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What, exactly, is understanding? And how do people create,
maintain, and manipulate states of understanding via communication?
This book addresses these questions, drawing on interdisciplinary
scholarship in cognitive science, communication, psychology, and
pragmatics. Rejecting classic descriptions of communication as
"sending and receiving messages," this book proposes a novel
perspective that depicts communication as a process in which
interactants construct, test, and refine mental modes of a joint
experience on the basis of the meme states (mental representations)
activated by stimuli in social interactions. It explains how this
process, when successful, results in interactants' mental models
aligning, or becoming entrained-in other words, in creating a state
of understanding. This framework is grounded in a set of
foundational observations about evolved human cognition that
highlight people's intrinsic social orientation, predisposition
toward efficiency, and use of predictive interference-making. These
principles are also used to explain how codified systems ("codes")
emerge in extended or repeated interactions in which people
endeavor to create understanding. Integrating and synthesizing
research across disciplines, this book offers communication
scholars and students a theoretical framework that will transform
the way they see understanding, communication, and social
connection.
What, exactly, is understanding? And how do people create,
maintain, and manipulate states of understanding via communication?
This book addresses these questions, drawing on interdisciplinary
scholarship in cognitive science, communication, psychology, and
pragmatics. Rejecting classic descriptions of communication as
"sending and receiving messages," this book proposes a novel
perspective that depicts communication as a process in which
interactants construct, test, and refine mental modes of a joint
experience on the basis of the meme states (mental representations)
activated by stimuli in social interactions. It explains how this
process, when successful, results in interactants' mental models
aligning, or becoming entrained-in other words, in creating a state
of understanding. This framework is grounded in a set of
foundational observations about evolved human cognition that
highlight people's intrinsic social orientation, predisposition
toward efficiency, and use of predictive interference-making. These
principles are also used to explain how codified systems ("codes")
emerge in extended or repeated interactions in which people
endeavor to create understanding. Integrating and synthesizing
research across disciplines, this book offers communication
scholars and students a theoretical framework that will transform
the way they see understanding, communication, and social
connection.
Language, Communication, and Intergroup Relations presents the
current state of knowledge at the intersection of language,
communication, and intergroup relations, drawing on
interdisciplinary work from the fields of communication, social
psychology, and sociolinguistics. Building from that existing work,
it presents a series of provocative and innovative new directions
in this area. The work is organized around a series of five themes:
* Language and Culture * Intergroup Communication *
Intergenerational Relations * Interpersonal Accommodation *
Institutional Accommodation. Within each theme, prominent scholars
present reviews of the literature, which are followed by responses,
reactions, and extensions from a multidisciplinary group of
researchers. These responses often move beyond typical academic
prose and engage with the material in novel ways, including
graphical theoretical models, short personal reflections, and
creative prose. It is essential reading for students and academics
in the interdisciplinary fields of communication, language, and
social psychology.
Language, Communication, and Intergroup Relations presents the
current state of knowledge at the intersection of language,
communication, and intergroup relations, drawing on
interdisciplinary work from the fields of communication, social
psychology, and sociolinguistics. Building from that existing work,
it presents a series of provocative and innovative new directions
in this area. The work is organized around a series of five themes:
* Language and Culture * Intergroup Communication *
Intergenerational Relations * Interpersonal Accommodation *
Institutional Accommodation. Within each theme, prominent scholars
present reviews of the literature, which are followed by responses,
reactions, and extensions from a multidisciplinary group of
researchers. These responses often move beyond typical academic
prose and engage with the material in novel ways, including
graphical theoretical models, short personal reflections, and
creative prose. It is essential reading for students and academics
in the interdisciplinary fields of communication, language, and
social psychology.
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. Giles et al. confront the uncertainty and negativity
surrounding "aging" - a process with which we all have to cope - by
expertly placing communication at the core of the process. They
address the need to avoid negative language, discuss the lifespan
as an evolving adventure, and introduce a new theory of successful
aging - the communication ecology model of successful aging
(CEMSA). They explore the research on key topics including: age
stereotypes, age identities, and messages of ageism; the role of
culture, gender, ethnicity, and being a member of marginalized
groups; the ingredients of intergenerational communication;
depiction of aging and youth in the media; and how and why talk
about death and dying can be instrumental in promoting control over
life's demands. Communication for Successful Aging is essential
reading for graduate students of psychology, human development,
gerontology, and communication, scholars in the social sciences,
and all of us concerned with this complex academic and highly
personal topic.
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. Giles et al. confront the uncertainty and negativity
surrounding "aging" - a process with which we all have to cope - by
expertly placing communication at the core of the process. They
address the need to avoid negative language, discuss the lifespan
as an evolving adventure, and introduce a new theory of successful
aging - the communication ecology model of successful aging
(CEMSA). They explore the research on key topics including: age
stereotypes, age identities, and messages of ageism; the role of
culture, gender, ethnicity, and being a member of marginalized
groups; the ingredients of intergenerational communication;
depiction of aging and youth in the media; and how and why talk
about death and dying can be instrumental in promoting control over
life's demands. Communication for Successful Aging is essential
reading for graduate students of psychology, human development,
gerontology, and communication, scholars in the social sciences,
and all of us concerned with this complex academic and highly
personal topic.
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