It is commonplace now to speak of “one world” and to refer
broadly to the interdependence of nations and to the lack
of self-sufficiency of even the world’s largest and richest countries.
The growth in interest in studies of intercultural communication
in recent years has led, on the one hand, to an increasing
number of projects focusing on the examination on communication between speakers from different cultural backgrounds
in various contexts and across different channels. On the other hand, a number of scholars have, at the theoretical level,
reexamined the very basic notions of “language”, “culture”, and
“inter-culture”, the main concept in studies of intercultural
communication, from various perspectives. The contribution of this article represents this spectrum, beginning with theoretical background, moving on to exploring the interplay between intercultural communication and new technologies,
and finally examining intercultural communication across different contexts.
