Life-Span Communication

Informationen zum Autor Loretta L. Pecchioni, Kevin B. Wright, Jon F. Nussbaum Klappentext This innovative text emphasizes how communicative processes develop, are maintained, and change throughout the life span. Topics covered include language skills, interpersonal conflict management, socialization, care-giving, and relationship development. Zusammenfassung This innovative text emphasizes how communicative processes develop, are maintained, and change throughout the life span. Topics covered include language skills, interpersonal conflict management, socialization, care-giving, and relationship development. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Preface. Part I: Introduction and Overview: Theoretical and Methodological Issues of Communication Across the Life Span. Life-Span Communication: Perspective and Methodology. Part II: Foundations of Communication: Cognitive Processing and Language. Cogntive Processes. Language Development. Part III: Relational Contexts. Family Communication: Childhood Through Adolescence. Family Communication in Later Life. Friendship Throughout the Life Span. Part IV: The Changing Nature of the Self and Relational Networks Across the Life Span. Social Roles and Transitions. Interpersonal Conflict Management. Social Support, Health, and Well-Being. Part V: Leisure and Media Use Throughout the Life Span. Leisure and Entertainment Across the Life Span. Mass Media and Children. Mass Media and the Elderly. Part VI: Summary: Implications of Life-Span Communication. Life-Span Communication: Implications and Issues for Research.

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• Authors: Jon F Nussbaum, Jon F. Nussbaum, Nussbaum Jon F., Loretta L Pecchioni, Loretta L. Pecchioni, Loretta L. Wright Pecchioni, Pecchioni Loretta L., Kevin B Wright, Kevin B. Wright
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.06.2005
• EAN: 9780805841114
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-4111-4
• No. of pages: 322
• Series: Routledge Communication Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Communication Studies, Cognition and cognitive psychology