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Re: Are you on Facebook? Seniors and new communication technologies

Broadening Social Networks

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Melissa Aleman James Madison University, School of Communication Studies

Friday, March 27, 2009 — 4:51 pm

communication technologies have the potential to both broaden and compartmentalize the kinds of possible ...

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Are you on Facebook? Seniors and new communication technologies

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Mei-Chen Lin Kent State University

March 27, 2009

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Are you on Facebook? Seniors and new communication technologies social networking Older adults internet Curator's Note According to a recent Pew Internet study (2006), approximately 73% of the baby boomers and 46% of all seniors (i.e., above 65 yea ...

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

Same relationship problems for younger and older people?

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Margot van der Goot Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Thursday, March 26, 2009 — 11:17 am

“older” couple. Now I’m wondering what the portrayal of Frank and Marie says about romantic relationships ...

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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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watch more television (on average) than younger people do. This has led to the one-sided image that ... 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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Re: Behind the Laughter Curtain: Image(in)ing Later Life Marriage through Comedy

Thank you for the

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Mei-Chen Lin Kent State University

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 — 9:54 pm

their sad marriage. Frank, again without saying a word, walked to her side of the bed and put his arm ...

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Re: Aging in the Media: When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Complexities

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Margot van der Goot Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 — 4:56 pm

Bahn did that we discussed on Monday). Because of the humor involved, I’m not sure what we can say ...

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Re: Media Portrayal of the Chinese Cultural Norm of Filial Piety in a Chinese Magazine Targeted at the Older Population

Positive Cultural Parallels and Storytelling Question

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Jaye L. Atkinson Georgia State University

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 — 4:37 pm

ignore this suggestion and possibly then dismissing this skill from the grandparent? I'm curious ...

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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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Aging in the Media: When Bad Things Happen to Good People

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Jaye L. Atkinson Georgia State University

March 25, 2009

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Aging in the Media: When Bad Things Happen to Good People patronizing speech/behavior media portrayal ageism Curator's Note Having examined stereotypes of older adults and the connection between them and patronizing speech, I am eager to identify med ...

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Re: Media Portrayal of the Chinese Cultural Norm of Filial Piety in a Chinese Magazine Targeted at the Older Population