Kelly Jacinta, Watson Roger, Pankratova Marina, Pedzeni Ann-Marie
School of Nursing and Midwifery, East Road Campus, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
School of Nursing, University of Hull, UK.
J Adv Nurs. 2016 Jun;72(6):1325-34. doi: 10.1111/jan.12916. Epub 2016 Feb 24.
To critically examine the representation of ageing identities in popular music texts.
Having a positive outlook provides both short-term benefits and has been proven to help people live longer. Music is capable of conveying positive and negative emotion towards ageing, however, only a limited number of unpublished studies exist on how age and ageing is represented in popular music.
Qualitative discourse analysis.
In July 2014, a search without time limits was completed of the music lyrics databases, The Music Lyric Database, Songfacts, The Macronium and Absolute lyrics for English language music texts relating to age and ageing.
Findings revealed (N = 76) relevant music texts offering up negative and positive discourses of age and ageing, with negative predominating. Identities of age and ageing were categorized as 'contented and celebrated aged', 'pitiful and petulant pensioners' and 'frail and flagging old folks'.
From this study, it is evident that mainly negative representations of age and ageing are available in popular music texts. It is imagined that the negative representations of age and ageing can be dispiriting, confidence and esteem lowering for older people and their potential impact might be considered carefully by artists. However, while evidence exists that negative and positive emotions can influence health and well-being, further qualitative research is needed to explore what impact precisely the negative texts have on those experiencing ageing.
批判性地审视流行音乐文本中对衰老身份的呈现。
保持积极的人生观既有短期益处，也已被证明有助于人们长寿。音乐能够传达对衰老的积极和消极情绪，然而，关于流行音乐中如何呈现年龄和衰老的未发表研究数量有限。
定性话语分析。
2014年7月，对音乐歌词数据库The Music Lyric Database、Songfacts、The Macronium和Absolute lyrics进行了无时间限制的搜索，以查找与年龄和衰老相关的英语音乐文本。
研究结果显示（N = 76），相关音乐文本呈现出对年龄和衰老的消极和积极话语，消极话语占主导。年龄和衰老的身份被归类为“满足且受颂扬的老年人”、“可怜且任性的养老金领取者”和“虚弱且衰弱的老年人”。
从这项研究中可以明显看出，流行音乐文本中主要呈现的是对年龄和衰老的负面描述。可以想象，对年龄和衰老的负面描述可能会让老年人感到沮丧，降低他们的信心和自尊，艺术家们可能需要仔细考虑其潜在影响。然而，虽然有证据表明消极和积极情绪会影响健康和幸福，但还需要进一步的定性研究来探索这些负面文本对经历衰老的人究竟有什么影响。
