Age discrimination in the Pandemic was not the rule: Every twentieth person in the second half of life reported experiencing discrimination because of their age
- Resource Type
- Sammelwerksbeitrag
collection article
- Authors
- Wettstein, Markus; Nowossadeck, Sonja
- Source
- Ageing in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic, 215-233
- Subject
- Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
Social sciences, sociology, anthropology
Gerontologie, Alterssoziologie
Gerontology
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Infektionskrankheit
Epidemie
alter Mensch
Diskriminierung
Risiko
Medien
Soziale Medien
Politik
Federal Republic of Germany
contagious disease
epidemic
elderly
discrimination
risk
media
social media
politics
20300
- Language
After the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, one-sided portrayals of older people as a vulnerable risk group repeatedly emerged in the media and political discourse. This chapter examines the extent to which these generalised portrayals were also reflected in people in the second half of life feeling disadvantaged or worse off because of their age in the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, different areas of life in which this disadvantage was experienced are examined.