Media as Sites of Learning about Ageing: A Critical Discourse Analysis of UK Online NewspapersKobal, Anja (Avtor) Samaluk, Barbara (Mentor) Ilc, Gašper (Mentor) ageingolder peoplemedia representationonline newspapersCritical Discourse Analysis (CDA)informal learningAgeing is not only a biological process but also a socially constructed phenomenon, with the media playing an important role in shaping and circulating representations of older people and later life. This thesis analyses representations of older people and ageing in British online newspapers using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and examines how these representations vary across newspaper genres, which discourses and discursive strategies construct ageing, how such representations may reproduce or challenge dominant understandings of later life, and the potential of newspapers as sites of informal learning. Older people were primarily represented through two broad and interconnected constructions: vulnerability, decline and dependence on the one hand, and activity, health, independence, productivity and resilience on the other. Discourses of decline, successful and active ageing, productive ageing, and anti-ageing were identified. Hard news more often associated older people with health, economic and social issues; human-interest articles foregrounded individual experiences and often exceptional forms of ageing; while lifestyle articles emphasised advice, health, activity, appearance and consumption. Representations that challenged negative stereotypes could then simultaneously establish new expectations of active, healthy and productive ageing. The study demonstrates the potential of newspapers as sites of informal learning and socialisation. The findings highlight the role of media discourse in shaping knowledge and expectations about ageing and connect the study of media representations with the perspective of informal adult learning.20262026-10-07 07:15:26Magistrsko delo/naloga189420VisID: 642734sl