Content: Series
Title page
Copyright
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
Preface
Part I Linking Themes, Paradigms, and Methods
1 Identifying Research Paradigms
Introduction
What is a Paradigm?
What are the Significant Paradigms in Intercultural Communication studies?
Some General Questions about Paradigms
Key Terms
References
Further Reading and Resources
2 Studying Culture
An Interpretive Constructivist Approach
Particular Social and Political Structures
Personal Trajectories
Underlying Universal Cultural Processes
Particular Cultural Products
Cultural Negotiation
Conclusion Key TermsReferences
Further Reading and Resources
3 Studying Identity
Introduction
Positivism, Essentialism and Strategic Essentialism: Ontology and Epistemology
Constructionism
From Identity Theories to Categorization Processes
Cultural, Ethnic, National, Identity/ies?
Conclusions
Key Terms
References
Further Reading and Resources
4 Studying Discourse
Introduction
Intercultural Communication and Discourse Analysis: 1950s to 1980s
The Expanding Worlds of Discourse Studies: 1990s to 2010s
Four Models of Discourse
A Few Final Lessons about Studying Discourse
Acknowledgements Key TermsReferences
Further Reading and Resources
Part II Key Issues and Challenges
5 How to Identify Research Questions
Introduction
The Question of How: Nine Scenarios
Conclusion
Key Terms
References
Further Reading and Resources
6 How to Research Multilingually: Possibilities and Complexities
Introduction
Insights on RM-ly
Developing Researcher Competence (vis-aฬ-vis RM-ly Practice)
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Key Terms
References
Further Reading and Resources
7 How to Research Interculturally and Ethically
Introduction
Cross-Cultural Approaches An Intercultural ApproachThe Researcher as Cultural Outsider
The Researcher as Cultural Insider
From Insider/Outsider to Participant Observation
Researching in a Research Team that is Cross-/Intercultural in Nature
Ethical Considerations
Conclusion
Key Terms
References
Further Reading and Resources
8 How to Assess Intercultural Competence
Assessment of Intercultural Competence --
Myths, Themes and Implications
Getting Started
Assessment of Intercultural Competence: Approaches/Methods/Tools
Assessment Issues
Assessment and Research
Acknowledgments
Key Terms
References Further Reading and Resources9 How to Work with Research Participants: The Researcher's Role
Introduction
Critical Reflexivity and Process Interculturality
Co-constructing Research: Beyond "Repressed Reflexivity"?
An example
Conclusion
Key Terms
References
Further Reading and Resources
10 How to Develop a Research Proposal
Getting Started
The Research Proposal
Ethics and Human Relations
Conclusion
Key Terms
References
Further Reading and Resources
Part III Methods
11 Questionnaires and Surveys
What this Method is About
Why this Method and Why Not
How to Do It