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Peer reviewedBell, John – Gerontologist, 1992
Analyzed images of aging presented in five television programs of 1989 most watched by the elderly: "Murder, She Wrote,""The Golden Girls,""Matlock,""Jake and the Fatman," and "In the Heat of the Night." Reveals earlier stereotypes of the elderly have been replaced by more positive stereotypes of them as powerful, affluent, healthy, active,…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Attitude Change, Mass Media Effects, Media Research
