Understanding the role of digital technologies in addressing loneliness

这个社会学项目旨在开发一种新的方法来理解数字技术在克服孤独方面的作用。该团队希望产生关于感到孤独的人如何使用数字技术并将其应用于政策和项目的新知识，使用创新的方法探索不同的观点，获得帮助孤独的澳大利亚人的必要知识，并在孤独社会学和数字技术方面建立亟需的研究能力。这将带来重大好处，例如深入了解影响人们使用数字技术解决孤独问题的社会文化因素，并为有效的战略和政策提供循证支持。

This sociological project aims to develop a new approach to understanding the role of digital technologies in efforts to overcome loneliness. The team expects to generate new knowledge of how digital technologies are used by people who feel lonely and applied in policies and programs, using an innovative approach to explore different views, gaining the essential knowledge for assisting lonely Australians, and building much-needed research capacity in the sociology of loneliness and digital technologies. This should provide significant benefits such as a deep understanding of the sociocultural factors that influence people’s use of digital technologies to address loneliness, and evidence-based support for effective strategies and policies.