Prologue on two dimensions: The risk and management of intergenerational miscommunication

Ageism and Ageist Language Across the Life Span: Intimate Relationships and Non‐intimate Interactions

“…Following the recommendations of such scholars as Ryan et al (1995) could be beneficial in developing the content of these educational opportunities and in providing training for health care providers on the process of healthy ageing. It is hoped such training will result in more positive expectations and stereotypes of older adults and providers will be prepared to communicate on a more “consultative and participatory basis” (Edwards & Giles, 1998, p. 3). It should also be emphasized that communication accommodations such as using a slower rate of speech, using simpler sentences, and making messages explicit are inappropriate when enacted solely on the basis of preconceived stereotypes of a patient's cohort.…”

Age Vitality Across Eleven Nations

“…Current theories of the use of language in intergenerational communication (e.g. Hummert, 1994;Ryan et al, 1986) are not only Western-biased (Edwards & Giles, 1998), and hence require careful attention to the cultural forces of filial piety and the like, but also need to be revised so as to acknowledge the mediating roles of different perceptions of the social structure such as vitality (see also, Bourhis et al, 1997 in the macro-realm of social policies) in their effects on younger-to-older communication. Relatedly, the interrelationships between age stereotyping, filial piety, and age vitality demand further consideration; for instance, societal norms of filial piety can shape the institutional support elderly people are perceived to posses and/or actually receive.…”

Gay Men at Midlife

“…, as well as the problematic nature of intergenerational communication (Barker, 2007;Edwards & Giles, 1998;Nussbaum & Coupland, 1995). Less research, however, has taken an intergroup communication perspective on these topics (Giles, Khajavy, & Choi, 2012;Giles, McCann, Ota, & Noels, 2002;Hummert, 2012).…”

“…Many communication studies have addressed age and aging among the general population (Giles, Davis, Gasiorek, & Giles, 2013; Harwood, 2007), often highlighting the abundance of negative perceptions of aging individuals, at least in Western countries (Hummert, 2011; Robinson, Skill, & Turner, 2004), as well as the problematic nature of intergenerational communication (Barker, 2007; Edwards & Giles, 1998; Nussbaum & Coupland, 1995). Less research, however, has taken an intergroup communication perspective on these topics (Giles, Khajavy, & Choi, 2012; Giles, McCann, Ota, & Noels, 2002; Hummert, 2012).…”