Abstract
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.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 200-209 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Communication Theory |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2000 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Language and Linguistics
- Communication
- Linguistics and Language