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Advances in and prospects for intergroup communication : prologue / Howard Giles & Anne Maass -- Intergroup communication's defining features and constraints -- Shared identity and the intergroup dynamics of communication / Katharine Greenaway, Kim Peters, S. Alexander Haslam & William Bingley -- De-dichotomizing intergroup and interpersonal dynamics : perspectives on communication, identity and relationships / Katlyn Gangi & Jordan Soliz -- Language attitudes as intergroup terrain / Marko Dragojevic -- News media and intergroup contexts / Craig O. Stewart -- Political correctness / Becky Robinson & Scott A. Reid -- Tools of intergroup communication -- Intergroup metaphors / Nick Haslam, Elise Holland & Michelle Stratemeyer -- Binomial word order and social status / Peter Hegarty, Sandra Mollin & Rob Foels -- Nonverbal behavior and intergroup communication / Luigi Castelli & Giovanni Galfano -- Social media and intergroup communication : collapsing and expanding group contexts / Caleb T. Carr, Eric J. Varney & J. Ryan Blesse -- Social groups and their context -- Gender and linguistic sexism / Ute Gabriel & Pascal Gygax -- Communication and the "invisible" : disclosing and inferring sexual orientation through visual and vocal cues / Fabio Fasoli, Anne Maass & Simone Sulpizio -- An intergroup approach to political communication / Charlotte Nau -- Intergroup communication in organizations -- Organizational socialization and intergroup dynamics / DaJung Woo & Karen Myers -- Intergroup communication and leadership in healthcare / Lori Leach, Bernadette Watson, David G. Hewett, Gavin Schwarz & Cindy Gallois -- Intergroup communication perspectives on military families and the military-civilian divide / Steve R. Wilson & Skye M. Chernichky -- Future directions -- Towards a social neuroscience of intergroup communication / Richard Clément, Catherine Bielajew & Sinthujaa Sampasivam -- Conceptualizing the diversity of intergroup settings : the web model / Martin Ehala, Howard Giles & Jake Harwood -- Social networks and intergroup communication / Cynthia Stohl, Howard Giles & Anne Maass -- Contributors -- Index

Principles of intergroup communication / Howard Giles -- Social psychological approaches to intergroup communication / Scott A. Reid -- Approaches and methods in intergroup communication / Cynthia Gallois, Julia Cretchley, and Bernadette M. Watson -- Ethnographic studies of intergroup communication / Donal Carbaugh. [et al.] -- Identity categories as action in talk / Ann Weatherall -- Sociolinguistics and intergroup communication / Maria Stubbe -- Accents, nonverbal behavior, and intergroup bias / John F. Dovidio and Agata Gluszek -- Ethnolinguistic interaction and multilingual communication / Richard Y. Bourhis, Rana Sioufi, and Itesh Sachdev -- Power of messages through speech and silence / Sik Hung Ng and Ting Kin Ng -- Hate speech and stereotypic talk / John Haas -- Terrorism as intergroup communication / Edward Orehek -- Communication and reconciling intergroup conflict / Donald G. Ellis and Ifat Maoz -- Intergroup contact and communication / Jake Harwood and Nick Joyce -- Reducing intergroup conflict in the digital age / Yair Amichai-Hamburger -- Gender and intergroup communication / Nicholas A. Palomares -- Communication and identities characterized by male sexual orientation / Christopher Hajek -- Challenges and opportunities for communication between age groups / Mary Lee Hummert -- Communication between the generations / Karen K. Myers and Courtney W. Davis -- Understanding disability as an intergroup encounter / Ashley P. Duggan, James D. Robinson, and Teresa L. Thompson -- Intergroup messages in policing the community / Charles W. Choi and Howard Giles -- Interreligious communication / Reeshma Haji and Richard N. Lalonde -- Intergroup communication and health care / Bernadette M. Watson, David G. Hewett, and Cynthia Gallois -- Educational contexts and intergroup communication / Jon F. Nussbaum, Alysa Lucas, and Tara McManus -- Social identity and the dynamics of organizational communication / Thomas A. Morton. [et al.] -- Family as an intergroup arena / Jordan Soliz and Christine E. Rittenour -- Sports viewers and intergroup communication / Paul Haridakis -- Group membership in race-related media processes and effects / Dana Mastro and Anita Atwell Seate -- Epilogue -- Norm talk and identity in intergroup communication / Michael Hogg and Howard Giles -- Contributors -- Index

As people age, experiences of depression, loneliness and loss of physical capabilities can emerge. As with previous work on the benefits of music as an intervention for social belonging and valued social identity, dance may increase similar feelings. Although theoretical chapters have been written on dance as it relates to social identity, belonging, and health, little empirical work has been conducted on the benefits of ballet as a recreational activity for older adults. The study reported here is framed by the "communication ecology model of successful aging," and modestly embellishes this framework based on this study's findings. Using interviews from 24 American female recreational ballet dancers ranging in age from 23-87 in a small West Coast town, this study investigates, for the first time, how ballet is incorporated into their self-concept and physical, mental, and social experiences of aging. Findings indicate that participating regularly in ballet is a core aspect of most women's self-concept and means of self-expression. All women discussed how ballet has improved their physical and mental wellness, helping them have a more positive experience of age-related changes. Results showed that most women regard ballet as a very social activity, such that it helps them to feel a sense of community or even kin-like relationships with the other people regularly in class. All women interviewed mentioned that ballet is so integrated into who they are that it is something they hope to do for as long as possible.

This article takes an intergroup communication perspective to conceptualizing language-related issues in multilingual multinational corporations (MNCs). Language is one of the most salient identifiers of individuals and groups as well as an integral aspect of self-concept. Managers of multilingual teams and MNCs, where speakers of different first languages must rely on mutual interactions to achieve common goals, are likely to deal with communication challenges among many other managerial concerns. Adopting a corporate common language (CCL) provides MNCs benefits, such as efficiency and coherence, from standardizing employees' use of language. Yet, the fact that a certain language is viewed as "standard" or common—and others as "nonstandard" and uncommon—can potentially create tensions between native and nonnative speakers of it. To increase scholarly attention to this topic, we discuss topics related to language attitudes that can affect communication processes in multilingual MNCs. The implications of, and organizational benefits for, sensitizing managers of MNCs that have adopted a CCL approach to these intergroup dynamics are discussed. We conclude the article with future research agenda for cross-cultural management researchers facing the global environment in which organizational, cultural, and sectoral boundaries are increasingly blurred and multilingualism impacts both internal and external functions of organizations.

A review of Regina Lawrence's The Politics of Force: Media and the Consturction of Police Brutality and Jeffrey Ian Ross' Making News of Police Violence: A Comparative Study of Toronto and New York City