@article{ref1,
title="Media portrayal of older adults across five Canadian disasters",
journal="International journal of aging and human development",
year="2021",
author="Oostlander, Samantha A. and Champagne-Poirier, Olivier and O'Sullivan, Tracey L.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="We conducted a constructivist grounded theory approach in which discourse analysis was used to explore how Canadian news media portrays older adults and aging in a disaster context. We analyzed 119 articles covering five Canadian disasters and identified four themes: (a) stereotypes of older adults are presented on a positive-negative continuum in journalistic coverage of disasters, (b) journalistic coverage tends to exclude perspectives of older adults from relevant discourse, (c) journalists assess the value of losses for older adults-&quot;home&quot; as a central concept, and (d) disasters are framed as disrupting retirement ideals. A model was created to provide an overview of the journalistic coverage of older adults in disaster contexts. Understanding how old age and aging are presented by the media in a disaster context is important because it has further implications for informing and structuring disaster risk reduction policies.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0091-4150",
doi="10.1177/00914150211024173",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00914150211024173"
}