The Different Types of Messages and Representations...

Each day, almost everyone in the world comes in contact with an older adult. For the purpose of this paper, an older adult is a man or woman who is over the age of 65. Although they are seen regularly in society, have you ever stopped to notice how older adults are treated and portrayed in on-screen media? Most people who watch television have started to notice the quantity and quality of older adult characters over the years. During the era of television shows such as The Golden Girls, older men and women were almost always in a featured role. They were also portrayed in a positive light. As years have passed, older adults are becoming less frequent in on screen media such as television. When they are cast as characters, they are†¦show more content†¦According to Harwood (2007), television shows contain a significantly larger amount of young adults, and a significantly fewer amount of older adults in comparison to the actual number of each group found in the U.S. populatio n. (p.150). This is known as underrepresentation. Compared to Harwood’s, both of our data shows that older adults are underrepresented in the television industry. Not only are older adults represented in an incorrect quantity, their characteristics are also portrayed negatively. Besides looking at the underrepresentation of older adults in television, it is also important to focus on their how characteristics and personalities are represented. Older adults can be represented in two different ways, positively or negatively. The women who play roles in The Golden Girls are different from the characters in the two other television shows I watched. I believe this show portrays older adult women in a positive light. These women are lively and vivacious. They may joke about being old, but they go on to do extremely active things for their age such as Dorothy forcing her high school best friend to a very heavy tennis match (Harris, 18 Mar. 1989). 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