Ageing and the media: international perspectives
Bristol:
Policy Press
(2022), 234 pp.
ISBN 978-1-4473-6206-7 (online); 978-1-4473-6203-6 (print)
"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." (Publisher)
Contents
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
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
