Addressing Fear and Lack of Knowledge of Older Adults Regarding Social Network Sites

Volkmann, Torben; Miller, Isabella; Jochems, Nicole

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50232-4_9

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“…What I meant above by its "overdiagnosis" is the tendency to understate the importance of the following fact: One may fear technology and have good reasons to fear it and have other good reasons, besides fear, to reject it. While technophobia in the old continues to be extensively researched, e.g., [6,[13][14][15][16][17], some researchers have noted that the assumption of fear may be part of a stereotypical portrayal of the old, and thus a driver of ageism [18,19], and others have suggested that older individuals are not always more anxious or passive about technology than younger people [20][21][22]. Moreover, the literature does provide evidence of utilitarian reasons for adopting technology, such as its (perceived) usefulness or ease of use [23][24][25][26] which ipso facto are also reasons to reject technology.…”

Section: Refusal Of Technology As Rational Attitudementioning

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Reluctant Republic: A Positive Right for Older People to Refuse AI-Based Technology

Tudorie

2023

Societies

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Societies in the global North face a future of accelerated ageing. In this context, advanced technology, especially that involving artificial intelligence (AI), is often presented as a natural counterweight to stagnation and decay. While it is a reasonable expectation that AI will play important roles in such societies, the manner in which it affects the lives of older people needs to be discussed. Here I argue that older people should be able to exercise, if they so choose, a right to refuse AI-based technologies, and that this right cannot be purely negative. There is a public duty to provide minimal conditions to exercise such a right, even if majorities in the relevant societies disagree with skeptical attitudes towards technology. It is crucial to recognize that there is nothing inherently irrational or particularly selfish in refusing to embrace technologies that are commonly considered disruptive and opaque, especially when the refusers have much to lose. Some older individuals may understandably decide that they indeed stand to lose a whole world of familiar facts and experiences, competencies built in decades of effort, and autonomy in relation to technology. The current default of investigating older people’s resistance to technology as driven by fear or exaggerated emotion in general, and therefore as something to be managed and extinguished, is untenable.

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Section: Refusal Of Technology As Rational Attitudementioning

confidence: 99%

Reluctant Republic: A Positive Right for Older People to Refuse AI-Based Technology

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2023

Societies

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Towards Design Recommendations for Social Engagement Platforms Supporting Volunteerism Targeting Older People in Local Communities

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2023

Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering

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Guidelines for Designing Social Networking Sites for Older Adults: A Systematic Review with Thematic Synthesis

Ghenai,

Ayeni,

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ACM Trans. Access. Comput.

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Social networking site (SNS) inaccessibility remains a barrier for many older adults. Increasingly, research has sought to address these shortcomings with recommendations for design. However, commercial uptake of these findings remains limited, in part, due to the scattering of recommendations across publications, heterogeneity in the SNS systems and features examined, and a lack of sensitivity within the existing guidelines to the heterogeneity of the target demographic. To counter these challenges, we conducted a systematic review following a thematic synthesis approach of 25 empirical studies on SNS design recommendations for older adults. From these, we synthesized a cohesive set of ten distinct design recommendations. These include ensuring an easy-to-use interface, improving social connection features, ensuring personal privacy, and introducing customized features and personalized content. In synthesizing the results, particular care was taken to capture the ways in which population diversity moderates recommendations. The results of this review can serve as a resource for designers and practitioners working on inclusive SNS for older adults. They also highlight the need for additional research into understanding user diversity in relation to SNS accessibility.

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Addressing Fear and Lack of Knowledge of Older Adults Regarding Social Network Sites

Cited by 5 publications

References 29 publications

Reluctant Republic: A Positive Right for Older People to Refuse AI-Based Technology

Reluctant Republic: A Positive Right for Older People to Refuse AI-Based Technology

Towards Design Recommendations for Social Engagement Platforms Supporting Volunteerism Targeting Older People in Local Communities

Guidelines for Designing Social Networking Sites for Older Adults: A Systematic Review with Thematic Synthesis

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