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- Title
Med modrostjo in nemočjo: podobe starostnikov na spletu.
- Authors
Kreačič, Lavra
- Abstract
This article analyses the representation of elders on the internet and compares it with the representations of aged people in other types of media (magazines, television, film, etc.). The study depicts the ambivalence within the display of representations of the elderly who are portrayed in terms of wisdom on the one hand and in the terms of vulnerability on the other. Mass media has the authority to construct images of the elderly according to the interest of dominant social groups in our society and present them to general audience as natural representations which are valid per se. However, in view of the fact that Internet as a form of new technology should be more democratic and accessible to all, it should also offer alternative representations of the elderly. The first part of the text observes problems that we come across when we try to define the term 'age', it shows the perception of age, it stresses the stereotyping of the elderly and seeks the origin of the ambivalent representation of elders. Furthermore, it also mentiones the question of non-use of the Internet among the aged. The second part of the study analyses a selected set of the practical examples from different media and it concludes with a finding that Internet representations reinforce the pre-existing representations of elders in the society despite the common belief that Internet (as a relatively new technology) should guarantee greater diversity of representations of the elderly on the World Wide Web.
- Subjects
WISDOM; INTERNET &; older people; MASS media &; older people; OLDER people; OLD age; WORLD Wide Web
- Publication
Kakovostna Starost, 2006, Vol 9, Issue 2, p16
- ISSN
1408-869X
- Publication type
Article