Non-western perspectives on human communication : implications for theory and practice /
Saved in:
| Author / Creator: | Kim, Min-Sun. |
|---|---|
| Imprint: | Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2002. |
| Description: | xv, 227 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4751187 |
Table of Contents:
- I. Introduction
- 1. "Who am I?": Cultural Variations in Self-Systems
- Evolution of Western Self-Construction: "America's Civil Religion"
- Interdependent Self-Construals-An Alternative Framework
- 2. Independent and Interdependent Models of the Self as Cultural Frame
- 3. Why Self-Construals are Useful
- Parismony of Explanation: Impact of Culture
- Cultural Relativity of Communication Theories
- II. Cultural Relativity Of Commincation Constructs And Theories: "U.S.- Centrism"
- 4. "Communication Apprehension": "Deficiency" or "Politeness"?
- Motivation to "Avoid" Verbal Communication
- Traditional View: Communication "Avoidance" as a Deficiency
- Communication Avoidance Stemming from a Sensitivity to Social Contexts
- Implications
- 5. Motivation to "Approach" Verbal Communication: Is Communication Approach Always Healthy?
- Assertiveness: "Standing up for your own Rights"
- Argumentativeness: A Subset of Assertiveness
- Critique and Summary
- 6. Conflict Management Styles: Is Avoidance Really a "Lose-Lose"?
- Prior Conflict Management Typologies
- Individualistic Bias in Past Conceptualizations of Conflict Styles
- 7. Cognitive Consistency: A Cultural Assumption?
- Fundamental Assumptions of Cognitive Dissonance Theory
- Is Cognitive Dissonance a Culture-Bound Concept?
- 8. Attitude-Behavior Consistency: Cultural Ideal of the Individualistic Society
- Predicting Behaviors: Deemphasizing Situations Over Attitudes
- Emphasizing Other Sources of Behavior
- 9. Susceptibility to Social Influence: Conformity or "Tact"?
- An Eco-Cultural Explanation of Conformity
- Conformity as "Social Sensitivity," Independence as "Insensitivity"
- 10. Internal Control Ideology and Communication: Are Internals "Good Guys" and Externals "Bad Guys"?
- Internal Control Ideology
- Relationship between Locus of Control and Communication Ideology
- 11. Deceptive Communication: Moral Choice or Social Necessity?
- Deception as a Moral Issue: Independent Perspective
- Deception as a Social Necessity: Interdependent Perspective
- 12. Self-Disclosure: Bragging vs. Negative Self-Disclosure
- Motivational Influences on Styles of Self-Disclosure
- 13. Silence: "Is It Really Golden?"
- Silence as Malfunctioning of (Human) Machines
- Neglected Component of Human Communication: Silence
- 14. Acculturative Communication Competence: Who Bears the Burden of Adjustment?
- Assimilation Model: "Marginal Man [sic]" Perspective
- Alternation Model: Bicultural Perspective
- Host Communication Competence: One-Way Assimilation
- Bicultural Communication Competence: Alternation Model
- III. Towards A Bi-Dimensional Model Of Cultural Identity
- 15. The Sources of Dualism: Mechanistic Cartesian Worldview
- Bias Toward "Yang" Communication Behaviors
- Particle/Wave Paradox: Implications of Personhood for Human Communication
- 16. Dimensionality of Cultural Identity
- Unidimensional Model of Self-Construals
- Bi-dimensional Model of Self-Construals
- Support for the Bi-dimensional Model
- Formation of Bicultural Identity
- IV. Conclusion-Towards Models Of Maturity
- 17. Into the Future: Implications for Future Inquiry
- Postscript
- References
