Jake Harwood is a Professor of Communication and former Director of the Graduate Program in Gerontology. He received his Ph.D. in Communication from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1994 and taught at the University of Kansas before moving to Tucson. His research focuses on intergroup communication with a particular focus on age groups. He is interested in the ways in which cognitive (e.g., stereotypes) and societal (e.g., mass media) representations of groups relate to communication processes. This includes research focused on grandparent-grandchild relationships and the ways in which stereotypes and attitudes concerning aging are associated with those relationships. He also examines portrayals of groups in the media, and how those portrayals influence attitudes about groups. His research draws on theories of social identity, intergroup behavior, and communication accommodation. He is the co-editor of “Intergroup Communication: Multiple Perspectives” (Peter Lang, 2005) and author of “Understanding Communication and Aging” (Sage, 2007). He has published about 70 articles and book chapters. His recent publications have appeared in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Communication, Communication Monographs, and Human Communication Research. He is editor of Human Communication Research and book review editor for the Journal of Language and Social Psychology. He teaches courses in research methods/statistics, intergroup communication, and intergenerational communication.
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Harwood, J., Raman, P., & Hewstone, M. (2006). Communicative predictors of
group salience in the intergenerational setting. Journal of Family
Communication, 6, 181-200.
Harwood, J., Hewstone, M., Paolini, S., & Voci, A. (2005).
Grandparent-grandchild contact and attitudes towards older adults: Moderator and mediator effects. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31,
393-406.
Zhang, Y. B., & Harwood, J. (2004). Modernization and tradition in an age of globalization: Cultural values in Chinese television commercials. Journal of Communication, 54 (1), 156-172.
Soliz, J., & Harwood, J. (2003). Perceptions of communication in a family relationship and the reduction of intergroup prejudice. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 31, 320-345.
Harwood, J., & Anderson, K. (2002). The presence and portrayal of social groups on prime-time television. Communication Reports, 15, 81-98.
Harwood, J. (2000). Communication media use in the grandparent-grandchild relationship. Journal of Communication, 50 (4), 56-78.
Harwood, J., McKee, J., & Lin, M-C. (2000). Younger and older adults'
schematic representations of intergenerational communication. Communication Monographs, 67, 20-41.
Harwood, J. (1999). Age identification, social identity gratifications, and television viewing. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 43, 123-136.
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