Visual Ageism in the Media

Loos, Eugène; Ivan, Loredana

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-73820-8_11

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“…These solutions could be purchased in order to live a normal or independent life. Loos and Ivan 71 noted that there is a trend towards a positive representation of older people in the media. Still, one of the depictions of older people on a healthcare centre in Wateringse Veld showed an older man with a slightly bent back, holding a cane, which is a stereotype of physical decline and impaired mobility.…”

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Age-friendly cities in the Netherlands: An explorative study of facilitators and hindrances in the built environment and ageism in design

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Indoor and Built Environment

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The World Health Organization (WHO) strives to assist and inspire cities to become more ‘age-friendly’ through the Global Age-Friendly Cities Guide. An age-friendly city offers a supportive environment that enables residents to grow older actively within their families, neighbourhoods and civil society, and offers extensive opportunities for their participation in the community. In the attempts to make cities age-friendly, ageism may interact with these developments. The goal of this study was to investigate the extent to which features of age-friendly cities, both facilitators and hindrances, are visible in the city scape of the Dutch municipalities of The Hague and Zoetermeer and whether or not ageism is manifested explicitly or implicitly. A qualitative photoproduction study based on the Checklist of Essential Features of Age-Friendly Cities was conducted in five neighbourhoods. Both municipalities have a large number of visual age-friendly features, which are manifested in five domains of the WHO model, namely Communication and information; Housing; Transportation; Community support and health services; and Outdoor spaces and buildings. Age-stereotypes, both positive and negative, can be observed in the domain of Communication and information, especially in the depiction of third agers as winners. At the same time, older people and age-friendly features are very visible in the cityscapes of both municipalities, and this is a positive expression of the changing demographics.

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“…This trend is also identified by Loos and Ivan. 71 The scholars call for designing for dynamic diversity as an alternative to visual ageism, which in The Hague should also include the visibility of the multicultural society and fourth agers in the way older people are shown in advertisements in the built environment.…”

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Age-friendly cities in the Netherlands: An explorative study of facilitators and hindrances in the built environment and ageism in design

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“…Such thinking can sometimes be spread by mass media, which play a major role in shaping public opinion nowadays. 'Visual ageism' frequently portrays older adults as peripheral or minor societal groups without positive attributes and as an over-homogenized community (Loos and Ivan 2018). In addition, quite often, only 'technical' macroeconomic analyses of the costs Figure 3.…”

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Perception of population ageing and age discrimination across EU countries

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2019

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Population ageing is the most dominant demographic challenge that the European Union is experiencing in the 21st century. This may create negative attitudes and lead to discrimination against persons of advanced age. Age-related stereotypes and prejudice can result in age discrimination, termed ageism. This research concerns the question of perceived ageism towards older people in 25 EU countries, surveyed in 2015 using the Special Eurobarometer 437. The analytical section includes descriptive findings and the results of three multi-level regression models addressing three domains (explained variables) of perceived ageism: 1) discrimination in general, 2) discrimination during economic crisis, and 3) discrimination when electing an older person as a high official. The two-level regression allowed simultaneous modelling of individual-level (gender, age, partnership status, social class, and life satisfaction) and of country-level (life expectancy at 55, perceived start of old age, and HDI) effects. The personal characteristics impacted much stronger perceived ageism than country contexts. Ageist perception in general has mostly been noted at pre-retirement age, but the age profile has not been the same across three regression models. The East-West gradient, frequently reported, is questioned because the geographical picture of perceived ageism is rather puzzling.

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“…The older gamers, 2old2play, Greezer Gamers) have been created. On the other hand the analysis of the Dutch short film Pony Place shows how grandparents trying to play a digital game are stereotypically represented as digital immigrants [66], which could be labeled as a form of visual ageism [67].…”

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Age Stereotyping in the Game Context: Introducing the Game-Ageism and Age-Gameism Phenomena

Costa

Veloso

Loos

2019

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Digital games are frequently described as media that can be crucial in strengthening relationships, enhancing cognitive skills and providing social support. Although considerable empirical research on the use of digital games in youth and stereotypes on gender or ethnicity has been widely covered, there have been few studies on age stereotyping in the game context. In addition, this type of stereotypegame-ageism is likely to negatively affect age identity and intergroup communication amongst players, which could hinder to bridge the gap between different generations. Drawn on a literature review, this position paper introduces the concept of game-ageism as an age stereotype that is still set in our game culture. It also seeks to remedy this problem by suggesting an opposite ideological movementage-gameism that refers to widening the audience of the game industry to all ages. In general, this paper offers a contribution in the field of media and society by highlighting the need for developing games for all ages, encouraging a positive age identity, enhancing intergroup communication and a heterogeneous game culture.

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Visual Ageism in the Media

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Cited by 92 publications

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Age-friendly cities in the Netherlands: An explorative study of facilitators and hindrances in the built environment and ageism in design

Age-friendly cities in the Netherlands: An explorative study of facilitators and hindrances in the built environment and ageism in design

Perception of population ageing and age discrimination across EU countries

Age Stereotyping in the Game Context: Introducing the Game-Ageism and Age-Gameism Phenomena

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