Media Portrayal of Older Adults Across Five Canadian Disasters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21423331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samantha A Oostlander (0000-0003-1433-3749, University of Ottawa, corresponding author), Olivier Champagne-Poirier (0000-0002-5457-9391, Department of Communications, Faculty of Humanities, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada), Tracey O’sullivan (0000-0002-4074-494X, University of Ottawa), Tracey L O’sullivan (University of Ottawa) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 234-250 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Aging and Human Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-4150 • E-ISSN: 1541-3535 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00914150211024173 |
| PMID | 34154388 |
| OpenAlex | W3176075384 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 25 |
We conducted a constructivist grounded theory approach in which discourse analysis was used to explore how Canadian news media portrays older adults and aging in a disaster context. We analyzed 119 articles covering five Canadian disasters and identified four themes: (a) stereotypes of older adults are presented on a positive–negative continuum in journalistic coverage of disasters, (b) journalistic coverage tends to exclude perspectives of older adults from relevant discourse, (c) journalists assess the value of losses for older adults—“home” as a central concept, and (d) disasters are framed as disrupting retirement ideals. A model was created to provide an overview of the journalistic coverage of older adults in disaster contexts. Understanding how old age and aging are presented by the media in a disaster context is important because it has further implications for informing and structuring disaster risk reduction policies
Constructivist grounded theory · Context (archaeology) · Grounded theory · Media coverage · Media studies · Older people · Political science · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Structuring · Value (mathematics) · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Gender Studies · History · Medicine · Psychology · Risk Perception and Management · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 2,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |