Age Identity

Question 1

Gittens

Answer 1

Age patriarchy - adults control children

Question 2

Opi

Answer 2

Children have distinct culture - Playing with toys

Question 3

Muncie

Answer 3

Media negatively sterotypes young people as deviant

Question 4

Victor

Answer 4

Stereotypes of old age being a time of loneliness

Question 4

Willis

Answer 4

All young people are ordinary - will all experience the same thing

Question 5

Johnson

Answer 5

Institutional ageism - Middle age lose status in the workplace

Question 6

Boyle

Answer 6

Digital generation - Elderly can’t use technology and feel disconnected from society

Question 7

Postman

Answer 7

Media allows children to act like teenagers/adults

Question 8

Polhemus

Answer 8

Youth have diverse identity due to the ‘supermarket of style’

Question 9

Middle age doesn’t have distinct identity

Answer 9

Middle age experienced diversely - some focus on kids, or work, or some may be in the same job they had when they were young

Question 10

Clarke and Warren

Answer 10

Active ageing - elderly try new things like exercise