Communication Studies (CMST): Communication by Topic

Multicultural Communication

Below are some examples of DVDs and books on multicultural / cross-cultural communication

Search Tip: For more, try searching "multicultural communication" (plus a country or culture of interest if wanted) in the UW Libraries Search

Communicating between cultures (DVD)
Call Number: DVD BOT-775 (UWB/CC Library Media - 1st floor)
Some cultural assumptions lead to communication breakdowns that cause embarrassment, frustration, or even discrimination. This program shows how to improve communication in a series of eye-opening cross-cultural situations.
Gender & communication: male-female differences (DVD)
Call Number: DVD BOT-602 (UWB/CC Library Media - 1st floor)
This video explores the impact that gender has on both verbal messages including speech, language, and vocabulary, as well as on nonverbal channels of communication such as touch, movement, and gesture.
A world of differences: understanding cross-cultural communication (DVD)
Call Number: DVD BOT-1981 (UWB/CC Library Media - 1st floor)
Examines 14 different facets, both verbal and nonverbal, of cross-cultural misunderstanding.
Being There
Call Number: GN345.65 .R47 2011 (UWB/CC Library 3rd Floor Stacks)
Transforming Otherness
Call Number: P94.6 .T726 2011 (UWB/CC Library 3rd Floor Stacks)

Interpersonal Communication

Here are some of the books and DVDs in our collection on interpersonal communication.

Search Tip: You can find more by searching "interpersonal communication" in the UW Libraries Search, or you can browse the P94.7 call number range on the 3rd floor stacks

Dealing with conflict (DVD)
Call Number: DVD BOT-632 (UWB/CC Library Media - 1st floor)
How to control conflict before conflict takes control. Three scenarios dramatize five positions taken by most people during conflict: avoiding, accommodating, competing, compromising and collaborating. Supervisors, employees and others will learn skills that enable everyone to work through conflict with less dependence on superiors, resulting in a healthier and more productive work environment.
Perception: the art of seeing (DVD)
Call Number: DVD BOT-685 (UWB/CC Library Media - 1st floor)
Using visual tricks and distortions, this video teaches how we construct reality. Illustrates that perception is in the eye of the beholder because when it comes to reality we are more the director than the camera. We create reality rather than record it.
Constructing Worlds Together
Call Number: BF637.C45 C677 2009 (UWB/CC Library 3rd Floor Stacks)
ISBN: 9780205382057

Media Beyond the U.S.

The three books below are just a few examples of books in the Campus Library on media systems from non-U.S. countries and cultures

Search Tip: Try searching "mass media -- [your country of interest]" in the UW Libraries Search to find more

New Media for a New China
Call Number: P94.65.C6 N49 2010 (UWB/CC Library 3rd Floor Stacks)
Who Owns the Media?
Call Number: P96.E25 W524 2004 (UWB/CC Library 3rd Floor Stacks)
Mass Media in Sub-Saharan Africa
Call Number: P92.A46 B68 1995 (UWB/CC Library 3rd Floor Stacks)