Handbook of Communication and Aging Research

Table of contents

• Handbook of Communication and Aging Research *
• Title Page *
• Contents vii
• Preface xi
• References xiii
• List of Contributors xv
• Handbook of Communication and Aging Research *
• I - The Experience of Aging 1
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• 1 - Images of Old Age 3
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• 2 - Attitudes Towards Aging: Adaptation, Development and Growth into Later Years 31
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• II - Language, Culture and Social Aging 65
• References 67
• 3 - Age in Social and Sociolinguistic Theory 69
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• 4 - The Role of Age Stereotypes in Interpersonal Communication 91
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• 5 - Intergenerational Communication: Intergroup, Accommodation, and Family Perspectives 115
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• 6 - Inter- and Intragroup Perspectives on Intergenerational Communication 139
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• 7 - Cultural Issues in Communication and Aging 167
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• III - The Communicative Construction of Relationships in Later Life 209
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• 8 - Adult Parent–child Relationships: a View from Feminist and Discursive Social Psychology 215
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• 9 - Communication in Close Relationships of Older People 231
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• 10 - The Nature of Family Relationships Between and Within Generations: Relations Between Grandparents, Grandchildren, and Siblings in Later Life 251
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• 11 - Friendships in Later Life 273
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• IV - Organizational Communication 301
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• 12 - Organizational Communication and Aging: Age-Related Processes in Organizations 305
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• 13 - Marketing to Older Adults 329
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• 14 - Retirement and Leisure 353
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• V - Political and Mass Communication 379
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• 15 - The Political Power of Seniors 383
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• 16 - The Portrayal of Older Adults in Political Advertising 407
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• 17 - Media Usage Patterns and Portrayals of Seniors 423
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• VI - Health Communication 447
• References 449
• 18 - The Older Patient–physician Interaction 451
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• 19 - Communication and the Institutionalized Elderly 479
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• 20 - Online Support and Older Adults: a Theoretical Examination of Benefits and Limitations of Computer-Mediated Support Networks for Older Adults and Possible Health Outcomes 499
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• VII - Senior Adult Education 521
• 21 - Education for Older Adults: Lifelong Learning, Empowerment, and Social Change 523
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• 22 - Instructional Communication and Older Adults 543
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• Author Index 563
• Subject Index 591

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