Building on their past work in race and family communication, Rhunette C. Diggs and Thomas J. Socha gather in this volume contemporary theory and research concerning ways that families use communication to transform inherited cultural legacies for the better (Communication 3.0).

Rhunette C. Diggs is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication at Johnson C. Smith University and an Adjunct Instructor at Rowan Cabarrus Community College, USA.

Thomas J. Socha is Professor of Communication at Old Dominion University, USA.

Chapter 1. A Better Way: Family Communication 3.0 Chapter 2. Family Communication (Re)Awakening Indigenous Resilience, Wellness, and Transcendence Chapter 3. Unsettling Narrative Inheritance in Multicultural Family: Race, Class and Wealth in Family Stories of Property Chapter 4. QAnon's Ideology of Hate: As a Catalyst for Negative Transformation in Families and Close Relationships Chapter 5. Guess Who Came to Dinner (and Stayed): Multiracial Romance and Families in Public and Private Spheres Chapter 6. Resilience, Transitions, and Migration: Family Communication Toward a More Hopeful Future Chapter 7. Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma: Understanding Family Histories and Narratives Chapter 8. Unexpected Financial Crises: Family Communication, Financial Planning, Ethnic/Racial Financial Practices and Transformative Financial Security Chapter 9. Breaking Free: Black, White, Bi-racial Women Respond to Memories of Family Race Legacies and Pass on Anti-Racism and Self-Family Care Chapter 10. Healing from Trauma: Analyzing Letters When a Loved One is Incarcerated Chapter 11. A Brief Report: A Black Woman's Life Shines the Light on Black Males and Family Communication Chapter 12. Family Communication 3.0: Smartphones, Transformation, and Families in the US and China