This work shows that aging is not only an individual process but an interactive one. The study of communication can lead to an understanding of what it means to grow old. We may age physiologically and chronologically, but our social aging - how we behave as social actors toward others, and even how we align ourselves with or come to understand the signs of difference or change as we age - are phenomena achieved primarily through communication experiences. Many of the chapters work to deny earlier images of aging as involving normative decrement to provide a picture of aging as a process of…mehr
This work shows that aging is not only an individual process but an interactive one. The study of communication can lead to an understanding of what it means to grow old. We may age physiologically and chronologically, but our social aging - how we behave as social actors toward others, and even how we align ourselves with or come to understand the signs of difference or change as we age - are phenomena achieved primarily through communication experiences. Many of the chapters work to deny earlier images of aging as involving normative decrement to provide a picture of aging as a process of development involving positive choices and providing new opportunities. A theme that recurs in many of the chapters is that of the heterogeneity of the group of people who are variously categorized as older, aged, elderly, or over 65.This second edition of the Handbook of Communication and Aging Research captures the ever-changing and expanding domain of aging research. Much like the first edition, this handbook sets out to demonstrate that aging is not only an individual proc
Contents: Preface. Part I: The Experience of Aging.M. Hepworth Images of Aging. A. O'Hanlon P. Coleman Attitudes Towards Aging: Adaptation Development and Growth Into Later Years. Part II: Language Culture and Social Aging.N. Coupland Age in Social and Sociolinguistic Theory. M.L. Hummert T.A. Garstka E.B. Ryan J.L. Bonnesen The Role of Age Stereotypes in Interpersonal Communication. A. Williams J. Harwood Intergenerational Communication: Intergroup Accommodation and Family Perspectives. V. Barker H. Giles J. Harwood Inter- and Intragroup Perspectives on Intergenerational Communication. L.L. Pecchioni H. Ota L. Sparks Cultural Issues in Communication and Aging. Part III: The Communicative Construction of Relationships in Later Life.K.L. Henwood Adult Parent-Child Relationships: A View From Feminist and Discursive Social Psychology. M-L. Mares M.A. Fitzpatrick Communication in Close Relationships of Older People. V.C. McKay R.S. Caverly The Nature of Family Relationships Between and Within Generations: Relations Between Grandparents Grandchildren and Siblings in Later Life. W.K. Rawlins Friendships in Later Life. Part IV: Organizational Communication.M.J. Bergstrom M.E. Holmes Organizational Communication and Aging: Age-Related Processes in Organizations. A.L. Balazs Marketing to the Older Adults. M. Bernard C. Phillipson Retirement and Leisure. Part V: Political and Mass Communication.S.J. Holladay W.T. Coombs The Political Power of Seniors. L.L. Kaid J. Garner The Portrayal of Older Adults in Political Advertising. J.D. Robinson T. Skill J.W. Turner Media Usage Patterns and Portrayals of Seniors. Part VI: Health Communication.T.L. Thompson J.D. Robinson A.E. Beisecker The Older Patient-Physician Interaction. K. Grainger Communication and the Institutionalized Elderly. K.B. Wright J.L. Query Online Support and Older Adults: A Theoretical Examination of Benefits and Limitations of Computer-Mediated Support Networks for Older Adults and Possible Health Outcomes. Part VII: Senior Adult Education.F. Glendenning Education for Older Adults: Lifelong Learning Empowerment and Social Change. D.K. Baringer A.L. Kundrat J.F. Nussbaum Instructional Communication and Older Adults.
Contents: Preface. Part I: The Experience of Aging.M. Hepworth Images of Aging. A. O'Hanlon P. Coleman Attitudes Towards Aging: Adaptation Development and Growth Into Later Years. Part II: Language Culture and Social Aging.N. Coupland Age in Social and Sociolinguistic Theory. M.L. Hummert T.A. Garstka E.B. Ryan J.L. Bonnesen The Role of Age Stereotypes in Interpersonal Communication. A. Williams J. Harwood Intergenerational Communication: Intergroup Accommodation and Family Perspectives. V. Barker H. Giles J. Harwood Inter- and Intragroup Perspectives on Intergenerational Communication. L.L. Pecchioni H. Ota L. Sparks Cultural Issues in Communication and Aging. Part III: The Communicative Construction of Relationships in Later Life.K.L. Henwood Adult Parent-Child Relationships: A View From Feminist and Discursive Social Psychology. M-L. Mares M.A. Fitzpatrick Communication in Close Relationships of Older People. V.C. McKay R.S. Caverly The Nature of Family Relationships Between and Within Generations: Relations Between Grandparents Grandchildren and Siblings in Later Life. W.K. Rawlins Friendships in Later Life. Part IV: Organizational Communication.M.J. Bergstrom M.E. Holmes Organizational Communication and Aging: Age-Related Processes in Organizations. A.L. Balazs Marketing to the Older Adults. M. Bernard C. Phillipson Retirement and Leisure. Part V: Political and Mass Communication.S.J. Holladay W.T. Coombs The Political Power of Seniors. L.L. Kaid J. Garner The Portrayal of Older Adults in Political Advertising. J.D. Robinson T. Skill J.W. Turner Media Usage Patterns and Portrayals of Seniors. Part VI: Health Communication.T.L. Thompson J.D. Robinson A.E. Beisecker The Older Patient-Physician Interaction. K. Grainger Communication and the Institutionalized Elderly. K.B. Wright J.L. Query Online Support and Older Adults: A Theoretical Examination of Benefits and Limitations of Computer-Mediated Support Networks for Older Adults and Possible Health Outcomes. Part VII: Senior Adult Education.F. Glendenning Education for Older Adults: Lifelong Learning Empowerment and Social Change. D.K. Baringer A.L. Kundrat J.F. Nussbaum Instructional Communication and Older Adults.
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