Oldsters and Ngrams

Age Stereotypes across Time

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13656404
AutoresSusan E Mason (Niagara University, autor correspondente), Clara V Kuntz (Niagara University), Celestine M McGill (Niagara University)
Ano2015
Volume116
Fascículo1
Páginas324-329
Data de publicação2015-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/17.10.pr0.116k17w6
PMID25650642
OpenAlexW2119890727
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas16

Google Books Ngram Viewer searches over five million books published between 1800 and 2000 and plots trends in word usage. With this tool, the frequencies of literary references to younger and older adults were assessed across time. Young and old women were shown to be underrepresented in the literature for the past 200 years. In addition, the usage of different terms and adjectives to describe older adults were tracked and found to change across time. The literature of the early 1900s, e.g., revealed a shift from more positive to less positive terms, which may reflect a change in attitude toward older adults

Developmental psychology · Aging and Gerontology Research · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Psychology · Social Psychology