Age Identity Flashcards
Postman
Childhood only exists due to spread of literacy which has lead to greater protection of children from parents. This is changing due to increased importance of media which has lead to disappearance of childhood.
Mead
Storm and stress associated with youth is socially constructed in western societies. Not the case in other societies such as Hamar Tribe who have a ritual symbolising change from childhood to adulthood without period of youth/adolescence.
Polhemus
Creation of internet has allowed youth to look for a wider variety of ideas that they can adopt to their identity.
Abrams
Youth is a time where we conform to our peers and where we still rebel against social institutions.
Parsons
Youth is natural time of rebellion. Social institutions exist to help us during age related transition points.
Sue Palmer
Children now have more choice which leads to poor choices. This leads to toxic childhoods without structure.
Cohen
Young people presented as deviants in media. These labels eventually cause young people to become deviants.
Bradley
Middle age remains as having the highest level of esteem, as they tend to have the most power while avoiding stigmas related to old age.
Neugarten
Middle age people feel pressure about getting older due to fear of physical ageing and being responsible for both children and parents.
Doud
Old people are strangers in their own land due to lack of being able to access internet which cuts them from the rest of society.
Hunt
We can fight the signs of ageing so we no longer subject to expectations and accept stereotypes of old people.
Hockey and James
Old people go through infantalisation as they start to lose their independence and privacy which causes them to act like children again.
Featherstone and Hepworth
Old people are currently represented negatively in the media but this may change due to an ageing population. This will create a more positive representation of old people.
