Representation of age identities in on-line discourse

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 261-274

  Lin, Mei Chen ^a   Hummert, Mary Lee ^b   Harwood, Jake ^c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age identity; Discourse analysis; Old people; On line discussion forum; Social identity theory

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MATURATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL STATUS; TENSION; THEORY;

EID: 3242759918     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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