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Older generations in print
— a report ... for the UK Secretariat for the International Year of Older Persons, 1999; analysis by Emily Seymour; edited by Bridget Cass | | Author(s) | Brian Groombridge, Emily Seymour, Bridget Cass |
| Corporate Author | Media Age Network UK; UK Secretariat for the International Year of Older Persons |
| Publisher | UK Secretariat for the International Year of Older Persons, London, 1999 |
| Pages | 40 pp |
| Source | UK Secretariat for the International Year of Older Persons, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER. |
| Keywords | Newspapers [publications] ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | As an activity for the UN International Year of Older Persons 1999, it was decided to carry out a Print Audit of whether and how newspapers treat issues facing an ageing society, and how older people themselves are portrayed. Older people from all over the UK gathered data for the Audit, checking local, regional and national newspapers for the whole week beginning 14 June 1999. In total 1,096 different papers from 726 titles were audited and 3,686 references to older people and older people's issues recorded. This report outlines the audit criteria, presents the Audit's findings, discusses some implications of the research, and suggests how the Audit could be followed up. Appendices include lists of the papers audited and who participated in the audit. The report found that in terms of quantity, older people and the big issues facing society are being covered by the British press. However, the concept of what stories are worth telling about older people themselves has not been updated. Older people continue to be portrayed as victims or frail objects of pity. The report acknowledges that editors and journalists face some difficulties; these could be remedied by more discussions with older people's organisations and older people themselves. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000125006 B |
| Classmark | UE:6H: TOB: 3F |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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