This text addresses the core issues and concerns of intercultural communication by integrating three different perspectives: the social psychological, the interpretive, and the critical. The dialectical framework, integrated throughout the book, is used as a lens to examine the relationship of these research traditions.

This Online Learning Center is designed to help you succeed in your introductory communication course. Chapter-specific content such as Quizzes, Flashcards, Crossword Puzzles, Competence Activities, Internet Exercises, Chapter Objectives, Chapter Outlines, Chapter Summaries, and Worksheets can be accessed by choosing from the chapter drop-down menu on the left. To view all the contents of this website, visit its Site Map.