This Third Edition of
Interracial Communication: Theory Into Practice guides readers in applying the contributions of recent communication theory to improving everyday communication among the races. Authors Mark P. Orbe and Tina M. Harris offer a comprehensive, practical foundation for dialogue on interracial communication, as well as a resource that stimulates thinking and encourages readers to become active participants in dialogue across racial barriers. Part I provides a foundation for studying interracial communication and includes chapters on the history of race and racial categories, the importance of language, the development of racial and cultural identities, and current and classical theoretical approaches. Part II applies this information to interracial communication practices in specific, everyday contexts, including friendships, romantic relationships, the mass media, and organizational, public, and group settings. This Third Edition includes the latest data, new research studies and examples, all-new photos, and important new topics.
Inhoudsopgave
Preface
Part I: Foundations for Interracial Communication Theory and Practice
1. Studying Interracial Communication
2. The History of Race
3. The Power of Verbal and Nonverbal Codes
4. Racial and Ethnic Identity Negotiation
5. Intersectionality of Identities
6. Theoretical Approaches to Studying Interracial Communication
Part II: Interracial Communication in Specific Contexts
7. Racial Hierarchies as International Communication Phenomena
8. Friendships and Romantic Relationships
9. Interracial Communication in the Workplace
10. Interracial Conflict
11. Race/Ethnicity and the Mass Media
12. Moving From the Theoretical to the Practical
Glossary
References
Index
About the Authors
Over de auteur
Tina M. Harris (Ph D, University of Kentucky) is professor of communication studies at the University of Georgia. She has been recognized with the Josiah T. Meigs Teaching Professorship and received the Georgia Board of Regents’ 2006 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award for her scholarship on race and pedagogy in the college classroom. She is co-author of three books: Interracial Communication: Theory Into Practice (2008, SAGE), Mediating Cultures: Parenting in Intercultural Contexts (2012, Lexington Books), and Religion and Communication: An Anthology of Extensions in Theory, Research, and Method (2012, Peter Lang). She teaches undergraduate courses in the areas of interracial, interpersonal, and African American relational communication, as well as graduate courses in interracial communication and media, communication, and race. Her research interests are mass media representations of race, pedagogy and race, religious communication, and interracial communication, which are published in numerous communication journals.
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