{"product_id":"intercultural-communication-pathways-to-better-interactions-9798823342292","title":"Intercultural Communication: Pathways to Better Interactions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntercultural Communication: Pathways to Better Interactions\u003c\/em\u003e was born from a desire to empower students to become competent, informed communicators who can recognize when they are faced with cultural difference in communication, have strategies for making sense of cultural difference, and work toward restoring coordinated interaction with cultural others for the purpose of completing specific tasks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePractical in focus, grounded in social interaction, and written in a strong narrative style replete with concrete examples, author David Boromisza-Habashi deftly explores the primary challenge of effective intercultural communication in our globalized world: the ability to properly coordinate interactions to achieve shared meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe vital importance of understanding cultural communication, and how it relates to being a responsible member of society, is stressed throughout. The weaving of scholarly work and everyday encounters highlights the role of inquiry as not just an academic endeavor but as an everyday practice. Strategies for coordinating intercultural encounters in the real world encourage readers to take action and recognize that this work and learning doesn't end when the course ends. Rather, it is a process, one that should be an ongoing part of their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe thoroughly updated second edition expands on and clarifies the process and experience of building culture and a new chapter on identity and othering in intercultural communication. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pragmatic, thought-provoking approach of this book is timely, useful, and relevant. \u003cem\u003eIntercultural Communication: Pathways to Better Interactions\u003c\/em\u003e is the ideal textbook for students of intercultural communication who wish to create and foster meaningful social interactions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoromisza-Habashi, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - David Boromisza-Habashi (Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst) is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Boulder. His research explores how communication as language use is shaped by the cultural context in which it occurs.","brand":"Cognella Academic Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51580176498962,"sku":"9798823342292","price":131.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_72f69beb-a347-47b3-bd09-4c57fb75f313.jpg?v=1756209383","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/intercultural-communication-pathways-to-better-interactions-9798823342292","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}