Talking Adolescence: Perspectives on Communication in the Teenage Years (Language as Social Action) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 082047097X ISBN 13: 9780820470979

Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 2005

Synopsis

As a major economic, relational, and identity resource, communication is crucial to the well-being and success of young people. And yet adolescents are typically characterized in the media as inadequate communicators, whose language practices adults bemoan as unintelligible and deleterious. In looking to critique these pervasive stereotypes, the editors of Talking Adolescence have brought together some of the world’s leading experts on youth and adolescence, whose interdisciplinary research demonstrates how communication powerfully structures and meaningfully facilitates the lives of young people. Adding to the growing literature on intergenerational and lifespan communication, Talking Adolescence is the first substantive volume devoted to young people.

About this title

About the Author:

The Editors: Angie Williams received her Ph.D. in communication from University of California, Santa Barbara. She is Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University in Wales. Her main research interest is in intergroup communication, particularly as it relates to culture, age, lifespan, and health issues. She is co-author of Intergenerational Communication Across the Lifespan (2001).
Crispin Thurlow received his Ph.D. in language and communication from University of Wales. He is Assistant Professor of Social Interaction in the Department of Communication, University of Washington in Seattle. His research on «discourse and difference» examines the ways language and other semiotic modes are used to make sense of boundaries of dissimilarity and inequality. His work on young people’s communication has been published in a wide range of international journals.

Review:

«With top scholars from numerous disciplines, ‘Talking Adolescence’ fills an important knowledge gap in our understanding of lifespan communication. It will be required reading for any scholar interested in significant relationships throughout the lifespan, and it will also ignite numerous investigations into the communicative experiences of young people and those of us who interact frequently with them.» (Jon Nussbaum, Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Penn State University, U.S.A.)
«It is a pleasure to see this book in print, and to know that academics are taking adolescence seriously. The topics covered here are of great scholarly interest, as well as being of value for anyone working with young people. I recommend this book unreservedly.» (John Coleman, Director of the Trust for the Study of Adolescence, England)

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 082047097X
• ISBN 13: 9780820470979
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 292
• Editor: Williams Angie, Thurlow Crispin