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Communication Theory: Eastern and Western Perspectives

San Diego, Calif.; London: Academic Press (1987), 381 pp.

Contains bibliogr. pp. 341-354, index

Series: Human Communication Research Series

1 Introduction and Initial Insights / Donald P. Cushman and D. Lawrence Kincaid, 1
I. ASIAN PERSPECTIVES ON COMMUNICATION THEORY, 11
2 Chinese Philosophy and Contemporary Human Communication Theory / Chung-Ying Cheng, 23
3 Communication in Chinese Narrative / James S. Fu, 45
4 Contemporary Chinese Philosophy and Political Communication / Donald P. Cushman, 57
5 Korean Philosophy and Communication / June-Ock Yum, 71
6 The Practice of Uye-Ri in Interpersonal Relationships / June-Ock Yum, 87
7 The Teachings of Yi Yulgok: Communication from a Neo-Confucian Perspective / Sang-Hee Lee, 101
8 Some Characteristics of the Japanese Way of Communication / Akira Tsujimura, 115
9 Indirect Speech Acts of the Japanese / Keizo Okabe, 127
10 Communication within the Japanese Business Organization / Randy Y. Hirokawa, 137
11 The Guiding Image in Indian Culture and Its Implications for Communication / Wimal Dissanayake, 151
12 Communication in India: The Tenets of Sadharanikaran / J. S. Yadava, 161
13 The Practice of Antyodaya in Agricultural Extension Communication in India / Abdur Rahim, 173
II. PERSPECTIVES ON COMMUNICATION THEORY FROM THE UNITED STATES
[Chapters 14-20], 189 ff.
III. COMMUNICATION THEORY: EAST-WEST SYNTHESIS
21 Development of the Western Model: Toward a Reconciliation of Eastern and Western Perspectives / Joseph Woelfel, 299
22 The Double-Swing Model of Intercultural Communication between the East and the West / Muneo Jay Yoshikawa, 319
Communication East and West: Points of Departure / D. Lawrence Kincaid, 331