Lonely older people as a problem in society - construction in finnish media

International Journal of Ageing and Later Life

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-130

  Uotila, Hanna ^a,b   Lumme Sandt, Kirsi ^a   Saarenheimo, Marja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

^c Vanhustyon keskusliitto   (Finland)

Author keywords

Loneliness; Mass media; Older people; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951572788     PISSN: 16528670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.1052103     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. Anderson, K. T. (2007). Constructing "otherness": Ideologies and differentiating speech style. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 17(2):178-197.
2. Bazzini, D. G., McIntosh, W. D., Smith, S. M., Cook, S. & Harris, C. (1997). The ageing woman in popular film: Underrepresented, unattractive, unfriendly, and unintelligent. Sex Roles 36(7/8): 531-543.
3. Bonnesen, J. L. & Burgess, E. O. (2004). Senior moments: The acceptability of an ageist phrase. Journal of Aging Studies 18(2): 123-142.
4. Cacioppo, J. T., Hawkley, L. C., Crawford, E., Ernst, J. M., Burleson, M. H., Kowalewski, R. B., Malarkey, W. B., Van Cauter, E. & Berntson, G. G. (2002). Loneliness and health: Potential mechanisms. PsychosomaticMedicine 64(3): 407-417.
5. Carrigan, M. & Szmigin, I. (2002). Advertising and older consumers: Image and ageism. Business Ethics: A European Review 9(1): 42-50.
6. Cattan, M., White, M., Bond, J. & Learmonth, A. (2005a). Preventing social isolation and loneliness among older people: A systematic review of health promotion interventions. Ageing & Society 25(1): 41-67.
7. Cattan, M., White, M., Learmonth, T. A. & Bond, J. (2005b). Are servicesand activities for socially isolated and lonely older people accessible, equitable, and inclusive? Research, Policy and Planning 23(3): 149-164.
8. Cohen, H. L. (2002). Developing media literacy skills to challenge television's portrayal of older women. Educational Gerontology 28(7): 599-620.
9. Drageset, J. (2004). The importance of activities of daily living and social contact for loneliness: A survey among residents in nursing home. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Science 18(1): 65-71.
10. Edley, N. (2001). Analysing masculinity: Interpretative repertoires, ideological dilemmas and subject positions. In M. Wetherell, S. Taylor & S. Yates(eds.), Discourse as Data. A Guide for Analysis (pp. 189-228). London: Sage.
11. Ellis, S. R. & Morrison, T. G. (2005). Stereotypes of ageing: Messagespromoted by age-specific paper birthday cards available in Canada. International Journal of Aging and Human Development 61(1): 57-73.
12. Findley, R. A. (2003). Interventions to reduce social isolation amongst olderpeople: Where is the evidence? Ageing & Society 23(5): 647-658.
13. Finnish Audit Bureau of Circulations. (2009). KMT lukija syksy 2007/kevät 2008. [KTM the Reader Autumn 2007/Spring 2008]. Helsinki: Finnish Audit Bureau of Circulations. Available on http://www.levikintarkastus.fi/mediatutkimus/KMT-Lukija-S07-K08-paakohderyhmat.pdf (Accessed: February 23, 2009).
14. Heikkinen, R-L. & Kauppinen, M. (2004). Depressive symptoms in late life: A 10-year follow-up. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics 38(3): 239-250.
15. Hilt, M. L. & Lipschultz, J. H. (2005). Mass Media, An Aging Population, and the Baby Boomers. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
16. Horton, S., Barker, J. & Deakin, J. M. (2007). Stereotypes of aging: Their effects on the health of seniors in North American Society. Educational Gerontology 33(12): 1021-1035.
17. de Jong Gierveld, J. (1987). Developing and testing a model of loneliness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 53(1): 119-128.
18. Jylhä, M. (2004). Old age and loneliness: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses in the Tampere longitudinal study on aging. Canadian Journal on Aging 23(2): 157-168.
19. Jylhä, M. & Saarenheimo, M. (2010). Loneliness and aging: Comparative perspectives. In C. R. Phillipson & D. Dannefer (eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Social Gerontology (pp. 317-328). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
20. Killeen, C. (1998). Loneliness: An epidemic in modern society. Journal of Advanced Nursing 28(4): 762-770.
21. Kulmala, A. (2006). Kerrottuja kokemuksia leimatusta identiteetistä ja toiseudesta [Narrated Experiences of Stigmatised Identity and Otherness]. Tampere: Acta Universitatis Tamperensis.
22. Laslett, P. (1989). A Fresh Map of Life. The Emergence of the Third Age. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
23. Lumme-Sandt, K. (2010). Images of ageing in a 50- magazine. Journal of Aging Studies. DOI:10.1016/j.jaging.2010.08.013.
24. McInnis, G. J. & White, J. H. (2001). A phenomenological exploration of loneliness in the older adult. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing 15(3): 128-139.
25. Medianetti L (2009). HS Product Family. Helsinki: Helsingin Sanomat. Available on http://medianetti.helsinginsanomat.fi/english/HS-Product-family/1101979183413 (Accessed: February 23, 2009).
26. Miller, D. W., Leyell, T. S. & Mazachek, J. (2004). Stereotypes of the elderly in U.S. television commercial from the 1950s to the 1990s. InternationalJournal of Aging and Human Development 58(4): 315-340.
27. Miller, L. (2008). Foucauldian constructionism. In J. A. Holstein & J. F. Gubrium (eds.), Handbook of Constructionist Research (pp. 413-428). New York: The Guilford Press.
28. Miller, P. N., Miller, D. W., McKibbin, E. M. & Pettys, G. L. (1999). Stereotypes of the elderly in magazine advertisements 1956-1996. International Journal of Aging and Human Development 49(4): 319-337.
29. Mulley, G. (2007). Myths of ageing. Clinical Medicine 7(1): 68-72.
30. Palkeinen, H. (2005a). "Tässä on kaikki parasta, nyt kun mä elän yksin." Yksin olemisen hyvät puolet iäkkäiden naimattomien naisten puheessa [Single, elderly women's attitudes toward solitude]. Naistutkimus 18(1): 30-41.
31. Palkeinen, H. (2005b). Yksinäisyys iäkkäiden ihmisten kirjoituksissa [Loneliness in the texts of elderly people]. Gerontologia 19(3): 111-120.
32. Peplau, A. L. & Perlman, D. (1982). Perspectives on loneliness. In A. L. Peplau & D. Perlman (eds.), Loneliness: A Sourcebook of Current Theory, Research and Therapy (pp. 1-18). New York: John Willey.
33. Pettigrew, S. & Roberts, M. (2008). Addressing loneliness in later life. Aging & Mental Health 12(3): 302-309.
34. Pierce, L. L., Wilkinson, L. K. & Anderson, J. (2003). Analysis of the concept of aloneness. As applied to older women being treated fordepression. Journal of Gerontological Nursing 29(7): 20-25.
35. Pinquart, M. & Sorensen, S. (2001). Influences on loneliness in older adults: A meta-analysis. Basic & Applied Social Psychology 23(4): 245-266.
36. Rokach, A. (2004). Loneliness then and now: Reflections on social and emotional alienation in everyday life. Current Psychology 23(1): 24-40.
37. Routasalo, P. E., Savikko, N., Tilvis, R. S., Strandberg, T. E. & Pitkälä, K. H. (2006). Social contacts and their relationship to loneliness among aged people - a population-based study. Gerontology 52(3): 181-187.
38. Roy, A. & Harwood, J. (1997). Underrepresented, positively portrayed: Older adults in television commercials. Journal of Applied Communication Research 25(1): 39-56.
39. Rozanova, J. (2006). Newspaper portrayals of health and illness among Canadian seniors: Who ages healthy and at what cost? International Journal of Ageing and Later Life 1(2): 111-139.
40. Sanoma Magazines Finland. (2009). ET-lehti. [The ET Magazine]. Helsinki: Sanoma Magazines Finland. Available on http://asiakaspalvelu.sanomamagazines.fi/tutustu/default.asp?lehti-ET (Accessed: February 23, 2009).
41. Savikko, N., Routasalo, P., Tilvis, R. S., Strandberg, T. E. & Pitkälä, K. H. (2005). Predictors and subjective causes of loneliness in an aged population. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatric 41(3): 223-233.
42. Steed, L., Boldy, D., Grenade, L. & Iredell, H. (2007). The demographics of loneliness among older people in Perth, Western Australia. Australasian Journal on Ageing 26(2): 81-86.
43. Taylor, S. (2001). Locating and conducting discourse analytic research. In M. Wetherell, S. Taylor & S. Yates (eds.), Discourse as Data. A Guide for Analysis (pp. 5-48). London: Sage.
44. Toppila, M. (2009). Suomen suurin aikakauslehti [The Largest Magazine in Finland]. Helsinki: Sanoma Magazines Finland. Available on http://www.sanomamagazines.fi/mediaopas/kohderyhmat-ja-lehdet/lehdet/et.html (Accessed: February 23, 2009).
45. Vakimo, S. (2001). Paljon kokeva, vä hän näkyvä. Tutkimus vanhaa naista koskevista kulttuurisista käsityksistä ja vanhan naisen elämänkäytännöistä. [Out of Sight But Full of Life. A Study of Cultural Conceptions of OldWomen and Their Life Practices]. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.
46. Vernon, J. A., Williams, Jr. J. A., Phillips, T. & Wilson, J. (1990). Media stereotyping: A comparison of the way elderly women and men are portrayed on prime-time television. Journal of Women & Aging 2(4): 55-68.
47. Victor, C., Scambler, S., Bond, J. & Bowling, A. (2000). Being alone in later life: Loneliness, social isolation and living alone. Reviews in Clinical Gerontology 10(4): 407-417.
48. Victor, C. R., Scambler, S. J., Bowling, A. & Bond, J. (2005). The prevalence of, and risk factors for, loneliness in later life: A survey of older peoplein Great Britain. Ageing & Society 25(3): 357-375.
49. Vincent, J. (2003). Old Age. London: Routledge.
50. Weiss, R. S. (1973). Loneliness. The Experience of Emotional and Social Isolation. Cambridge: The MIT Press.
51. Weiss, R. S. & Brass, S. A. (2002). Introduction. In R. S. Weiss & A. S. Brass (eds.), Challenges of the Third Age: Meaning and Purpose on Later Life (pp. 3-12). New York: Oxford University Press.
52. Wenger, G. C. & Burholt, V. (2004). Changes in level of social isolation and loneliness among older people in a rural area: A twenty-year longitudinal study. Canadian Journal on Aging 23(2): 115-127.
53. Wetherell, M. & Edley, N. (1999). Negotiating hegemonic masculinity: Imaginary positions and psycho-discursive practices. Feminism Psychology 9(3): 335-356.
54. Wetherell, M., Taylor, S. & Yates, S. (eds.). (2001). Discourse as Data. A Guide for Analysis. London: Sage.
55. Williams, A., Wadleigh, P. M. & Ylänne, V. (2010). Images of older people in UK magazine advertising: Towards a typology. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development 71(2): 83-114.
56. Williams, A., Ylänne, V. & Wadleigh, P. M. (2007). Selling the "Elixir of Life": Images of the elderly in an Olivio advertising campaign. Journal of Ageing Studies 21(1): 1-21.
57. Wood, L. A. & Kroger, R. O. (2000). Doing Discourse Analysis. Methods for Studying Action in Talk and Text. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
58. Zhang, W. & Liu, G. (2007). Childlessness, psychological well-being, and life satisfaction among the elderly in China. Journal of Gross Cultural Gerontology 22(2): 185-203.
59. Zhang, Y. B., Harwood, J., Williams, A., Ylänne-McEven, V., Wadleigh, P. M. & Thimm, C. (2006). The portrayal of older adults in advertising. A cross-national review. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 25(3): 264-282.
60. Zhang, Z. & Hayward, M. D. (2001). Childless and the psychological wellbeing of older persons. Journal of Gerontology: Social Science 56B(5): S311-S320.