Howard Giles, Jessica Gasiorek, Shardé M. Davis, Jane Giles

Communication for Successful Aging (eBook, ePUB)

Empowering Individuals Across the Lifespan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This essential volume explores the vital role of communication in the aging process and how this varies for different social groups and cultural communities. It reveals how communication can empower people in the process of aging, and that how we communicate about age is critically important to - and is at the heart of - aging successfully.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000476057
• Artikelnr.: 62659700

Autorenporträt

Howard Giles, PhD, DSc, is a Distinguished Research Professor in the Communication Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Honorary Professor in the School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Dr. Jessica Gasiorek is an Associate Professor in the Communicology program at the University of Hawai¿i at Manoa, USA.Dr. Shardé M. Davis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Faculty Affiliate of various research institutes at the University of Connecticut, USA.

Jane Giles is a software consultant and author with a background in psychology and education.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Matters of Communication and Aging 2. Messages of Agism and Age
Stereotypes 3. Age Identities: What Are They and How Do They Emerge? 4. The
Ingredients of Intergenerational Communication 5. The Media, Agism, and
Anti-Aging 6. Talking About Death - Or Not 7. Successful Aging and
Communication 8. Conclusions and Vistas: Communicating Resilience, Hope,
and Empowerment