SPE 4760 - Communication and the Elderly

Credits: 3 (3 + 0)

Prerequisite(s): SPE 1700 and SPE 1710

Description: This course is designed to investigate the particular communication patterns and problems of the aged. It focuses on culturally communicated attitudes toward elderly persons via media, marketing, and institutions, as well as specific communication issues of the aged such as the communication of intimacy, friendship, control, interaction in work environments, home life, retirement and death.