Healthy Ageing and Mediated Health Expertise
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Healthy Ageing and Mediated Health Expertise. / Christensen, Christa Lykke.
In: Nordicom Review, Vol. 38, No. Special Issue, 2, 2017, p. 9-25.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Healthy Ageing and Mediated Health Expertise
AU - Christensen, Christa Lykke
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The media are, for many older people, one of the most important sources of information about health. In this article, I examine older people’s experiences and use of media to acquire knowledge about health issues relating to their own life. Key questions concern how media influence older people’s perceptions of health and to what extent they trust the media in relation to health issues. The study demonstrates that the media do not have a uniform influence among older people. For some, the media function as a guide to maintaining and experimenting with an active lifestyle in late life; for others, the media are met with a skeptical attitude as they are not trusted as a source of reliable and unequivocal information on health issues. The study is based on a qualitative interview study with men and women between 65 and 86 years.
AB - The media are, for many older people, one of the most important sources of information about health. In this article, I examine older people’s experiences and use of media to acquire knowledge about health issues relating to their own life. Key questions concern how media influence older people’s perceptions of health and to what extent they trust the media in relation to health issues. The study demonstrates that the media do not have a uniform influence among older people. For some, the media function as a guide to maintaining and experimenting with an active lifestyle in late life; for others, the media are met with a skeptical attitude as they are not trusted as a source of reliable and unequivocal information on health issues. The study is based on a qualitative interview study with men and women between 65 and 86 years.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - media use
KW - older people
KW - lifestyle
KW - active ageing
KW - trust
U2 - 10.1515/nor-2017-0403
DO - 10.1515/nor-2017-0403
M3 - Journal article
VL - 38
SP - 9
EP - 25
JO - N O R D I C O M Review
JF - N O R D I C O M Review
SN - 1403-1108
IS - Special Issue
M1 - 2
ER -
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