TY - BOOK AU - Jandt,Fred Edmund TI - An introduction to intercultural communication SN - 9781412970105 (pbk.) AV - MED GN345 .J43 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Los Angeles PB - SAGE N1 - The dispute over defining culture -- Defining communication as an element of culture -- Culture's influence on perception -- Barriers to intercultural communication -- Nonverbal communication -- Language as a barrier -- Dimensions of culture -- Dominant U.S. cultural patterns: using value orientation theory -- Comparative cultural patterns: Arab culture -- Women, families, and children -- Contact between cultures -- Immigration and acculturation -- Cultures within cultures -- Identity and subgroups ER -