Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT) has served as a cross-disciplinary framework
for understanding the adjustments individuals make to create, maintain, or decrease social …

Imagine a conversation between an older male professor of British origin, a male African
American undergraduate student, and a female postdoctoral student from Switzerland taking …

Improving intergenerational attitudes and relationships is a public policy focus in many
countries around the world. In response to this, many organisations arrange …

Intermediality refers to the interconnectedness of modern media of communication. First, the
term denotes communication through several discourses at once, including through …

As the racial and ethnic landscape of the United States shifts, interracial communication
plays an increasingly crucial role. The sociopolitical climate has impacted identities …

This study investigated communicative and relational aspects of the grandparent–grandchild
relationship that lead to perceptions of age salience and shared family identity with the …

Family is a unique relationship context that influences the contents and processes of identity.
The identity of individuals emerges, at least in part, from being members of a family …

Guided by the Common Ingroup Identity Model (SL Gaertner & JF Dovidio, 2000) and
Communication Accommodation Theory (C. Shepard, H. Giles, & BA LePoire, 2001), we …

This chapter spotlights communication accommodation theory (CAT: see Giles, Coupland, &
Coupland, 1991)–a longstanding framework (Gallois, Ogay, & Giles, 2005; Giles, 1973) that …

Objectives With our rapidly aging population, it is critical to understand biases toward older
people and what can be done to reduce ageism. Intergenerational contact can improve …