Handbook of Communication and Aging Research

ISBN-13: 9780805840704 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 624 str.

Jon F. Nussbaum; Dr Justine Coupland

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

Jon F. Nussbaum, Justine Coupland