Jon F. Nussbaum (PhD, Purdue University) is Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences and Human Development and Family Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. He is a former President of the International Communication Association and the International Society of Language and Social Psychology, and a former editor of the Journal of Communication.

Contents: Amy B. Jordan/Jon F. Nussbaum: Introduction to Communication Across the Life Span - Sun Sun Lim: Young People and Communication Technologies: Emerging Challenges in Generational Analysis - Jean Burgess: Digital Media and Generations - Zizi Papacharissi: Technologies, Generations, and Structures of Storytelling - Jessica Gasiorek/Craig Fowler/Howard Giles: Communication and Successful Aging - Mary Lee Hummert: Stereotyping and Family Communication - Amanda Denes/Annika C. Speer/Anuraj Dhillon/Kara L. Winkler: Future Directions in Post Sex Communication Research: Exploring Long-Term Relationships, Aging, and Physiology - Margot J. van der Goot: Older Adults' Mediated Communication: Current Perspectives among Communication Scholars - Peter Hart-Brinson/Guobin Yang/Piermarco Aroldi: Techno-Social Generations and Communication Research - Fausto Colombo: Aging, Media, and Communication - Susan B. Kretchmer/Teresa Correa/Ellie Rennie/Julian Thomas/Laura Robinson/Susana Salgado/Amit Schejter/Orit Ben-Harush/Noam Tirosh/Shula Mola/Jonathan Mendels/Malka Shaham/Ghalia Abu-Kaf/Qinghua Yang/Simeon J. Yates: The Digital Divide: Worldwide Challenges for Communication Across the Life Span in the Digital Age - Kirstie McAllum/Carla L. Fisher/Muriel Scott/Mary Simpson/John Oetzel/Kay Berryman/Rangimahora Reddy/Jill Yamasaki: Constructing the Carer Across the Life Span of Care: Home-Based Care Contexts Across the Globe.