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Why Ageing is More Important than Being Old: Understanding the Elderly in a Mediatized World


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Generational belonging as unit by generational belonging as location and actuality over time
Generational belonging as unit by generational belonging as location and actuality over time

Mean ratings for the four clusters of media generations as unit of electronic media use

Radio listeners TV watchers PC users Non-devoted F p <
Radio listening1 517a 116b 191c 96d 128,284.97 .000
Listening to CD/cassette/MP31 12a 8b 23c 20d 461.81 .000
Watching TV1 184a 424b 145c 131d 77,479.78 .000
Watching video/DVD1 1a 1a 3b 2c 40.52 .000
Dealing with PC1 14a 9b 513c 11d 272,080.69 .000

Sociodemographic characteristics of radio generation, TV generation, and general population

radio generation (n = 123,587) TV generation (n = 70,522) total (N = 194,117)
Ø Age in years 67.4 48.7 60.6
Percentage of women 54.5 54.8 54.6
Education (in %)
  main school 65.9 39.7 56.4
  intermediate school 20.6 40.0 27.8
  college preparation school 13.5 20.3 16.0
Employment (in %)
  working 14.1 76.5 36.8
  not part of the labour market 6.1 10.5 7.7
  retired 77.7 3.5 50.7
  other 2.1 9.5 4.8

Use of electronic media by generational belonging

radio generation(n = 123,587)M (SD) TV generation(n = 70,522)M (SD) total(N = 194,117)M (SD)
Radio listening1,2 183,50 (195,10) 219,52 (227,56) 196,59 (208,21)
Listening to CD/cassette/MP31,3 11,16 (52,76) 22,52 (76,68) 5,29 (62,76)
Watching TV1,4 232,19 (163,58) 183,69 (157,11) 214,57 (163,58)
Watching video/DVD1,5 1,22 (14,04) 2,44 (21,22) 1,67 (17,01)
Dealing with PC1,6 19,06 (84,43) 63,39 (159,69) 35,17 (119,40)
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