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The Gerontologist, Vol 30, Issue 5 685-691, Copyright © 1990 by The Gerontological Society of America

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Media preferences of older and younger adults

N Mundorf and W Brownell
Department of Speech Communication, University of Rhode Island, Kingston 02881-0812.

This study updates and extends research on television viewing and magazine reading of older adults and compares it with media preferences of college students. Older adults (n = 74; mean age = 72.08) reported higher levels of television viewing than college students (n = 149; mean age = 19.87). Viewing preferences of both groups were more similar than expected. Although more men than women reported watching television for information, most respondents cited entertainment as the primary motive for television viewing. All but older females showed a stronger preference for male characters. Magazine readership was strongly differentiated by gender and age.


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