Images of old age in the Hong Kong print media

Ageing and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-175

  Gibb, Heather ^a   Holroyd, Eleanor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Experience of old age; Media; Social construction of images; Stereotyped views

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004159004     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X00003275     Document Type: Article

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