ISBN:
1410610179
,
9781410610171
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xvii, 596 pages)
,
illustrations.
Edition:
2nd ed.
Series Statement:
LEA's communication series
Parallel Title:
Print version Handbook of communication and aging research
DDC:
305.26
Keywords:
Older people Communication
;
Aging Psychological aspects
;
Aging Abstracts
;
Interpersonal communication
;
Older people Communication
;
Aging Psychological aspects
;
Aging Abstracts
;
Aging Psychological aspects
;
Interpersonal communication
;
Older people Communication
;
Aging Abstracts
;
Aged psychology
;
Communication
;
Aged
;
Interpersonal Relations
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Gerontology
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Aging
;
Aging
;
Aging ; Psychological aspects
;
Interpersonal communication
;
Older people ; Communication
;
Ouderen
;
Communicatie
;
Abstracts
;
Electronic book
;
Electronic books Abstracts
Abstract:
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. Many of the chapters work to deny earlier images of aging as involving normative decrement to provide a different view of aging
Description / Table of Contents:
I: The Experience of AgingImages of Old Age / Mike Hepworth -- Attitudes Towards Aging : Adaptation, Development and Growth Into Later Years / Ann O'Hanlon, Peter Coleman -- II: Language, Culture and Social Aging -- Age in Social and Sociolinguistic Theory / Nikolas Coupland -- The Role of Age Stereotypes in Interpersonal Communication / Mary Lee Hummert ... [et al.] -- Intergenerational Communication : Intergroup, Accommodation, and Family Perspectives / Angie Williams, Jake Harwood -- Inter- and Intragroup Perspectives on Intergenerational Communication / Valerie Barker, Howard Giles, Jake Harwood -- Cultural Issues in Communication and Aging / Loretta L. Pecchioni, Hiroshi Ota, Lisa Sparks -- III: The Communicative Construction of Relationships in Later Life -- Adult Parent-Child Relationships : A View From Feminist and Discursive Social Psychology / Karen L. Henwood -- Communication in Close Relationships of Older People / Marie-Louise Mares, Mary Anne Fitzpatrick -- The Nature of Family Relationships Between and Within Generations: Relations Between Grandparents, Grandchildren, and Siblings in Later Life / Valerie Cryer McKay, R. Suzanne Caverly -- Friendships in Later Life / William K. Rawlins -- IV: Organizational Communication -- Organizational Communication and Aging : Age-Related Processes in Organizations / Mark J. Bergstrom, Michael E. Holmes -- Marketing to Older Adults / Anne L. Balazs -- Retirement and Leisure / Miriam Bernard, Chris Phillipson -- V: Political And Mass Communication -- The Political Power of Seniors / Sherry J. Holladay, W. Timothy Coombs -- The Portrayal of Older Adults in Political Advertising / Lynda Lee Kaid, Jane Garner -- Media Usage Patterns and Portrayals of Seniors / James D. Robinson, Tom Skill, Jeanine W. Turner -- VI: Health Communication -- The Older Patient-Physician Interaction / Teresa L. Thompson, James D. Robinson, Analee E. Beisecker -- Communication and the Institutionalized Elderly / Karen Grainger -- Online Support and Older Adults : A Theoretical Examination of Benefits and Limitations of Computer-Mediated Support Networks for Older Adults and Possible Health Outcomes / Kevin B. Wright, James L. Query -- VII: Senior Adult Education -- Education for Older Adults : Lifelong Learning, Empowerment, and Social Change / Frank Glendenning -- Instructional Communication and Older Adults / Doreen K. Baringer, Amanda L. Kundrat, Jon F. Nussbaum.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. - Print version record
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