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Article: Aging on television: messages relating to gender, race, and occupation in prime time.
- Article from:
- Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
- Article date:
- June 1, 2004
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Prime-time network programs broadcast between 1993 and 2002 under-represent elderly characters. More women between the ages of 50 and 64 were classified as elderly rather than middle-aged. The age distribution of minority men resembles that of White women, while minority women are typically cast in younger age groups. The world of work on television is one of diminished options for the elderly. Television celebrates youth while it neglects and negates the elderly.
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