What do the papers say? The role of older adults in 20 years of digital inclusion debate in Dutch and Flemish newspapers

Adoption of digital technology by older adults has become an important topic in academia and the public sphere within the debate on digital inclusion. Likewise, this topic has gained traction in the print media also. This paper assesses the representation of older adults in print media in the past 20 years in The Netherlands and Flanders. A total of 281 articles in the Dutch language were analysed to determine the representation of older adults and their level of agency. We found that they were represented in three manners: a) ambassadors of digital skill acquisition; b) naturally lacking in d... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Cora van Leeuwen
An Jacobs
Ilse Mariën
Anina Vercruyssen
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
Reihe/Periodikum: International Journal of Ageing and Later Life (2024)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Linköping University Electronic Press
Schlagwörter: ageism / digital inclusion / content analysis / media discourse / representation / Social sciences (General) / H1-99
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.4883