Constructing ageing and age identities: A case study of newspaper discourses

Ageing and Society

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-102

  Fealy, Gerard ^a   McNamara, Martin ^a   Treacy, Margaret Pearl ^a   Lyons, Imogen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

age; ageing; discourses; identity; Ireland; media; newspaper

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; AGING POPULATION; ELDERLY POPULATION; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; MEDIA ROLE; WELFARE PROVISION;

IRELAND;

EID: 83555161747     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X11000092     Document Type: Article

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