Abstract
Our research aims to investigate the role played by media and ICTs
in building intergenerational and intragenerational relations for the grandparents.
The project aims to understand how grandmothers use Facebook and digital
devices (computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones) within the family and the
friend networks, the role of communication technologies for entertainment and
the resistance and difficulties in using ICT for elderly. Data for research analysis
was collected through four focus groups conducted with 28 Italian grandmothers
living in Milan, Italy.
Our focus groups show an intricate scenario: although the trigger to start to
use new digital technology comes from family and people belonging to different
generations, the daily use of the ICTs reveals a complex relationship with children
and grandchildren regarding technological issues, which often characterized by
incompatible netiquette, different competences and lack of learning assistance.
As more elderly are going online and widening their online interactions,
further research should be pursued to understand how older people use digital
technologies to communicate with peers and to point out the differences between
elderly digital use for intra and intergenerational communication.
Lingua originale | Inglese |
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Titolo della pubblicazione ospite | Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Acceptance, Communication and Participation |
Pagine | 446-464 |
Numero di pagine | 19 |
DOI | |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2018 |
Keywords
- ICT
- elderly