Handbook of communication and aging research /

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Imprint:Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1995.
Description:xxii, 517 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:LEA's communication series
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2499694
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Other authors / contributors:Nussbaum, Jon F.
Coupland, Justine.
ISBN:0805814531 (acid-free paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • References
  • About the Contributors
  • I. The Experience of Aging
  • References
  • 1. Images of Old Age
  • References
  • 2. Facing the Challenges of Aging: Development, Coping and Meaning in Life
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
  • II. Language and Social Aging
  • References
  • 3. Discourse, Identity, and Aging
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 4. Cognitive Processes Affecting Communication With Older Adults: The Case for Stereotypes, Attitudes, and Beliefs About Communication
  • References
  • Acknowledgment
  • 5. Aging, Communication, and Intergroup Theory: Social Identity and Intergenerational Communication
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • III. The Communicative Construction of Relationships in Later Life
  • References
  • 6. Adult Parent-Child Relationships: A View From Feminist and Discursive Social Psychology
  • References
  • 7. The Aging Couple
  • References
  • 8. Relationships in Later Life The Nature of Inter- and Intragenerational Ties Among Grandparents, Grandchildren and Adult Siblings
  • References
  • 9. Friendships in Later Life
  • References
  • IV. Organizational Communication
  • References
  • 10. Marketing to the Elderly
  • References
  • 11. Retirement and Leisure
  • References
  • V. Political and Mass Communication
  • REFERENCE
  • 12. The Emerging Political Power of the Elderly
  • References
  • 13. Political Advertising and the Elderly
  • References
  • 14. Media Usage Patterns and Portrayals of the Elderly
  • References
  • VI. Health Communications
  • References
  • 15. The Elderly Patient-Physician Interaction
  • References
  • 16. Communication and the Institutionalized Elderly
  • References
  • 17. Support, Companionship, and Control in Older Adults' Social Networks: Implications for Well-Being
  • References
  • VII. Educational Gerontology
  • 18. Education for Older Adults Lifelong Learning Empowerment, and Social Change
  • References
  • Acknowledgment
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index