The gift of life is a blessing and it’s inevitable to realize it’s not always granted. It can be taken at any time, of any day. With this in thought, most try to live life to the fullest, always looking for immediate satisfaction to gratify life. The Quality of life has drastically shifted to revolve around mainstream culture, thereby concluding how westernized values are becoming idealized to inflict oppression towards the lives of all ethnic backgrounds. This idea confirms why many individuals become disengaged as they age. Disengagement theory of aging claims, "aging is an inevitable, mutual withdrawal or disengagement, resulting in decreased interaction between the aging person and others in the social system he belongs to" (Hillier).
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For example, when mass media portrays constant images of elder people taking vacations, indulging in spas and treatments to reflect what is considered the successful aging process, it shatters the realities of those who can’t afford such leisures. Some poor people of color have never even been on a vacation, let alone ride an airplane or travel. “Because aging well is an individualized experience, it is difficult to produce a blueprint for aging well. The task is compromised further because it has become increasingly difficult to see aging as a distinct phase in the life course. As we look at the social institutions, we find that age is less correlated with life events than it has been in the past ”(Johnson). However, mass media is irrelevant in terms of how they conceptualize aging, due to the socially biased depictions of successful aging. The constant portrayal of mass media causes elderly to disengage in society, because they are compared to the dominant population that has means and access to leisure and privileges that many poor people do not. Mass media is a main socialization factor in the modern world, and this becomes a problem when people start to prioritize images and information that is framed in a biased
For example, when mass media portrays constant images of elder people taking vacations, indulging in spas and treatments to reflect what is considered the successful aging process, it shatters the realities of those who can’t afford such leisures. Some poor people of color have never even been on a vacation, let alone ride an airplane or travel. “Because aging well is an individualized experience, it is difficult to produce a blueprint for aging well. The task is compromised further because it has become increasingly difficult to see aging as a distinct phase in the life course. As we look at the social institutions, we find that age is less correlated with life events than it has been in the past ”(Johnson). However, mass media is irrelevant in terms of how they conceptualize aging, due to the socially biased depictions of successful aging. The constant portrayal of mass media causes elderly to disengage in society, because they are compared to the dominant population that has means and access to leisure and privileges that many poor people do not. Mass media is a main socialization factor in the modern world, and this becomes a problem when people start to prioritize images and information that is framed in a biased