AZ IDŐSKOR POLITIKAI KONSTRUKCIÓJA AZ ONLINE TÁRSALGÁSOK TÜKRÉBEN
THE POLITICAL CONSTRUCTION OF OLD AGE AS REFLECTED BY ONLINE TALKS

Summary/Abstract: The present paper is the first step of a research program which examines the political construction of ageing and conflicts between generations. The process of construction is driven not merely by the institutional actors and opinion leaders in the media, but also by the citizens who are talking to each other about politics. In my paper I have focused on the latter by observing online discussions appearing on the political forum called Index.hu. Disagreement between “old people” and “young people” evolved mainly about the pension system, thus the examination of ageing constructions is embedded in this context. In spite of its several limits, this method seems to be suitable to provide hypotheses to further researches. In the first part of the study I present the applied theoretical approach where I have connected the concept of stereotype with the concept of social construction. After that I focus on the activity, origin and contents of the stereotypes influencing the construction of ageing. In the third part of the study components of the constructions are demonstrated.

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