Overview
- Examines the representation of carers and care homes in the British media with the voices and experiences of care workers at the centre
- Argues that care work is undervalued and misrepresented in popular cultural formats and that it is time to care more about these representations
- Develops innovative methodological approaches for the study of ageing and care work, combining media and ageing studies perspectives
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Reviews
“This timely, well-researched book is undoubtedly a very useful contribution to the wider field of social care and wellbeing, as well as broadening the debate concerning media representations of health care to a neglected area. It is an important text on an under-researched topic.” (Julia Hallam, Professor Emerita of Communication and Media, University of Liverpool, UK)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Ros Jennings is Co-Director of the Centre for Women Ageing and Media (WAM), and Professor of Ageing, Culture and Media at the University of Gloucestershire, UK. Her research focuses on older age identities in relation to popular music, popular television, and late style performances. She is author of The WAM Manifesto (2012).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Carers, Care Homes and the British Media
Book Subtitle: Time to Care
Authors: Hannah Grist, Ros Jennings
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35768-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-35767-2Published: 21 May 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-35770-2Published: 21 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-35768-9Published: 20 May 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 112
Topics: Media and Communication, British Culture, Journalism, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging