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KMID : 0379220150350041115
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2015 Volume.35 No. 4 p.1115 ~ p.1134
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Image of Older People in Korean Academic Researches during 1990-2015: A Systematic Review based on Social Constructivism
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Jung Jin-Kyung
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Abstract
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This study analyzed 25 research articles published between 1990 and 2015 by systematic review.
Theoretical approach in this study is based on social constructionism. The results showed that main research subjects were media(8) and the young and middle aged people(10), and a part of researchers had been studying older people(7) since 2009. Major research methods were quantitative(16), but their measurements were not consistent. Regarding research topics, they were concerned about image itself of older people, factors related to image of older people, and suggestions for improving image of older people. Upon these three topic categories, sub-topics were analyzed in a descriptive synthesis. Theoretical backgrounds were absent among a majority of research(20), and none of them were directly based on social constructionism. They, however, had considered image as social artifacts: image of older people was neither objective nor homogeneous, but represented in various ways according to time, social and class context, and media. Finally, this study suggested that we need more qualitative studies addressing image of older people at individual level, and policy, institution, and social discourse analyses are to be done at social level in the future.
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KEYWORD
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Image of older people , social constructivism , systematic review
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