Older adults' experiences and perceptions of digital technology: (Dis)empowerment, wellbeing, and inclusion
Older adults' experiences and perceptions of digital technology: (Dis)empowerment, wellbeing, and inclusion
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DOI：
10.1016/j.chb.2015.01.062
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发表时间：
2015-07-01
影响因子：
9.9
通讯作者：
Gardner, Sarah E.
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作者：
Hill, Rowena;Betts, Lucy R.;Gardner, Sarah E.
随着越来越多的社会事务转移到网上，老年人经常发现自己没有有效参与的技能。这往往是混淆有限的身体流动性和减少他们的社会网络和接触。本文探讨了这一过程的现实生活，以及如何利用数字技术通过增加老年人的社交网络来增强老年人的生活活动及其福祉。17名老年人（10名女性，7名男性法师= 71.67，SDage = 10.05）参加了两个焦点小组，每个持续约90分钟。解释现象学分析产生了两个主要主题：数字技术作为一种工具，使权力和权力。研究结果支持数字鸿沟的证据，以及这种鸿沟如何从数字参与的老年人和社会的表意角度演变。讨论还围绕老年人使用数字技术的障碍，社会中数字技术使用的编纂，以及老年人如何以便利和包容的方式使用数字技术来增强自己的权能并保护他们免受数字鸿沟的负面影响。(C)2015爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
As more and more of the business of society is transferred and conducted online, older adults frequently find themselves without the skills to participate effectively. This is frequently confounded by limited physical mobility and a decrease in their social network and contact. This paper examines the lived reality of that process and how digital technology could be used to enhance the life activity of older adults and their wellbeing by increasing their social network. Seventeen older adults (10 female, 7 male Mage = 71.67, SDage = 10.05) participated in two focus groups that each lasted approximately 90 min. Interpretative phenomenological analysis yielded two main themes: digital technology serving as a tool to disempower and empower. Findings support evidence of a digital divide and how that divide is evolving from the ideographic perspective of digitally-engaged older adults and for society. Discussions also surround barriers to digital technology use for older adults, the codification of digital technology use within society, and how older adults use digital technology in a facilitative and inclusive way to empower themselves and protect them from the negative effects of the digital divide. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.