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Axel Ågren

Axel Ågren is a PhD student at the Division Ageing and Social Change, Linköping University, Sweden. In his dissertation, focus is on how loneliness among older people in Swedish and Danish news-press. Emphasizing the impact of the contexts and logics of mass media, the aim of the dissertation is to provide in-depth insights on how loneliness is presented, discussed and what meaning loneliness is given.

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What are we talking about? Constructions of loneliness among older people in the Swedish news-press

by Axel Ågren March 16, 2018

by Axel Ågren March 16, 2018

Although many of the articles are seemingly written with the best of intentions there is a risk that they further contribute to the portrayal of loneliness as a dangerous and/or inevitable part of later life.

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