Older adults as digital content producers
Older adults as digital content producers
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10.1145/2470654.2470662
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2013-04
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Jenny Waycott;F. Vetere;S. Pedell;Lars Kulik;E. Ozanne;A. Gruner;J. Downs
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Jenny Waycott;F. Vetere;S. Pedell;Lars Kulik;E. Ozanne;A. Gruner;J. Downs
老年人通常是数字内容的消费者，而不是生产者。目前关于老年人技术设计的研究通常侧重于提供数字资源的访问。接触机会很重要，但往往不够，特别是在建立新的社会关系时。本文探讨了老年人创造的数字内容的性质和作用，目的是建立新的关系。我们提出了一个独特的实地研究中，七个老年人（年龄71-92岁），谁不知道对方，使用原型iPad应用程序（Enmesh）创建和共享照片和消息。调查结果表明，老年人，即使是那些年龄最大的老年人，也会通过数字内容制作来创造性地表达自己。我们表明，自我表达和社会参与与同龄人可以实现时，社会技术系统的适当设计，让老年人创建和分享自己的数字内容。
Older adults are normally characterized as consumers, rather than producers, of digital content. Current research concerning the design of technologies for older adults typically focuses on providing access to digital resources. Access is important, but is often insufficient, especially when establishing new social relationships. This paper investigates the nature and role of digital content that has been created by older adults, for the purpose of forging new relationships. We present a unique field study in which seven older adults (aged 71-92 years), who did not know each other, used a prototype iPad application (Enmesh) to create and share photographs and messages. The findings demonstrate that older adults, even those in the \'1c"oldest old\'1d" age group, embraced opportunities to express themselves creatively through digital content production. We show that self-expression and social engagement with peers can be realized when socio-technical systems are suitably designed to allow older adults to create and share their own digital content.