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Informationen zum Autor By C. Lee Harrington; Denise Bielby and Anthony R. Bardo - Contributions by Rebecca G. Adams; Anne L. Balazs; Anne Barrett; Shyon Baumann; Nathalie Claessens; Kim de Laat; Justine Gunderson; Justin Harmon; Stephen Katz; Barbara L. Marshall; Leni Marshall; Klappentext This collection of original articles sits at the intersection of two interdisciplinary fields: media studies and aging studies. Drawing on both scholarly literatures, we explore the reciprocal influences of aging and mediation in the realms of music, television, celebrity, fandom, social media, film, and advertising/marketing, among others. Zusammenfassung This collection of original articles sits at the intersection of two interdisciplinary fields: media studies and aging studies. Drawing on both scholarly literatures! we explore the reciprocal influences of aging and mediation in the realms of music! television! celebrity! fandom! social media! film! and advertising/marketing! among others. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsIntroduction 1. New Areas of Inquiry in Aging, Media, and Culture - C. Lee Harrington, Denise D. Bielby and Anthony R. BardoSection I. Advertising and Marketing2. Aspiration and Compromise: Portrayals of Older Adults in Television Advertising - Shyon Baumann and Kim de Laat3. Forever Young: The New Aging Consumer in the Marketplace - Anne L. BalazsSection II. Age Identities4. Reflections of Old Age, Constructions of Aging Selves: Drawing Links between Media Images and Views of Aging - Anne E. Barrett, Alex Raphael, and Justine Gunderson5. Age and Gender in Film and Television: The Case of Huong Hoang - Anthony R. BardoSection III. Celebrity6. Growing Old in Celebrity Culture - Hilde Van den Bulck7. Social Meaning of Celebrities in the Everyday Lives of Nursing Home Residents: An Exploratory Study - Nathalie ClaessensSection IV. Music8. Music, Performance and Generation: The Making of Boomer Rock and Roll Biographies - Stephen Katz9. "The Long Strange Trip" Continues: Aging Deadheads - Rebecca G. Adams, and Justin T. HarmonSection V. Fandom10. A Life Course Perspective on Fandom - C. Lee Harrington and Denise D. Bielby11. Breaking Dusk: Fandom, Gender/Age Intersectionality, and the "Twilight Moms" - Christine ScodariSection VI. Gender and Sexuality12. "Let's do it Like Grown-Ups": A Filmic Mènage of Age, Gender, and Sexuality - Leni Marshall and Aagje Swinnen13. Sexualizing the Third Age - Barbara L. MarshallSection VII. Social/New Media14. Learning New Tricks: The Use of Social Media in Later Life - Kelly Quinn15. Polite Pigs and Emotional Elves: Age in Digital Worlds - Rosa Mikeal MarteyAfterwords16. "Time to Grow Up": The Study of Media and Aging as a Field in its Infancy - Cornel Sandvoss17. A View from Gerontology - Merril Silverstein...
