Intergenerational Communication Across the Life Span

by Angie Williams; Jon F. Nussbaum

• ISBN13: 9781410601025
• ISBN10: 1410601021
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2013-02-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

Individuals of all ages interact with one another, and their interactions have significance throughout their lives. This distinctive volume acknowledges the importance of these interactions and provides a life-span developmental view of communication and aging, attempting to capture the many similarities and changes that occur in people's lives as they age. The authors move the study of intergenerational contact closer to the actual participants, examining what happens within intergenerational interactions and how people evaluate their intergenerational experiences. The volume concentrates on the micro-context of the intergenerational interaction and the cognitions, language, and relationship behaviors related to intergenerational communication across the life span. The volume employs the perspective that the understanding of human behavior across the life span is enhanced by studying communicative behavior in intergenerational interaction. The authors integrate research from multiple disciplines concerned with intergenerational communication, which is framed by several unique theoretical perspectives drawn from the communication discipline. As a resource for the study of intergenerational communication across the life span, this monograph offers important insights to scholars, students, and all who are involved in intergenerational communication.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Social Psychological and Developmental Foundations

Theoretical Foundations for the Study of Intergenerational Communication

Intergenerational Contexts and Contact

Social Cognitive Contributions: Intergenerational Attitudes and Stereotypes. Language, Cognition, and Age

Intergenerational Language Strategies: Underaccommodation

Intergenerational Language Strategies: Overaccommodation

Generational Identity and Age Identity

Intergenerational Relationship Communication

Adult Child-Elderly Parent Relationship

The Grandparent-Grandchild Relationship

Sandwiched Communication

Intergenerational Relationships Beyond the Family

Macrosocietal Perspectives

Intergenerational Conflict

Societal, Political, Public Policy Issues, and Intergenerational Communication

Cultural Perspectives on Intergenerational Communication

Epilogue

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