The idea of research as social action is not new. It has been embraced in some fields (such
as social psychology, Price & Cherniss, 1977) for several decades. However, it has been …

Intercultural communication (IC) shares intellectual connections with a number of well-
established scholarly fields. The chapter provides an overview of the contributions of applied …

Intercultural communication and development communication as areas of academic inquiry
began in the 1950s and the 1960s. Whereas the main focus of intercultural communication …

This chapter is intended to serve as an overview of intercultural communication studies by
introducing key issues and assumptions, describing some of the major studies in the field …

In this introductory paper, we argue for a stronger link between language and intercultural
communication research, theory development, and social/political action. We aim to reignite …

Mark P. Orbe a, Jasmine T. Austin b and Brenda J. Allen c aWestern Michigan University,
Michigan, USA; bTexas State University, Texas, USA; cUniversity of Denver, Colorado, USA …

In this chapter, I reflect on my original essay titled,“Problematizing 'Nation'in Intercultural
Communication Research,” to which the late James Chesebro responded. I revisit my …

336 L. Lengel and SC Martin nonverbal, that continue to communicate differences”(p. 29).
Fellow contributors also pursue questions of “race”, nation, and communication elsewhere in …

Changes in economic and political policies, governance, and institutions since the early
1990s have combined with advances in communication and transportation technology to …

Tracing back the history of interest in studying intercultural communication across time is
difficult not only for historical reasons, but for the multiplicity of locations, approaches, and …