Author: Amy Liao

Language and Culture in Context – A Primer on Intercultural Communication (Godwin-Jones) in LibreTexts (CC BY-NC) This textbook was written and designed especially for College of the Canyons Communications students. The following chapters will cover topics such as: understanding cultural identity, social construction, cultural biases, and culture shock. There are two types of interactive features in …

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Intercultural Communication examines culture as a variable in interpersonal and collective communication. It explores the opportunities and problems arising from similarities and differences in communication patterns, processes, and codes among various cultural groups. It explores cultural universals, social categorization, stereotyping and discrimination, with a focus on topics including race, ethnicity, social class, religion, gender and …

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Speaking of Culture was designed to fulfill General Education breadth requirements in social sciences at Utah State University intended to introduce students to the nature, history, and methods of different disciplines; and to help students understand the cultural, historical, and natural contexts shaping the human experience. This book focuses on culture and other concepts associated …

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Each of the three modules in this series introducing the Little Red Schoolhouse principles aims to do several things: (1) Present an overview of the Little Red Schoolhouse method; (2) Review key LRS topics and terminology; (3) Examine one aspect of the writing and editing process more closely, working through selected examples.

Exploring Perspectives helps students gain a better understanding of how to discover, develop, and revise an analytical essay. The first two chapters focus on the nature of an analysis and what’s involved in writing an analytical essay. Then students are shown how to “set the stage” for producing one of their own. The remaining three …

Exploring Perspectives: A Concise Guide to Analysis (Fallows, University of California Los Angeles, Open Textbook Library) (CC BY-NC-SA)Read More »

Communication Theory is a Wikibook with an overview of communication theory. It includes an introduction and then has chapters covering theories from Uncertainty Reduction to Uses and Gratification to Social Systems and Network Society.

(CC BY-NC-SA) This OER textbook provides a survey of the field of communication studies. In today’s world, it’s difficult or even nearly impossible to function without some level of communication literacy. That term, communication literacy, refers to the ability of an individual to not only convey their ideas, information, and messages to others, but also …

Communication Literacy: An Introduction to Communication Studies by Newsom & Montenegro (Newsom, Montenegro, Lengel, and Yeung) – Creative CommonsRead More »

According to the author Message Processing “provides an upper-level undergraduate introduction and explanation of the social and cognitive processes involved in human communication, focusing on how people create understanding.”

Process of Communication is an OER published by the College of the Canyons for their Comm 100 course. The text provides a comprehensive look at the field including foundations and history. It has chapters covering the major components of communication including perception, verbal, nonverbal, listening, etc. before turning to the distinct types of communication.

This textbook is targeted for Introduction to Human Communication courses that introduce students to the study of Communication. The underlying organization addresses the importance of students to be able to answer the question, “What is Communication Study?” in a way that captures the field of Communication appropriately, as well as an important discipline across colleges …

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