TY - CHAP
T1 - Changing the Picture
T2 - Older Men’s Responses to Media Representations of Ageing in an Irish Context
AU - O’Neill, Margaret
AU - Ní Léime, Áine
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 selection and editorial matter, Michaela Schrage-Früh and Tony Tracy; individual chapters, the contributors.
PY - 2022/1/1
Y1 - 2022/1/1
N2 - The relationship between ageing and media representations can be a strained one. Our study set out to explore how the images of older men in advertising, TV, and film compared to men’s lived experiences of ageing in Ireland, as participants considered how a variety of contemporary screen genres conform to or challenge stereotypes. Understanding the images that older people perceive as constraining or empowering, and reflecting on their observations of how genre informs these representations, provides an opportunity to learn more about, and move beyond, gendered ageist cultural stereotypes. Drawing on focus-group discussions, this chapter explores these issues in the framework of hegemonic masculinity.
AB - The relationship between ageing and media representations can be a strained one. Our study set out to explore how the images of older men in advertising, TV, and film compared to men’s lived experiences of ageing in Ireland, as participants considered how a variety of contemporary screen genres conform to or challenge stereotypes. Understanding the images that older people perceive as constraining or empowering, and reflecting on their observations of how genre informs these representations, provides an opportunity to learn more about, and move beyond, gendered ageist cultural stereotypes. Drawing on focus-group discussions, this chapter explores these issues in the framework of hegemonic masculinity.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85134594090
U2 - 10.4324/9781003240532-21
DO - 10.4324/9781003240532-21
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85134594090
SN - 9781032146874
SP - 234
EP - 247
BT - Ageing Masculinities in Irish Literature and Visual Culture
PB - Taylor and Francis
ER -
