Background: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is being spread at an
unprecedented rate across the globe. Yet, new research suggests that digital divide is not …

The concept of ageism as oppression has become an important point of reference in
contemporary gerontology. Apart from its giving substance to the negative experiences …

Introduction Social robots are accompanied by high expectations of what they can bring to
society and in the healthcare sector. So far, promising assumptions have been presented …

Il progetto STEP-Stereotipo e pregiudizio. Per un cambiamento culturale nella
rappresentazione di genere in ambito giudiziario, nelle forze dell'ordine e nel racconto dei …

In this article, I argue that in recent years not only have we witnessed the increasing cultural
visibility of ageing women across the Anglo-American cultural landscape, but that this new …

Despite the increase in the percentage of older people around the world, older people and
particularly older women are quite underrepresented in the media. This article gives an …

This article examines how thinking about technologies of the body and beauty outside
mainstream youth-focussed discourses complicates prevalent media arguments that posit …

Ageism: Past, Present, and Future presents perspectives for understanding ageism and puts
ageism in the context of specific social institutions. McNamara and Williamson uniquely …

Purpose This study aims to examine the phenomenon of self-perceived age (SPA) identity
for Generation X (GenX) women in the UK. Squeezed between the more ubiquitous …

Technological artefacts loaded with user representations, implicit or explicit, tell us
something about the expectations of older people. The provision of technology for older …