Full Description
Communication accommodation theory (CAT) explains and predicts when, how, and why different people engage in conversational adjustments with others (or not), as well as recipients' responses to them. CAT has been studied with many methods across numerous languages, cultures, groups, disciplines, and contexts as well as with non-human species. This, besides journal special issues, is the third book devoted to CAT advancements.
A 2023 journal issue of Language Sciences commemorated the theory's 50th anniversary. Yet since, a plethora of studies and theoretical refinements have exploded onto the scene. Herein, these include sojourning, AI, safety in industries, policing crowd protests, metacognition, and biological underpinnings of CAT, underscoring the timeliness of this volume. With new vistas, this volume enhances CAT's status as, arguably, the most robust framework for understanding interpersonal and intergroup adjustments in communication across new technologies.
"Over 50 years of Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT) research has profoundly advanced our understanding of human interaction, yet this volume shows there is much still to learn. Giles, Markowitz, David, and a stellar set of authors provide a rich review of the latest advances in CAT and set forth an exciting agenda for scholars committed to understanding the complexities of human interaction. An invaluable, highly recommended resource."
-Mary Lee Hummert, Ph.D. Professor Emerita, University of Kansas.
"Serving as a must-read for both established and early career scholars interested in communication adaptation, the edited volume provides relevant overviews and important insight into the processes, contexts, and outcomes of accommodation. Chapters address important conceptual and theoretical questions that will no doubt advance future research and theorizing further solidifying the heuristic and applied value of communication accommodation theory."
-Jordan Soliz, Ph.D. Professor and Leland J. and Dorothy H. Olson Chair in Arts and Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Contents
Howard Giles, David Clementson, and David Markowitz: CAT-aloguing the Past, Present, and Future - Quinten Bernhold: Accommodating Families - Charles W. Choi: Sojourning with CAT - Edward R. Maguire: Encounters Between Police and Crowds: New Insights from CAT - Yan Bing Zhang, Gabrielle Byrd, and Gretchen Montgomery-Vestecka: Processes and Explanatory Mechanisms of Intergroup Accommodation - Melanie Barlow, Bernadette Watson, Liz Jones, Chris Williams, and Timothy Mavin: Expanding CAT Beyond Health to the Aviation Industry - Monica A. Riordan and Roger Kreuz: Humanizing AI Agents using Communication Accommodation Theory - Anuraj Dhillon, Amanda Denes, and Meredith Turner: From Genes to Gestures: Uncovering Biological Threads in Communication Accommodation - Jessica Gasiorek and Marko Dragojevic: Managing Comprehension: Metacognition and Understanding in Communication Accommodation - Andrew Guydish: What's Next? A Comparison with Fellow Theories and Future Developments - Jake Harwood: CAT-apulting into the Future.
