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Unhealthy aging? Featuring older people in television food commercials in China | |
Jiao, Wen; Chang, Angela Wen Yu | |
2020-09-10 | |
Source Publication | International Journal of Nursing Sciences |
ISSN | 2352-0132 |
Volume | 7Pages:S67-S73 |
Abstract | Objectives: Advertising messages can affect the public as a risk or protective factor for socially disadvantaged groups, and they may reflect how characters reflect perceptions are perceived in a society. This study aimed to investigate how older people are portrayed in televised food commercials from the approach of a healthy aging perspective in contemporary Chinese society. Methods: All televised advertising in the Ad Topic archive were screened against inclusion and exclusion criteria, and a total of 164 commercials from the years of 2016–2019 that portrayed Chinese older people were sampled. The association between the main older characters with the product categories, healthy vs. unhealthy foods, use of health claims, sex, type of spokesperson, companions, and tones and manners were included in the analysis. Results: Older people more frequently appeared in unhealthy food products than in healthy food products. Health claims involving older adults were portrayed adequately, whereas nursing professions as companions of older adults were overlooked. Positive advertising that delivered happy, caring, or warm tones was overwhelmingly represented. Thus, the advertising messages circulated in China represent a binary stereotype model of images of older adults’ characteristics that reflect ageist and the so-called agelessism, referring to the new application of the look from the approach of social psychology and marketing field. Conclusions: This study examined aging discrimination reflected in advertisements. Studies exploring the impact of a crisis remain limited. Research is needed to improve the accuracy of advertised healthy older adults and normal aging. |
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Keyword | Advertising Aged Ageism China Food Healthy Aging Marketing Stereotypes |
DOI | 10.1016/j.ijnss.2020.07.007 |
URL | View the original |
Indexed By | ESCI |
Language | 英語English |
WOS Research Area | Nursing |
WOS Subject | Nursing |
WOS ID | WOS:000572679700013 |
Scopus ID | 2-s2.0-85089549901 |
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Document Type | Journal article |
Collection | Faculty of Social Sciences DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION |
Corresponding Author | Chang, Angela Wen Yu |
Affiliation | Department of Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau, China |
First Author Affilication | Faculty of Social Sciences |
Corresponding Author Affilication | Faculty of Social Sciences |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Jiao, Wen,Chang, Angela Wen Yu. Unhealthy aging? Featuring older people in television food commercials in China[J]. International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2020, 7, S67-S73. |
APA | Jiao, Wen., & Chang, Angela Wen Yu (2020). Unhealthy aging? Featuring older people in television food commercials in China. International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 7, S67-S73. |
MLA | Jiao, Wen,et al."Unhealthy aging? Featuring older people in television food commercials in China".International Journal of Nursing Sciences 7(2020):S67-S73. |
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