Older Voices

Reuter, Arlind; Bartindale, Tom; Morrissey, Kellie; Scharf, Thomas; Liddle, Jennifer

doi:10.1145/3290605.3300664

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“…This might reinforce and perpetuate societal representations of older adults as consumers rather than active , digitally contributing citizens. Moreover, while existing research has explored content creation in later life [11,14,30,45], the connection between older adults' civic and digital participation through content creation remains underexplored. We build on the existing body of work by looking specifically at the potential for creative interactions with media to foster digital skills and thus digital participation.…”

Section: Exclusion From (Digital) Civicmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The concept of digital participation acknowledges digital inequalities of whether people participate actively or passively in digital society depending on usage, skills, social support and self-perceptions [36]. In supporting the creation of age-friendly communities by making older people's voices public and broadcasting media content of relevance to older people [9], community media have been highlighted as a key route to civic participation in later life [30]. The creation of media also functions as a more creative way to enhance digital skills [14], contrasting with community learning schemes, which typically frame the advantages of being online in terms of "accessing services" [10].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Content Creation in Later Life

Reuter

Scharf

Smeddinck

2021

Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

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In increasingly digitalised societies, government initiatives to ensure that public services remain accessible for everyone typically focus on the digital inclusion of older adults. However, by solely viewing older adults as passive recipients or consumers of services, digital inclusion strategies under-emphasise the concept of digital participation. Highlighting the importance of older adults as active contributors in a digital society, we investigated the potential of content creation to increase older adults' digital skills whilst also strengthening their digital participation. Through a workshop and interviews involving three different groups of older content producers, we show that content creation can stimulate older adults' digital participation. We report on challenges faced by the content creators, including time constraints, lack of professional support and the preference to create content collaboratively. We propose that by facilitating collaborative content creation activities, local communities can better support older adults' digital participation and facilitate inclusion across different life domains.

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Section: Exclusion From (Digital) Civicmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Content Creation in Later Life

Reuter

Scharf

Smeddinck

2021

Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

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“…With respect to participatory radio production, recent work has explored the (semi-)automatic handling of messages shared by listeners (spanning text, photos and videos) in order to improve storytelling in live radio shows [12]. A related concept is that of community radio (i.e., radio that is produced by, and for, members of a specifc community), which has been studied in relation to, for example, civic engagement (e.g., [37,45]) and information accessibility (e.g., [51]).…”

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confidence: 99%

Stay Tuned! An Investigation of Content Substitution, the Listener as Curator and Other Innovations in Broadcast Radio

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Lievens

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ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences

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This paper demystifes listeners' wishes with respect to broadcast radio innovation (with a specifc focus on radio-mediated music consumption). Our study encompasses an ideation workshop with radio experts, an exploratory survey and a mixed methods empirical evaluation. The empirical evaluation uses two concrete concepts (i.e., letting listeners on-the-fy replace radio content with preferred content and fostering participatory radio production by involving listeners as radio content curators) as a lens to zoom in on the questionable desirability of radio innovation. It is learned that a signifcant consumer group exists who will stay loyal to broadcast radio even if it does not evolve substantially, whereas others need disruptive incentives to start listening to radio (again). From our results we distill design recommendations to educate the radio production community about how best to approach radio innovation. CCS CONCEPTS• Information systems → Multimedia streaming; • Humancentered computing → Laboratory experiments; User studies.

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“…We have previously shown the potential of using audio, and specifically community radio, as a pathway for older adults to participate civically [13]. Whilst the term civic participation is used differently depending on context, it can be broadly defined as active citizen participation with the goal to shape a community's future [1].…”

Section: Audio and Civic Participationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Radio can, therefore, engage older adults who are not digitally skilled, as well as those who want to engage with technologies at a deeper level. Even without existing digital skills, the creation of radio and audio content can be a pathway to enhanced digital participation in later life [12] and additionally functions as a motivating factor to engage with digital production tools, such as audio editing software [13]. Indeed, recent developments in the LLARC throughout the COVID-19 pandemic showed that all members began to engage digitally, regardless of previous experience, in order to stay involved with content creation activities.…”

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The Later Life Audio and Radio Co-operative:

Reuter

Liddle

2020

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Software Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighti

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The Later Life Audio and Radio Co-operative (LLARC) is an England-wide network of older content creators, age-inclusive radio stations, third sector organisations, local authorities and academics working on ageing issues. The co-operative was established in 2019 as an outcome from a participatory action research project. Aiming to promote talk-based content created by older adults, the LLARC advocates for greater representation of older adults in broadcasting. This paper considers radio production as an approach to support civic participation in later life. Firstly, we present findings from a two-day radio festival for older adults at which the LLARC was launched. Drawing on discussions at the radio festival, we highlight three themes that underpin the LLARC's mission: 1) challenging ageist stereotypes; 2) advocating for intergenerational cohesion; and 3) considering radio as a technology for community engagement. Secondly, based on observations, we report on the organisation's ongoing digital development and adaptation to remote digital production workflows in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss the potential of radio as a technology to involve older adults in citizen dialogue. Due to its combination of digital and non-digital elements, we conclude that radio production can be an accessible technology for older adults to engage with in order to have their voices heard more widely. Our work contributes to key debates at the intersection of technology use and community engagement in later life, suggesting a central role for audio and radio as accessible routes to support public debates and promote citizen dialogue in later life.

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Older Voices

Cited by 18 publications

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Content Creation in Later Life

Content Creation in Later Life

Stay Tuned! An Investigation of Content Substitution, the Listener as Curator and Other Innovations in Broadcast Radio

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