Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2000

Publication Title

Educational Gerontology

Volume

26

Issue

2

First Page

161

Last Page

168

Abstract

This study examined issues of Time, Newsweek, and U.S. News & World Report for articles concerning John Glenn’s return to space and described their content. A review of pertinent literature found that little attention has been paid to how older adults are portrayed in magazine articles. Although comments were made concerning Glenn’s age and his role as a rookie payload specialist on the space shuttle Discovery, there were few comments considered ageist or demeaning to older adults.

Comments

This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Hilt, M. (2000). Descriptive Analysis of News Magazines’ Coverage of John Glenn’s Return to Space. Educational Gerontology, 26, 2, 161-168. © 2000 Taylor & Francis, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/036012700267312.

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