Problematizing the Digital Literacy Paradox in the Context of Older Adults’ ICT Use: Aging, Media Discourse, and Self-Determination
Problematizing the Digital Literacy Paradox in the Context of Older Adults’ ICT Use: Aging, Media Discourse, and Self-Determination
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DOI：
10.22230/cjc.2017v42n2a3130
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发表时间：
2017-05
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0.5
通讯作者：
Kathleen Schreurs;Anabel Quan-Haase;Kim Martin
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作者：
Kathleen Schreurs;Anabel Quan-Haase;Kim Martin
目前的媒体话语表明，老年人在参与数字技术方面落后。通过对老年人的调查和访谈，我们调查了这一人群如何看待自己的数字技能，数字扫盲的障碍以及谁支持他们获得扫盲。老年人认识到他们的年龄是采用技术的一个因素，他们注意到他们和年轻一代在使用技术方面的差异。缺乏技能和有时有限的支持，使老年人难以获得经验和舒适的技术。然而，支持系统，如家庭和同龄人可以帮助调解老年人的经验与技术。老年人数字扫盲伙伴关系被提出作为一个模型，了解老年人在获得数字扫盲的需求。
Current media discourse suggests that seniors lag behind in terms of engagement with digital technology. Through a survey and interviews with seniors we investigate how this population views their own digital skills, barriers to digital literacy, and who supports them in gaining literacy. Seniors recognize their age as a factor in the adoption of technology and they note differences between how they and younger generations use technology. Lack of skills and sometimes-limited support make it difficult for seniors to gain experience and comfort with technology. However, support systems such as family and peers can help mediate senior’s experiences with technology. The Seniors Digital Literacy Paradox is proposed as a model for understanding the needs of seniors in gaining digital literacy.