Social media, ageism, and older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic

Soto‐Pérez‐de‐Celis, Enrique

doi:10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100634

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“…The following presents methodological reflections on my own positionality. A large body of research has found that older people are dominantly represented as a vulnerable, disempowered and homogeneous group, which leads to ageism (see Levy et al, 2014;Makita et al, 2019;Soto-Perez-de-Celis, 2020). So, I expected that ageism would manifest itself as negative media representations of older people.…”

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“…It has been found that older people are very often represented stereotypically and negatively (see Carrigan & Szmigin, 2003;Meisner, 2020;Soto-Perez-de-Celis, 2020), indicating that the limited media representations give dominant meanings to older people in society.…”

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“…The media, including films, television, print and social media, generally echoes and reinforces ageist images of older people (Officer & de la Fuente-Núñez, 2018;Soto-Perez-de-Celis, 2020). Researchers focusing on ageism in the media have approached the representation of older people by considering the textual, auditory, visual, and discursive aspects of media texts.…”

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“…Social networks could be a new source of information for the triangulation of ageism (at least when it is amplified as reported by JAGS), which seems to be penetrating the scientific literature and can be exemplified by the “BoomerRemover” Twitter hashtag. Thus, researchers from Mexico [ 4 ] collected a total of 18,128 tweets and selected and analyzed a random sample of 351 (91.7% belonged to individuals). The most common types of tweets were personal opinions, informative tweets, jokes/ridicule, and personal accounts.…”

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“…Two months later, on 9 May [1], Spain reported 231,765 COVID-19 cases and 18,342 deaths, with 35.2% aged over 70 years and a very high percentage of deaths in senior residences (lethality by age range: 70-79 = 12.7 and ≥80 = 26.28, higher than those reported by Sánchez-Rodríguez [2] (of 70-79 = 8% >80 = 14.8; see update [3]). Throughout the pandemic, several authors have emphasized the emerging threat of ageism-as has occurred in other similar pandemics in the past-and the literature throughout 2020 has tested diverse sources of data including international contexts [4,5].…”

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Health, Psycho-Social Factors, and Ageism in Older Adults in Spain during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Fernández-Ballesteros

Sánchez‐Izquierdo

2021

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Older adults are a population at risk for COVID-19. This study has two independent objectives: (1) to report the impact of COVID-19, as well as psycho-social responses during lockdown, in a sample of older adults in Spain, and (2) to explore through the review of published surveys what extent ageism has increased at the population level. The first objective was to search through an online questionnaire collecting information about self-reported health, lifestyles, psycho-social conditions, and a diversity of concerns. This questionnaire was administered to a volunteer sample of 315 older Spanish men and women (301 COVID-19-free and 14 diagnosed with COVID-19). All individuals reported that they had information about the COVID-19 pandemic. Their self-perception of health was also quite good, most maintaining healthy lifestyles and few reporting unhealthy behaviors. They reported few changes in family and interpersonal relations during lockdown. Those diagnosed with COVID-19 reported higher levels of anxiety, irritation, and fear, in comparison with the COVID-19-free group. Interestingly, instead of being concerned about health, the greatest concern in both groups (COVID-free and those diagnosed with COVID) were politics and the future. Our second objective, to explore ageism during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, was examined across various surveys conducted in several populations by several authors. Results showed an increase in ageism in Spain. Although some new information about health perception, psychosocial responses, and concerns during this unknown stressful situation was obtained, much more research with representative samples is required in order to arrive at more accurate conclusions.

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COVID-19 Pandemic and Healthy Aging

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Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging

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Social media, ageism, and older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 46 publications

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Ageism in the Media : Online Representations of Older People

Ageism in the Media : Online Representations of Older People

Health, Psycho-Social Factors, and Ageism in Older Adults in Spain during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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