Ageing and the Media

International Perspectives
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4473-6203-6
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 242 mm x 162 mm, Gewicht: 488 g

Media representations of ageing play a role in stereotype formation and even reinforce them. Encountering these stereotypes can negatively impact the self-esteem, health status, physical wellbeing and cognitive performance of older people.

This international collection examines different dimensions of ageing and ageism in a range of media. Chapters include explorations of the UK media during the COVID-19 pandemic; age, gender and mental health in Ghana; advertising in Brazil; magazines in Canada; Taiwanese newspapers; comics, graphic novels and more.

Bringing together leading scholars, this book critically considers differences in media portrayals and how older adults use and interact with the media.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ylänne, Virpi

Weitere Mitwirkende

Dalmer, Nicole

Cedeira Serantes, Lucia

Loos, Eugène

Ivan, Loredana

Sourbati, Maria

Xu, Wenqian

Lykke Christensen, Christa

Lövgren, Karin

Sandberg, Linn J

Hearn, Jeff

Sawchuk, Dana

Wilinska, Monika

Akyere Boateng, Doris

Chen, Chin-Hui

Huang, Yan-Hua

Grangeiro da Silva Castro, Gisela

Higgs, Paul

Gilleard, Chris

Hurd, Laura

Mahal, Raveena

Ratzenböck, Barbara

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Alterssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Kranken-, Alten- und Behindertenhilfe
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction: Ageing in/and the Media - Virpi Ylänne

Part I: Framing and Constructing Ageing in Media Reporting

2 ‘Apocalyptic Demography’ Versus the ‘Reckless Generation’: Framing the Third and Fourth Ages in the Media - Paul Higgs and Chris Gilleard

3 Older Adults and the Pandemic in UK News Media - Virpi Ylänne

4 Present Time Witches: Media and the Intersecting Discourses of Age, Gender, and Mental Health in Ghana - Monika Wilinska and Doris Boateng

5 Portrayals of Older People With Dementia in Taiwanese Newspapers - Chin-Hui Chen and Yan-Hua Huang

6 Older LGBTQ+ Persons in Canadian Newspapers - Laura Hurd and Raveena Mahal

Part II: Imagined Ageing in Promotional and Fictional Contexts

7 Ageism and the Promotion of Agelessness in Brazilian Advertising - Gisela Castro

8 Visual Ageism on Public Organisations’ Websites - Eugène Loos, Loredana Ivan, Maria Sourbati, Wenqian Xu, Christa Lykke Christensen and Virpi Ylänne

9 Imag(in)ing Ageing Futures in Comics and Graphic Novels - Nicole Dalmer and Lucia Cedeira Serantes

Part III: Older Adults’ Interaction With the Media and Media Technologies

10 Advertising Old Men: Swedish Old Men Reflect on ‘Seeing Themselves’ - Karin Lövgren, Linn Sandberg and Jeff Hearn

11 Older Women and Women’s Magazines: Audience, Agency, and Life Course - Dana Sawchuk

12 The Double Logic of Care: Age, Gender, and Media Technologies in Austria - Barbara Ratzenböck

13 Conclusion - Virpi Ylänne

Über Autor(innen)

Ylänne, Virpi
Virpi Ylänne has now retired. She was previously Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Language and Communication Research, School of English, Communication and Philosophy at Cardiff University, Wales, UK.

Higgs, Paul
Paul Higgs is Professor of the Sociology of Ageing at University College London. He has published widely on the changing nature of later life and is a co-editor of the journal 'Social Theory and Health'. Paul is also a fellow of both the Academy of Social Sciences and the Gerontological Society of America.

Gilleard, Chris
Chris Gilleard is Visiting Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Social & Policy Sciences at the University of Bath and the Division of Psychiatry at University College London. He has published in the areas of psychology, medicine, history and sociology as they relate to ageing and old age. He is also a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Virpi Ylänne has now retired. She was previously Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Language and Communication Research, School of English, Communication and Philosophy at Cardiff University, Wales, UK.