Message Production Across the Life Span: Communication and Aging

Contemporary communication researchers do not incorporate a life‐span perspective in their theories of message production. A case is made here for including life‐span perspectives. In addition, we describe and explain numerous age‐related changes in a person's ability to produce competent messa...

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Published in:Communication theory 2000-05, Vol.10 (2), p.200-209
Main Authors: Nussbaum, Jon F., Baringer, Doreen K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ageing
Aging
Communication
Human behaviour
Life cycles
Messages
Social theory
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Summary:Contemporary communication researchers do not incorporate a life‐span perspective in their theories of message production. A case is made here for including life‐span perspectives. In addition, we describe and explain numerous age‐related changes in a person's ability to produce competent messages. We present two theories of successful aging, along with a brief review of research related to the aging process and message production in order to illustrate the importance of incorporating the life‐span perspective into message‐production theorizing.
ISSN:1050-3293
1468-2885
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2885.2000.tb00189.x