Medium Matters: A Decade of Media Consumption Predicts Positive and Negative Dimensions of Self-Perceptions of Aging.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Media consumption over time is suggested to be a significant contributor to how people develop their self-perceptions of aging (SPA); however, this association has only been investigated with cross-sectional methodologies. The current study used growth curve modeling to examine the influence of 10 years of television, newspaper, radio, and book consumption on positive and negative dimensions of SPA.

Methods

Growth curve modeling on 4 waves of data from the German Aging Survey (N = 2,969), a population-based representative survey of adults aged 40-95, was used to examine the longitudinal associations between media consumption and SPA trajectories.

Results

Across 10 years, more television intake (B = -0.58, 95% CI [-0.94, -0.21]) was associated with lower per

SUBMITTER: Boeder J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8660555 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature