Summarizes the international, intercultural and developmental communication. This volume includes an overview of major theoretical and applied issues; processes and effects in international and intercultural communication; contexts; and, issues of conducting research on culture, language and communication.

PART ONE: OVERVIEWS Theoretical Perspectives for Studying Intercultural Communication - William B Gudykunst and Tsukasa Nishida Inquiry in International Communication - Thomas McPhail Inquiry in Development Communication - Everett M Rogers The New International Information and Communication Order - Kaarle Nordenstreng and Wolfgang Kleinwächter PART TWO: PROCESSES AND EFFECTS Communicator Characteristics - Howard Giles and Arlene Franklyn-Stokes Language and Intergroup Communication - William B Gudykunst et al The Cultural Dimensions of Nonverbal Communication - Michael L Hecht, Peter A Andersen, and Sidney A Ribeau Social Networks and Communication - Gabriel Weimann Social Cognition and Intergroup Communication - William B Gudykunst and Lauren Gumbs Emotions in Intercultural Communication - David Matsumoto, Harold G Wallbott and Klaus R Scherer Intercultural Communication Competence - Mitchell R Hammer Interpersonal Power and Influence in Intercultural Communication - Dorthy L Pennington Intercultural Adaptation - Young Yun Kim Electronic Mass Media Effects Across Cultures - Peter Yaple and Felipe Korzenny Television and Social Perceptions Among African Americans and Hispanics - Oscar H Gandy Jr and Paula W Matabane PART THREE: CONTEXTS Identity and Interpersonal Bonding - Stella Ting-Toomey Encounters in the Interracial Workplace - Molefi Kete Asante and Alice Davis The International Marketplace - Robert Shuter Diplomacy - Glen Fisher National Development - Njoku E Awa Intercultural Communication Training - Richard W Brislin PART FOUR: RESEARCH ISSUES Problems in Intercultural Research - J David Johnson and Frank Tuttle Translation - Christiane F Gonzalez