Intercultural communication and public policy /edited by Ngozi Iheanacho.
- Port Harcourt, Nigeria : M and J Grand Orbit Communications, (c)2016.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface -- part one. Conceptual frames and theoretical principles -- From culture to intercultural communication / Theories and principles of intercultural communication in a globalizing world / Globalization and intercultural communication : a diplomatic perspective / Sociology of culture and intercultural communication / part two. Institutions and intercultural communication -- Education and intercultural communication / Religion and intercultural communication / The media and intercultural communication process / Women and intercultural communication / part three. Creative arts and tourism in culture traffic -- Basic dynamics of art in intercultural communication process / Music and intercultural communication / Art : music and painting in intercultural communication / Tourism and intercultural communication / part four. Management of intercultural communication -- Limits of intercultural communication / Intercultural communication management : intercultural awareness and sojourner adaptation / Intercultural communication management : the roles of police and immigration / part five. Culture and public policy -- Public policy, cultural factors and national orientation agency / The local content policy and intercultural communication in Nigeria's oil and gas industry / Rural women and alternative dispute resolution policy in Akpor Kingdom : a cultural matrix / Culture and Nigeria's foreign policy / Ngozi N. Iheanacho -- Ntiense Usua -- Nnwobunwene Scf -- Emmanuel Okemini -- Douglas O. Nwaokugha -- Ngozi N. Iheanacho and A.G.M. Emukah -- Chidiebere Ughaerumba and Grace Lawrence-Hart -- Caroline N. Mbonu and Ngozi N. Iheanacho -- Rowland Olumati and Amagh G. Mgbemere-Emukah -- Benjamine O. Onu -- O. Kenoye Igoniko -- Grace Lawrence-Hart -- Kingsley Owete and Vincent A. Olusakin -- John Obineche and Jacob Dick Asuevia -- Otu Ekpenyong and S.T. Nbete -- Ngozi N. Iheanacho and Franca N. Madumere -- Ngozi N. Iheanacho and John C. Koko -- Eze Wosu -- Kingsley Owete and Friday L. Bobmanuel.
As there are different races and people in the world, so there are different cultures - meaning that cultural diversity is inevitable. Through human contact and association cultures meet. In such meetings every individual and culture projects itself as worthy, and should be held in high esteem. In today's world it is not encouraging to be ethnocentric - always taking action or in actions that crystallize and project a feeling of one's own culture or racial superiority. Such attitude obstructs meaningful interaction, human relations, tolerance and co-operation. Conversely, the skill and ability to tolerate and communicate effectively with people from diverse cultures is a social activity which begins from thought to behaviour, in both spoken and non-spoken versions. The book contains 19 essays, structured into five parts.