Wendy J Hajjar

Television in the Nursing Home

A Case Study of the Media Consumption Routines and Strategies of Nursing Home Residents

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Produktbeschreibung

Television in the Nursing Home: A Case Study of the Media Consumption Routines and Strategies of Nursing Home Residents is a three-stage ethnographic study of media use in long-term care of the elderly. This research concludes that television use is the most prevalent and pervasive activity for patients. Activity directors can now learn how televis

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 222g
• ISBN-13: 9780367605162
• ISBN-10: 0367605163
• Artikelnr.: 69890299

Autorenporträt

Wendy J Hajjar

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction
* Stage One: Entering the Field
* Aging and Media Use
* Television and Social Life in the Nursing Home
* Ethnographic Methodology
* A Day in the Nursing Home
* Summary of Stage One
* Stage Two: Narrowing the Focus
* Program Preferences and Routines
* Roommates and Coordination
* Key Informants
* Summary of Stage Two
* Stage Three: Analysis and Conclusions
* The Viewing Stance
* Control and Selectivity
* Minimizing the Negatives
* Storytelling: Accentuating the Positive
* Conclusions and Recommendations
* Bibliography
* Index