Age Identity

Question 1

What are the studies for creation and reinforcement of old people

Answer 1

• media:Sontag double standards of ageing
• media: Pilcher double standards of ageing
• workplace: Arber and Ginn

Question 2

What does Pilcher: stereotyping of old people argue ageism is shown by ?

Answer 2

Stereotype prejudice everyday by the interactions we have with elderly people

Question 3

Pilcher: stereotyping of old people

Example of Pilcher and how stereotypes are underpinned by everyday interactions that people have with the elderly ?

Answer 3

Assumes a persons competency is limited by their age e.g too old to do a certain task or described in derogatory terms

Question 4

How does media make old people inferior according to Pilcher: stereotypes of old people ?

Answer 4

Adverts reinforce the view that the appearance of youth good and ageing should be avoided at all cost

Question 5

What does Arber and Ginn say how ageism against elderly is reinforced in workplace

Answer 5

By Unemployment, redundancy and retirement

Question 6

What does retirement lead to according to Arber and Ginn

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Loss of status , self respect , self isolation, loneliness and purpose

Question 7

Who adds onto Arber and Ginn workplace

Answer 7

Bradley

Question 8

What does Bradley add on to Arber and Ginn for workplace

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Old people are seen as less suitable for employment, physically slow and not adaptable to change

Question 9

Studies for creation and reinforcement of young identities ?

Answer 9

• Media- Charlotte Kelly
• peer groups over family: Judith Harris
• peer groups and education: Willis

Question 10

Media:Charlotte Kelly C&R of young identities

What did Charlotte Kelly research for young people

Answer 10

Language used by journalist to describe young people who came in contact with the law

Question 11

Media:Charlotte Kelly C&R of young identities

What did Charlotte Kelly find in her research of language Journalist used to describe young people when they come in contact with the law ?

Answer 11

• Young people are dangerous
  • Young people are in need of protection
  • Young people are immature

Question 12

Who adds to media: Charlotte Kelly ?

Answer 12

Griffin

Question 13

What are the three ways according to Griffin youth are portrayed by the media

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1. Dysfunctional- not being properly socialised or enough self control
2. Suffering a deficiet- do not achieve enough educationally
3. Deviant - rule breakers

Question 14

What does Judith Harris: peer groups over family say about influence of p family and peers

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Peer groups is more influential than the family in shaping young people’s identities

Question 15

What does Judith Harris: peer groups over family state compare with peer groups and family ?

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• Parents push us to conform and put pressure on following rules whether we do or do not want to
• peer groups pull us to conform is more stronger than other agents

Question 16

Studies for changing young identities

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• Youth as a contested category: Norms and values of the young change with every generation
• The Internet as Fundamental to the Identities of Young People
• rise of “kippers”

Question 17

Youth as a contested category: Norms and values of the young change with every generation

What was this study conducted by ?

Answer 17

The Varkey foundation conducted international study over 20 countries based on cohort of generation Z and Zoomers

Question 18

Youth as a contested category: Norms and values of the young change with every generation

What was the key findings ?

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1. Happiness
2. Personal values
3. Factors influencing future choices

Question 19

Youth as a contested category: Norms and values of the young change with every generation

What does happiness say about?

Answer 19

Gen z youth was happy overall with their personal lives

Question 20

Youth as a contested category: Norms and values of the young change with every generation

What was personal value ?

Answer 20

They found the most important personal values to these young people
were helping their families and themselves get ahead in life followed closely by honesty.

Question 21

Youth as a contested category: Norms and values of the young change with every generation

What was factors influencing choices for the future ?

Answer 21

most important factors for young
people when thinking about their futures were their families and their health

Question 22

Youth as a contested category: Norms and values of the young change with every generation

Overall what does this study show ?

Answer 22

Values are different to values of earlier generations of young people so when youth mean changes with every generation

Question 23

The Internet as Fundamental to the Identities of Young People
New research

What is research is used to reveal important of internet ?

Answer 23

UK safer internet (2019) reveals how important the internet is for helping to find own voice

Question 24

The Internet as Fundamental to the Identities of Young People
New research
Finding of the UK SAafer internet centre ?

Answer 24

• Online experience is essential to forming young people’s identity
• digital world is essential to understand people identities
• young people use the internet to explore and creativity that shape their indentity

Question 25

Internet as Fundamental to the Identities of Young People What does this study suggest about young people and internet

Answer 25

previous generations who did not experience the internet in their youth – demonstrating how youth is formed differently to the ways it was in the past.

Question 26

Rise of kippers- heath What does the extension of education mean according to heath ?

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Extension of education as the school leaving age has increase from 16 to 18 so young people staying longer in education

Question 27

Rise of kipper: heath What is a kipper ?

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Young people who live with their parents after they finished education to save money or to be economically dependent on parents

Question 28

Rise of kippers:heath Reasons why adult kids will stay in parents house

Answer 28

Increase in rent and house price

Question 29

Rise of kippers What does these examples of kippers demonstrate ?

Answer 29

demonstrate the ways in which independence has been lost from many young people in recent years – creating a more dependent youth identity than existed in the past.

Question 30

Studies for changing of Old identity

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- Active ageing- Warren and Clarke - new media role models- featherstone and Hepworth - intersectional

Question 31

What is active ageing according to Clarke and Warren: active ageing ?

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People see ageing as active and engaging way and being older has provided new opportunities and time to enjoy events with family members e.g Christmas

Question 32

Example of positive representation of active ageing according to Clarke and Warren ?

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More positive representation of older icons recently in the media

Question 33

Example of individual who is seen as an icon in positive media representation for active ageing

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e.g Helen Mirren has extensive media coverage for her active ageing and talent - she actively gets fit, 12 min workout since 1950s, said no to Hollywood pressure to surgery and chooses not have children

Question 34

What does Featherstone and Hepworth: new media role models What do they argue about the media images of ageing

Answer 34

Media images of ageing which have been a way of negative stereotypes and identity can create new identities

Question 35

Featherstone and Hepworth: new media role models How can media images of ageing which is stereotypical and negative of identity create new identities

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can also create new identities, and suggest that as the population ages, more positive images emerge

Question 36

Example of those who are creating new identity with medias stereotypical negative image of ageing

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Oprah Winfrey, Elton John all lead a full and active lifestyle

Question 37

What does intersectionality say about ageing changing

Answer 37

Age and generation groups ways of being treatment tend to be influence by ethnicity,gender and social class

Question 38

What section of intersectionality is focused on for ageing changing ?

Answer 38

1. Race and ethnicity 2. Class

Question 39

What does race and ethnicity of intersectionality say for ageing changing

Answer 39

Experience of an elderly African Caribbean women would be different compared to white , middle class elderly man

Question 40

Study applied to intersectionality of race and gender for old identities changing ?

Answer 40

Marsh and Keating

Question 41

What does Marsh and Keating say for the reasoning why experience of African carribean elderly woman js different to white middle class man ?

Answer 41

- different cultures attach different cultural meanings and values to different age groups. - These shape our behaviour in terms of how we respond to others of the same generation and how we treat people in other age group

Question 42

What study is used for gender and intersectionality and old changing ?

Answer 42

Fruend and Ritter

Question 43

What does Fruend and Ritter: gender intersectionality say there is a popular conception of men of ?

Answer 43

Midlife crisis for men when they hit middle age

Question 44

For gender intersectionality and changing of old , what does Fruend and Ritter for middle class men ?

Answer 44

- drastic measures to fulfill dream - dreaming of buying sports car - dating younger women

Question 45

Gender : intersectionality Fruend and Ritter Compared to men how are women shown when they reach middle age

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Do not have a crisis like men when they hit middle age instead women is portrayed as a time change e.g menopause so need to talk about gender and middle age without talking about genre is meaningless and limited