Intercultural Communication
Globalization and Social Justice
- Kathryn Sorrells - California State University, Northridge, USA
Intercultural Communication
Intercultural Communication: Globalization and Social Justice, Second Edition, introduces students to the study of communication among cultures within the broader context of globalization. Kathryn Sorrells highlights history, power, and global institutions as central to understanding the relationships and contexts that shape intercultural communication. Based on a framework that promotes critical thinking, reflection, and action, this text takes a social justice approach that provides students with the skills and knowledge to create a more equitable world through communication. Loaded with new case studies and contemporary topics, the Second Edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect the current global context, emerging local and global issues, and more diverse experiences.
Supplements
Password-protected Instructor Resources include the following:
- Test banks provide a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity to edit any question and/or insert your own personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding
- Chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides offer assistance with lecture and review preparation by highlighting essential content, features, and artwork from the book.
- Lecture Notes summarize key concepts by chapter to ease preparation for lectures and class discussions
- Video and Multimedia, including carefully selected chapter-by-chapter video and multimedia content which enhance classroom-based explorations of key topics
- Chapter Activities for individual or group projects provide lively and stimulating ideas for use in the classroom to reinforce active learning.
- Course Projects are designed to promote students’ in-depth engagement with course material.
- Sample Course Syllabi for semester, quarter, and online classes—provide suggested models for instructors to use when creating the syllabi for their courses.
- Tables and Figures are available in an easily-downloadable format for use in papers, hand-outs, and presentations
...Because of the author’s compelling critical perspective and astute observation of social injustice, it is definitely a recommended read.
Sorrell's book provides students with the critical tools to develop intercultural competence. It introduces them to the fundamental principles and issues of intercultural communication within the broader context of globalization, with focus on understanding and appreciating cultural differences.
The book gives some good ideas in understanding the cultural aspects of communication and expressing ideas via social networks.
Text is current and excellent for use to motivate discussion.
I like that she takes a fresh perspective that is more nuanced and accounts for real-world events.
The book "Intercultural communication" could be used for various courses. Initially it was ordered for the course "Social media analyses and decision making" but it turned out to be very helpful for the PhD course "English language training for working in international environment".
