various cultures and communities. INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: A READER focuses on practical strategies you can use to communicate more effectively in a variety of contexts, including interpersonal, rhetoric, group, business, education, health care, and organizational. This broad-based, highly engaging reader, compiled by the authors who defined the course, includes a balanced selection of articles--some commissioned solely for this text--that discusses the classic ideas that laid the groundwork for this field, as well as the latest research and ideas. Material is presented in such a way that you can read, understand, and then apply course concepts to your own life.

Genres: Nonfiction, Business, Academic, Sociology, Grad School, Cultural, Cultural Studies

528 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Larry A. Samovar is a Professor Emeritus of Communication at San Diego State University.

Reviews

[Husain Alghasra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great academical source that combines Hofstede, Hall, and Rotter’s concepts.

[Marta Spirk · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this in a graduate class over 10 years ago. It was so eye-opening!

[D · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had this as a text for Intercultural Communication. Not necessarily a book to sit down and just read, but it is a good reference for academic work/writing.

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

While occasionally there were some throwaway articles in this book, most of them I found very interesting and insightful.

[林惠美 Rosalyn Lim · Rating 4 out of 5]

I own the 2012 version and it have been useful for my social science studies.