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Karen Torben-Nielsen is a PhD-candidate at the University of Lugano and works at the ‘Institut Alter’ of the Bern University of Applied Studies (Switzerland). She investigates the coverage about the Ageing Society in various, international newspapers.
January 13, 2014 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Karen Torben-Nielsen
Older people “don’t go out much”, they “chew funny”, are “all wrinkled and short”, or even “have heart attacks and die”. These were the frank and blunt answers that Jantz et al (1976) got in their classic study, when they...
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November 5, 2012 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Karen Torben-Nielsen
According to the latest 2012 Swiss Social Report, there is no generational conflict in Switzerland – the old and the young simply do not communicate. Following the publication of the report, television news program “10 vor 10”, asked...
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