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  Behind the Laughter Curtain: Image(in)ing Later Life Marriage through Comedy

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  Melissa Aleman James Madison University, School of Communication Studies

  March 25, 2009

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  such representations to render possible images as obscene, such as older adult sexuality, infidelity, ... and talk about those stories that we imagine the unseen and unspoken possibility for later life ... a narrative space for viewers to imagine, not only a host of possible punch lines, but also the relationship ...
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  Getting rid of the idea that older adults are television addicts

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  Margot van der Goot Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands

  March 26, 2009

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  Only some people watch for want of something better: as compensation for things that are not possible ... (anymore).   I’m wondering whether older people in different cultures and different countries experience ...
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  Media Portrayal of the Chinese Cultural Norm of Filial Piety in a Chinese Magazine Targeted at the Older Population

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  Yan Bing Zhang University of Kansas

  March 24, 2009

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  Media Portrayal of the Chinese Cultural Norm of Filial Piety in a Chinese Magazine Targeted at the Older Population advertising Aging culture Curator's Note Filial piety (i.e., Xiao) is a Chinese traditional belief that older adults should be respect ...