Images of old age in YouTube: destabilizing stereotypes

This article presents an analysis of the most viewed YouTube videos under the labels ‘old age’, ‘older age’ and ‘senior citizens’. As powerful sources that transmit cultural information which either perpetuates or undermines cultural stereotypes at a worldwide level, channels of information such as...

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Authors: Oró Piqueras, Maricel, Marques, Sibila
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2017
Country:España
Institution:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repository:Repositori Obert UdL
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2016.1265098
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/69349
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Keyword:Images of ageing
Old age
Stereotypes
YouTube
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spelling Images of old age in YouTube: destabilizing stereotypesOró Piqueras, MaricelMarques, SibilaImages of ageingOld ageStereotypesYouTubeThis article presents an analysis of the most viewed YouTube videos under the labels ‘old age’, ‘older age’ and ‘senior citizens’. As powerful sources that transmit cultural information which either perpetuates or undermines cultural stereotypes at a worldwide level, channels of information such as YouTube offer a valuable glimpse at those images of ageing and old age which are shared and consumed by nowadays viewers. This study offers an analysis of the representations of older people as well as the contexts in which they appear taking into account previous studies which focused on the representation of older people in media. The results reveal a broadly positive representation of older people, with the majority of the videos portraying a counter-stereotypic image of this age group. This overall trend represents an interesting and destabilizing path that strengthens the efforts pursued against ageism and age discrimination in our societies.Taylor & Francis2017info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionhttps://doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2016.1265098http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/69349reponame:Repositori Obert UdL instname:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)InglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2016.1265098Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 2017, vol. 31, núm. 2, p. 257-265(c) Taylor & Francis, 2017info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/693492026-06-24T12:42:17Z
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spellingShingle Images of old age in YouTube: destabilizing stereotypes
Oró Piqueras, Maricel
Images of ageing
Old age
Stereotypes
YouTube
title_short Images of old age in YouTube: destabilizing stereotypes
title_full Images of old age in YouTube: destabilizing stereotypes
title_fullStr Images of old age in YouTube: destabilizing stereotypes
title_full_unstemmed Images of old age in YouTube: destabilizing stereotypes
title_sort Images of old age in YouTube: destabilizing stereotypes
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Marques, Sibila
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Marques, Sibila
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Images of ageing
Old age
Stereotypes
YouTube
topic Images of ageing
Old age
Stereotypes
YouTube
description This article presents an analysis of the most viewed YouTube videos under the labels ‘old age’, ‘older age’ and ‘senior citizens’. As powerful sources that transmit cultural information which either perpetuates or undermines cultural stereotypes at a worldwide level, channels of information such as YouTube offer a valuable glimpse at those images of ageing and old age which are shared and consumed by nowadays viewers. This study offers an analysis of the representations of older people as well as the contexts in which they appear taking into account previous studies which focused on the representation of older people in media. The results reveal a broadly positive representation of older people, with the majority of the videos portraying a counter-stereotypic image of this age group. This overall trend represents an interesting and destabilizing path that strengthens the efforts pursued against ageism and age discrimination in our societies.
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