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| Seniors and portrayals of intra-generational and inter-generational inequality in the Globe and Mail | | Author(s) | Julia Rozanova, Herbert C Northcott, Susan A McDaniel |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 25, no 4, Winter 2006 |
| Pages | pp 373-386 |
| Source | http://www.utpjournals.com |
| Keywords | Newspapers [publications] ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Thirty articles published in the Globe and Mail in 2004 were selected and thematically analysed for how older people were portrayed. Older people were discussed in six different contexts: family; work and retirement; community networks; scientific studies of population; social and health care policy; and social attitudes to ageing. Issues pertaining to older people were captured in three themes. The theme of diversity made visible older people of different genders, ages, health statuses, abilities and needs. The successful ageing theme provided positive examples of ageing well, but marginalised older people who did not meet these expectations, thereby fostering intra-generational ageism. The apocalyptic demography / intergenerational conflict theme underscored the importance of society's support system for older people, but raised the issue of inter-generational inequality, of presenting older people as a burden on younger people in families and on society at large. Critical analyses suggested that both negative and positive newspaper portrayals of older people might be ageist. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070508216 A |
| Classmark | UE:6H: TOB: 3F: 7S |
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