Age Identity Flashcards
List the two ways age is constructed
Culturally and socially (rather than biologically)
What is age dependent on?
Attitudes and expectations (rather than biology)
Is childhood socially constructed?
Yes
How are children viewed in the media?
Little angels or little devils
Youth is a period of
Rebelling, growing and having fun
What does Abrams say about youth culture?
Young people are all part of the same youth culture
Why is middle age a meaningless concept?
It is experienced differently everywhere and there is no clear boundary
Why do men and women experience middle age differently?
Men - hankering youth
Women - menopause
Middle age is a time of…
Reflection
Who says that old age is stereotyped as a time of loneliness, poor health and dependency?
Victor
Evaluate Victors criticism..
Old age is challenged whereby many old people still drive and lead active lives doing things they couldn’t when younger
What does Cohen say the media does?
Sensationalises and exaggerates youth behaviour to create newsworthiness
What creates moral panic?
Youth fights
Young people who are blamed for the nations decline are seen as
Folk devils
Youth are condemned more than praised?
True
Who says that youth are a social problem in 3 ways?
Griffin
List the 3 ways Griffin says that youth are a social problem
Dysfunctional, deficit and deviant
Who argues that their is a double standard in the media?
Sontag
What is the double standard and who argues this?
Women- expected to be youthful throughout tv careers. Sontag
Who talks about ageism in the workplace?
Arber and Ginn
What do Arber and Ginn say about ageism?
It is reinforced through employment practices e.g redundancy and retirement. Age barriers also.
What does Giddens say about retirement?
Allows elderly to grow and learn.
What else does Giddens talk about?
3rd age & 4th age
Who talks about peer groups?
Heath
What does Heath say?
Friendship networks socialise young adulthood
Young adulthood is a period of..
Being single and independent living arrangements
Give Lasletts 3 alternative age categories
First age - socialisation
Second age - working and childrearing
Third age - independence
(E) youth: the age gap is - and caused by -
Exaggerated
Moral panic
(E) youth: conformists and get on with parents and value tradition
True
Youth has been labelled as..
Ordinary
(E) youth: young and parents still hold..
The same values
(E) middle age: why is it a meaningless concept?
It is experienced differently e.g men and women and m/c and w/c
List the two ways middle age is experienced differently
m/c and w/c
men and women
