post #2 week 12/6-8

Although I think this is one of the better communication studies books I’ve read in terms of being thorough and covering all aspects of communication, the one chapter I didn’t feel was very insightful was ch. 12, intercultural communication. Maybe it’s because I’ve taken two other classes that are purely on intercultural communication, but this is the one chapter I feel I didn’t learn much from. As far as a specific concept that needs more discussion, I cannot think of any concept that I felt like I didn’t understand, however, I would like to learn more concepts about intercultural communication than the ones I read over and over (ie collectivism, and stereotypes). Although other parts of the country may benefit from the information in ch. 12, I feel that here in Silicon Valley, it takes some very insightful information about intercultural communication to teach us more than what we can learn just by interacting with the people around us.