At risk of exclusion? Degrees of ICT access and literacy among senior citizens

Olsson, Tobias; Samuelsson, Ulli; Viscovi, Dino

doi:10.1080/1369118x.2017.1355007

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“…Older adults are particularly affected by the risk of being socially excluded from our Internet-dominated society (Olsson, Samuelsson, & Viscovi, 2017) for five main reasons: First, from the perspective of environmental gerontology, new technologies may be considered to contribute to a stimulating environment for successful aging (Lawton, 1983;Rowe & Kahn, 1997;WHO, 2015). Nevertheless, since older people often lack experience, skills, and social support from and access to the Internet, they face numerous barriers to the effective use of these technologies, which may lead them to regard this environment as exclusionary rather than stimulating.…”

Section: Why Are Older Adults More Susceptible To Digital Social Exclmentioning

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Older adults’ perceived sense of social exclusion from the digital world

Seifert

Hofer

Rössel

2018

Educational Gerontology

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A great deal of information and many services can now be accessed digitally. In order to make use of such services, however, it is necessary to have some form of Internet access. A lack of involvement in digital society may produce new forms of social exclusion. Older adults are particularly at risk of Internet-related social exclusion, since they tend to use the Internet less than younger adults. Little is known, however, about whether this lower level of Internet use among older people is in fact accompanied by a sense of social exclusion. In order to investigate the subjective sense of digital social exclusion resulting from a lack of Internet usage, we conducted a secondary analysis of a representative, cross-sectional telephone survey of 1,037 adults aged 65 years and over and living in Switzerland. We found that 33% of "onliners" reported that they would feel socially excluded were they to stop using the Internet, compared with 14% of "onliners" who felt socially excluded on account of their lack of Internet use. Our analyses show that onliners' attitudes toward Internet use and the variety of online applications available were related to their sense of social exclusion. By contrast, offliners' attitudes toward Internet use and their feelings of loneliness in general were predictors for their sense of social exclusion as a result of not using the Internet. The results of the study as well as its implications for research and practice are discussed. AbstractA great deal of information and many services can now be accessed digitally. In order to make use of such services, however, it is necessary to have some form of Internet access. A lack of involvement in digital society may produce new forms of social exclusion. Older adults are particularly at risk of Internet-related social exclusion, since they tend to use the Internet less than younger adults. Little is known, however, about whether this lower level of Internet use among older people is in fact accompanied by a sense of social exclusion. In order to investigate the subjective sense of digital social exclusion resulting from a lack of Internet usage, we conducted a secondary analysis of a representative, cross-sectional telephone survey of 1,037 adults aged 65 years and over and living in Switzerland. We found that 33% of "onliners" reported that they would feel socially excluded were they to stop using the Internet, compared with 15% of "offliners" who felt socially excluded on account of their lack of Internet use. Our analyses show that onliners' attitudes toward Internet use and the variety of online applications available were related to their sense of social exclusion. By contrast, offliners' attitudes toward Internet use and their feelings of loneliness in general were predictors for their sense of social exclusion as a result of not using the Internet. The results of the study as well as its implications for research and practice are discussed.

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Section: Why Are Older Adults More Susceptible To Digital Social Exclmentioning

confidence: 99%

Older adults’ perceived sense of social exclusion from the digital world

Seifert

Hofer

Rössel

2018

Educational Gerontology

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“…A survey among seniors ages 65 to 85 saw both a resource effect and an age effect. The more resources and devices the participants used, the higher their ICT literacy, but with increasing age, both access and literacy decrease [31]. Other studies have revealed that approximately half of adults age 65 and older used the Internet and 80 percent owned a cell phone, but less than 20 percent searched for health information online [32], instead, they preferred printed information [33].…”

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Knowledge and views about coordinated individual planning from the perspective of active older adults

Jobe¹,

Engström²,

Lindberg³

2019

Clin J Nurs Care Pract

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Background: Today's older adults are often well informed and want to participate in decisionmaking processes. The coordinated individual planning process offers them active involvement in deciding and owning how their care will be managed. Aim:The aim of the study was to explore active older adults' knowledge and views regarding coordinated individual planning. Methods:The study has an exploratory inductive approach. Five focus-group discussions were conducted with 40 participants from different organizations and associations. A qualitative interpretive description framework was used, and the analysis resulted in four unique themes. Results:The four themes resulting from the analysis are collaboration and continuity, participation and involvement in decision, individual need for support, and access to information and service. Collaboration between different levels of the healthcare system and between professionals is crucial. Older adults wanted to be participating actors in their healthcare. They worried about the lack of continuity and thought that services were not responsive or did not meet individuals' needs. Conclusion:Older adults want their views and preferences to be taken into consideration, and they want to be actively engaged in the decision-making process regarding their care.

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“…The authors of [24] analysed general patterns of access and ICT literacy of Swedish citizens aged 65-85 years old. A postal survey was sent to 2000 Swedes, and 1264 respondents filled in the questionnaire digitally or sent it by mail.…”

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The Teletalker – A Design Researcher’s Tool to Explore Intergenerational Online Video Connectivity in-the-Wild

Markowski

2020

Societies

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Although a fair amount of research around older adults’ perception of digital technology exists, there is only a moderate amount of research investigating older people’s reactions and sense-making in real-world contexts with emerging digital tools. This paper reports on the constructivist research approach used by the author, which initiated co-production with participants to gather older and younger adults’ reactions towards digital video connectivity during a series of design research interventions. For this, the author had built a research tool, the Teletalker kiosks (TT), which connected two locations using digital live video to provide a ‘window into the other space’. Participants, if they wished, could activate the volume with a designed mechanism aimed at non-computer literate people, which was used in order to speak to each other. The three connections were between an older people’s charity day centre and the university, between two locations at the university, and between two-day centres in the U.K. The returns collected revealed overall positive reactions towards video connectivity by younger adults and mixed reactions by older adults. The design for the volume mechanism did not work as expected for both groups. The interventions also brought out opinions and conformity dynamics within groups of older adults and attitudes by younger audiences towards older people. More research is needed to understand these reactions and attitudes in comparable contexts.

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At risk of exclusion? Degrees of ICT access and literacy among senior citizens

Cited by 101 publications

References 26 publications

Older adults’ perceived sense of social exclusion from the digital world

Older adults’ perceived sense of social exclusion from the digital world

Knowledge and views about coordinated individual planning from the perspective of active older adults

The Teletalker – A Design Researcher’s Tool to Explore Intergenerational Online Video Connectivity in-the-Wild

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