Communication Between Cultures (with InfoTrac) (Wadsworth Series in Speech Communication)

by Larry A. Samovar, Richard E. Porter

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Editorial Reviews

COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CULTURES continues with the features that have made it the best-selling text for the intercultural communication course. This new edition of Samovar and Porter's leading text gives students an understanding and appreciation of different cultures and helps them develop practical skills for improving their communication with people from other cultures. It's renowned for being the only text on the market to consistently emphasize religion and history as key variables in intercultural communication. Packed with the latest research and filled with numerous, compelling examples that force students to examine their own assumptions and cultural biases, this book helps students understand the subtle and profound ways culture affects communication. The book is divided into four interrelated parts: Part I introduces the study of communication and culture; Part II focuses on the ability of culture to shape and modify our view of reality; Part III puts the theory of intercultural communication into practice; and Part IV converts knowledge into action.

Customer Reviews

Too much opinion, and too little fact., 2007-07-05
by J. L. Lasko

I am dropping my Intercultural Communications class based on the poor design of this book. It was too much like reading a philosophical essay, rather than a college textbook. Within the first 2 chapters, they introduced no less than five definitions of culture, none of them matching what sociology defines it as. The entire textbook is largely based on writing and theory works, and ignores many of the basic principles that have been well defined and accepted as valid through sociology.

Intercultural communication, 2006-08-17
by M. D. Miller

This is a really boring book, it is hard to read. The first couple of chapters are over 50 pages long. Hardly any illustrations. The only thing I did like about it was all of the examples. Hopefully your instructor picks a more interesting book than this one.