Intercultural Communication - A Critical Introduction (Chapters 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 & 11 + Articles)

Summary of the book Intercultural Communication - A Critical Introduction, written by Ingrid Piller. This summary includes chapters 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 11, and also includes the articles that make up the compulsory literature for the course Intercultural Communication (2018 - 2019). The articles included are: 1. Who Wants to Feel White? Race, Dutch Culture and Contested Identities. Written by Essed & Trienekens (2008) 2. Standardized Marketing Strategies in Retailing? IKEA’s Marketing Strategies in Sweden, the UK and China Written by Burt, Johannsson, & Thelander (2011) 3. Paralympic Athletes and “Knowing” Disability Written by Fitzgerald (2012) 4. Dominant Discourses about Race/Ethnicity and Gender in Sport Practice and Performance Sterkenburg & Knoppers (2004) 5. Reconsidering Intercultural (Communication) Competence in the Workplace: A Dialectical Approach Written by Martin and Nakayama (2015) 6. International Terrorism. Domestic Coverage? How Terrorist Attacks are Presented in the News of CNN, Al Jazeera, the BBC, and ARD Written by Gerhards & Schafer (2014) 7. Banal Cosmopolitanism and The Lord of the Rings: The Limited Role of National Differences in Global Media Consumption Written by Kuipers & De Kloet (2010)