Civic Discourse

K.S. SITARAM is Professor of Radio-Television at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.MICHAEL H. PROSSER is Kern Professor in Communications at the Rochester Institute of Technology and Professor at the University of Virginia.

• Foreword, Tapio VarisPrefaceIntroductionMulticulturalism for a Higher Humanity, K. S. SitaramSECTION I OVERVIEW: INTERCULTURAL, MULTICULTURAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATION THEORIES AND ISSUEThe Problem of Ethics in Intercultural Communication, Kenneth D. DayHofsted's Dimensions: An Examination and Critical Analysis, Roberta Bell Ross and Sandra L. FaulknerThe Ideology of Difference in Current Discourse, William OverMulticultural Issues in the Study of Cross Cultural Communication, Eveline LangEnglish as the Dominant Language for Intercultural Communication: Prospects for the Next Century, Nobleza Asuncion-LandeHow Global Is Global?A Critical Look at the Language and Ideology of Globalization, Aixa L. Rodríguez-RodríguezContemporary Advocacy and Intercultural Communication, William OvePromoting Intercultural Communication in the Multicultural Classroom: Using Discomfort as a Learning Tool, Ruth JohnsonThe Use and Misuse of Questionnaires in Intercultural Training, John BingSECTION II OVERVIEW: CULTURAL DIVERSITY: ETHNICITY, RACE, AND GENDERFostering Respects for Other Cultures in Teaching Intercultural Communication, Kenneth D. DaySpeech Anxiety among International Students, Laurie Wilfred HodgeLatinos in the United States.: Diversity, Cultural Patterns, and Misconceptions, Rosita D. AlbertCritical Discourse Analysis: Racism and the Ethos of Equality, Ray T. DonahueThe Black Professional: An Analysis of the Communicative Strategies Used in Cross-Race Mentoring, Kathy W. BrooksAfrican-American Discourses on Problematic Relations with Whites, Richard Buttny and Princess L. WilliamsTurn Taking and the Extended Pause: A Study of Interpersonal Communication Styles across Generations on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Gordon Scott McLeanThe Nature and Culture of Conflict: The Indian Case: Some Communication Implications, Clospet RameshSECTION III OVERVIEW: COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF CULTURE AND COMMUNICATIONIntercultural Relationships across Gender: A Look at the Communicative Parallels that Characterize Intercultural and Cross-Gender Relations, Roberta Bell Ross and Sandra L. FaulknerHofstede's Intercultural Dimensions and the Decision-Making Process: Americans and Malaysians in a Cooperative University Setting, Kim Hughes WilhelmEducators Crossing Cultures: Evaluation of Past Work and Guidelines for the Future, Ekaterina OgnianovaArtifacts of Intercultural Communication between U.S. and International University Students, Deradirek Ekachai, Mary Hinchcliff-Pelias and Norman GreerThe Communication Stereotypes of Whites and Asians in the White-dominant Classroom, Young-ok YumA Comparative Analysis of Rhetorical Theory in China and the United States, D. Ray HeiseySECTION IV OVERVIEW: MULTICULTURAL AND MULTINATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSWomen's Rights as Human Rights in the United Nations: Three Perspectives, Barbara S. MonfilsThe AID Communication Seminars as a Factor in the Development of Intercultural Communication Study, 1958-1978, Huber W. EllingsworthThe Global Economic Society and Polycultural Teams, R. Ray GehaniCan We Talk? A Guide for the Twenty-First Century CEO Managing in a Multicultural Environment, Kathy W. BrooksJumping Off the Bridge: Rites of Passage and Other Indicators of Organizational Culture, David R. NeumannSECTION V OVERVIEW: MULTICULTURALISM, CULTURAL DIVERSITY, AND HEALTHMulticultural Issues in Health Communication, Elizabeth N. KunimotoThe Process of Bridging Global Multiculturalism, Communication, and Disability, William OlubodunDeaf Culture, Pluralism, and the Field of Communication, Cindy Campbell and Rachel FriendWhy Minorities Aren't Choosing Nursing Careers: Intercultural Communication, Recruitment, and Minority Underrepresentation in Nursing, Mary Henderson AskewEpilogue: Multiculturalism, Cultural Diversity, and the Sharing of Power in the Global Society, Michael H. ProsserAuthor IndexSubject IndexAbout the ContributorsAbout the Editors.