Representations of the elderly on social media during the Covid-19 pandemic
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https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2020v23i0p203-217Keywords:
Aging, Ageism, Risk groups.Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the vulnerability of the elderly. The objective of this research was to analyze the representations about the elderly in coping with the pandemic of COVID-19 in the publications and comments on Facebook of the Ministry of Health of Brazil. The coding model involved risk groups and multiple vulnerabilities, so that social representations highlighted prejudices against the elderly.
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2020-09-10
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Massuda, E. M., Garcia, L. F., Tenório Júnior, N. N., & Elias, M. L. G. G. R. (2020). Representations of the elderly on social media during the Covid-19 pandemic. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 23, 203–217. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2020v23i0p203-217
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