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Professor Howard Giles discusses the history and facets of the field of intergroup communication.
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Chapter 1: What does intergroup communication mean to you, or how would you describe it to your students?
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Chapter 2: How does intergroup communication differ from interpersonal communication?
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Chapter 3: How and when did the field of intergroup communication emerge? What other field or disciplines is it related to theoretically?
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Chapter 4: What key thinkers have most inspired you?
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Chapter 5: What first inspired you to start working in the field of intergroup communication?
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Chapter 6: How has the field of intergroup communication changed in recent years?
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Chapter 7: What are the fundamental questions in intergroup communication at the moment?
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Chapter 8: From your research, what are strategies to make intergroup communication more harmonious?
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Chapter 9: How do we attach salience to our identities?
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Chapter 10: What is communication accommodation theory? What are its origins? How is it evident in practice and the real world?
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Chapter 11: Are there any major academic debates in this field? What are the principal areas of contention, and why?
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Chapter 12: Can you provide any examples of key research in the field of intergroup communication that has had a direct impact on public or social policy, and what changed as a result?
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Chapter 13: You have studied an array of intergroup settings. Tell us two areas that have intrigued you most, and why?
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Chapter 14: How do you walk the fine line of accommodating without being overaccomodating?
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Chapter 15: For students new to the field of intergroup communication, what literature would you recommend they read for a preliminary understanding, and why?
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Chapter 16: What are the key knowledge areas and skills that students develop in pursuing study of intergroup communication, and how might these benefit students' academic or professional development?
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Chapter 17: What is your sense of the trajectory for research in the field of intergroup communication over the next 5 years?
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