As a major economic, relational, and identity resource, communication is crucial to the well-being and success of young people. And yet adolescents are typically characterized in the media as inadequate communicators, whose language practices adults bemoan as unintelligible and deleterious. In looking to critique these pervasive stereotypes, the editors of Talking Adolescence have brought together some of the world's leading experts on youth and adolescence, whose interdisciplinary research demonstrates how communication powerfully structures and meaningfully facilitates the lives of young people. Adding to the growing literature on intergenerational and lifespan communication, Talking Adolescence is the first substantive volume devoted to young people. As a major economic, relational, and identity resource, communication is crucial to the well-being and success of young people. And yet adolescents are typically characterized in the media as inadequate communicators, whose language practices adults bemoan as unintelligible and deleterious. In looking to critique these pervasive stereotypes, the editors of Talking Adolescence have brought together some of the world¿s leading experts on youth and adolescence, whose interdisciplinary research demonstrates how communication powerfully structures and meaningfully facilitates the lives of young people. Adding to the growing literature on intergenerational and lifespan communication, Talking Adolescence is the first substantive volume devoted to young people. Preface vii 1 Deconstructing adolescent communication 1(22) CRISPIN THURLOW Part I Adult constructions of young people's communication 2 Youth in the media: Adult stereotypes of young people 23(12) JOHANNA WYN 3 Adults' perceptions of communication with young people 35(18) PETER GARRETT AND ANGIE WILLIAMS 4 From apprehension to awareness: Toward more critical understandings of young people's communication experiences 53(20) CRISPIN THURLOW AND ALICE MARWICK 5 Hearing their voices: Young people, citizenship and online news 73(20) CYNTHIA CARTER AND STUART ALLAN Part II Young people's communication in peer contexts 6 Stylistic practice and the adolescent social order 93(18) PENELOPE ECKERT 7 Slang and swearing as markers of inclusion and exclusion in adolescence 111(18) VIVIAN DE KLERK 8 The language of love: Romantic relationships in adolescence 129(18) LAUREN BERGER, DANA MCMAKIN AND WYNDOL FURMAN 9 Ticket to a Queer planet? Communication issues affecting young lesbian and gay people 147(16) SARAH O'FLYNN 10 Talkin', doin' and bein' with friends': Leisure and communication in adolescence 163(22) LEO HENDRY AND MARION KLOEP 11 Wired whizzes or techno-slaves? Young people and their emergent communication technologies 185(22) SUSAN MCKAY, CRISPIN THURLOW AND HEATHER TOOMEY ZIMMERMAN Part III Young people in communication with adults 12 Communication with parents and other family members: The implications of family process for young people's well-being 207(22) PATRICIA NOLLER 13 Young people's communication with adults in the institutional order 229(16) JOHN DRURY 14 In the classroom: Instructional communication with young people 245(20) JOSEPH CHESEBRO 15 Communication and 'risky' behavior in adolescence 265(18) SUSAN MCKAY List of contributors 283(6) Index 289