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Contents: Preface. Part I: The Experience of Aging. M. Hepworth, Images of Aging. A. O'Hanlon, P. Coleman, Attitudes Towards Aging: Adaptation, Development, and Growth Into Later Years. Part II: Language, Culture, and Social Aging. N. Coupland, Age in Social and Sociolinguistic Theory. M.L. Hummert, T.A. Garstka, E.B. Ryan, J.L. Bonnesen, The Role of Age Stereotypes in Interpersonal Communication. A. Williams, J. Harwood, Intergenerational Communication: Intergroup, Accommodation, and Family Perspectives. V. Barker, H. Giles, J. Harwood, Inter- and Intragroup Perspectives on Intergenerational Communication. L.L. Pecchioni, H. Ota, L. Sparks, Cultural Issues in Communication and Aging. Part III: The Communicative Construction of Relationships in Later Life. K.L. Henwood, Adult Parent-Child Relationships: A View From Feminist and Discursive Social Psychology. M-L. Mares, M.A. Fitzpatrick, Communication in Close Relationships of Older People. V.C. McKay, R.S. Caverly, The Nature of Family Relationships Between and Within Generations: Relations Between Grandparents, Grandchildren, and Siblings in Later Life. W.K. Rawlins, Friendships in Later Life. Part IV: Organizational Communication. M.J. Bergstrom, M.E. Holmes, Organizational Communication and Aging: Age-Related Processes in Organizations. A.L. Balazs, Marketing to the Older Adults. M. Bernard, C. Phillipson, Retirement and Leisure. Part V: Political and Mass Communication. S.J. Holladay, W.T. Coombs, The Political Power of Seniors. L.L. Kaid, J. Garner, The Portrayal of Older Adults in Political Advertising. J.D. Robinson, T. Skill, J.W. Turner, Media Usage Patterns and Portrayals of Seniors. Part VI: Health Communication. T.L. Thompson, J.D. Robinson, A.E. Beisecker, The Older Patient-Physician Interaction. K. Grainger, Communication and the Institutionalized Elderly. K.B. Wright, J.L. Query, Online Support and Older Adults: A Theoretical Examination of Benefits and Limitations of Computer-Mediated Support Networks for Older Adults and Possible Health Outcomes. Part VII: Senior Adult Education. F. Glendenning, Education for Older Adults: Lifelong Learning, Empowerment, and Social Change. D.K. Baringer, A.L. Kundrat, J.F. Nussbaum, Instructional Communication and Older Adults.

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