This document discusses intercultural communication and provides definitions and theories related to cross-cultural interaction. Intercultural communication describes communication problems that can arise when people from different backgrounds interact. It seeks to understand how people from different cultures act and perceive the world. The document then outlines several theories focusing on outcomes of intercultural communication, accommodation/adaptation, identity negotiation, communication networks, and acculturation. It provides examples like communication accommodation theory and co-cultural theory. Finally, it discusses improving intercultural communication through careful listening, understanding cultural differences in communication styles, and investigating other cultures' perspectives.

1. Intercultural Communication

2. Intercultural communication is a form of global communication.It is used to describe the wide range of communication problems that naturally appear within an organization made up of individuals from different religious, social, ethnic, and educational backgrounds

3. Intercultural communication =cross-cultural communicationIt seeks to understand how people from different countries and cultures act, communicate and perceive the world around them.

4. Cross-cultural communication As a separate notion, it studies situations where people from different cultural backgrounds interact.

5. TheoriesCulture overlap theory By Leila Summa

6. focus on effective outcomes

7. on accommodation or adaption

8. on identity negotiation and management

9. on communication networks

10. on acculturation and adjustment.Theories focusing on effective outcomes

11. In a relatively closed social system in which communication among members is unrestricted, the system as a whole will tend to converge over time toward a state of greater cultural uniformity. The system will tend to diverge toward diversity when communication is restrictedTheories focusing on effective outcomesCultural Convergence

12. Theories focusing on accommodation or adaptionCommunication Accommodation TheoryThis theory focuses on linguistic strategies to decrease or increase communicative distances.Intercultural Adaption This theory is designed to explain how communicators adapt to each other in "purpose-related encounters", at which cultural factors need to be incorporate

13. Co-cultural Theory

14. Co-cultural theory looks at the strategic ways in which co-cultural group members communicate with others.Theories focusing on identity negotiation or managementIdentity Management TheoryIdentity NegotiationCultural Identity TheoryDouble-swing model

15. Theories focusing on communication networksNetworks and Outgroup Communication Competence