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Age discrimination in the Pandemic was not the rule: Every twentieth person in the second half of life reported experiencing discrimination because of their age
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Ageing in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract After the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, one-sided portrayals of older people as a vulnerable risk group repeatedly emerged in the media and political discourse. This chapter examines the extent to which these generalised portrayals were also reflected in people in the second half of... view more
After the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, one-sided portrayals of older people as a vulnerable risk group repeatedly emerged in the media and political discourse. This chapter examines the extent to which these generalised portrayals were also reflected in people in the second half of life feeling disadvantaged or worse off because of their age in the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, different areas of life in which this disadvantage was experienced are examined.... view less
Keywords
Federal Republic of Germany; contagious disease; epidemic; elderly; discrimination; risk; media; social media; politics
Classification
Gerontology
Collection Title
Ageing in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Editor
Simonson, Julia; Wünsche, Jenna; Tesch-Römer, Clemens
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Publisher
Spinger VS
City
Wiesbaden
Page/Pages
p. 215-233
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-40487-1_12
ISBN
978-3-658-40486-4
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0