- how word order affects social status
- how metaphors shape intergroup relations
- how sexual orientation is communicated
- how interpersonal and intergroup communication intersect
- what neuroscience contributes to intergroup communication
- and how intergroup communication operates in previously unacknowledged settings such as the military or in the political arena.
Given that the "intergroup umbrella" essentially integrates and transcends many of the traditional conceptual boundaries in communication (such as media, health, intercultural, organizational and so forth), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Intergroup Communication provides an intriguing window into the communicative world of intergroup relations so integral to other social sciences. The encyclopedia will be an essential reference for anyone interested in intergroup communication issues, particularly research scholars and graduate students.
Jake Harwood (Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara) is Professor of Communication and former director of the Gerontology program at the University of Arizona. He is author of Understanding Communication and Aging (2007) and Communication and Music (2015), and co-editor of The Dynamics of Intergroup Communication (2011). He has published over 100 articles and chapters on intergenerational communication, intergroup communication and communication and music, including in journals such as Human Communication Research, Journal of Communication, and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.