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Table of Contents:

• Images of old age
• Attitudes towards aging : adaptation, development and growth into later years
• Age in social and sociolinguistic theory
• The role of age stereotypes in interpersonal communication
• Intergenerational communication : intergroup, accommodation, and family perspectives
• Inter- and intragroup perspectives on intergenerational communication
• Cultural issues in communication and aging
• Adult parent-child relationships : a view from feminist and discursive social psychology
• Communication in close relationships of older people
• The nature of family relationships between and within generations : relations between grandparents, grandchildren, and siblings in later life
• Friendship in later life
• Organizational communication and aging : age-related processes in organizations
• Marketing to older adults
• Retirement and leisure
• The political power of seniors
• The portrayal of older adults in political advertising
• Media usage patterns and portrayals of seniors
• The older patient-physician interaction
• Communication and the institutionalized elderly
• Online support and older adults : a theoretical examination of benefits and limitations of computer-mediated support networks for older adults and possible health outcomes

• Education for older adults : lifelong learning, empowerment, and social change
• Instructional communication and older adults.

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Contributors:

Nussbaum, Jon F.

Coupland, Justine

NetLibrary, Inc.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Series:

LEA's communication series

Subjects:

Older people — Communication

Interpersonal communication

Aging — Psychological aspects

Aging — Abstracts

Older people

Aging

Genres:

Abstracts

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2004. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.

Physical Description:

xvii, 596 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

HQ1061 .H3365 2004eb

ISBNs:

1410610179 (electronic bk.)

OCLC Numbers:

1053033228
55086136 [Invalid]