What do they like? Communication preferences and patterns of older adults in the United States: The role of technology

Yuan, Shupei; Hussain, Syed Ali; Hales, Kayla D.; Cotten, Shelia R.

doi:10.1080/03601277.2015.1083392

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“…This fact was also indicated by Choi and DiNitto (2013), who claim that older people need to be trained in the Internet use for various purposes since the Internet plays the signifi cant role in their social capital, as well as in removing their psychological barriers. Zheng et al (2013) suggest that older individuals, especially those who feel lonely, should be a target.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, not only do older adults fall behind in simple internet access, they also fail to keep up with the widespread faster broadband connections. Seniors often choose an offl ine, analogue, face-to-face alternative for the digital technologies that other parts of society include to their everyday lives (Taha, Sharit, & Czaja, 2009;Yuan, Hussain, Hales, & Cotten, 2016). While choosing comfort of these offl ine, analogue choices, seniors miss out on the many advantages provided by online interactions.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Internet use by the older adults in the Czech Republic

Klímová¹,

Poulová²,

Šimonová³

et al. 2018

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Ageing is becoming a big social issue nowadays. For example, in 2000 the percentage of older individuals aged 65+ years reached 12.4% worldwide. In 2030, this number should rise to 19% and in 2050 to 22%. Therefore, there is a need to prolong an active life of older people, especially by implementing non-pharmacological approaches. Current technological devices and services can assist them in this process. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore the use of the Internet among older people in the Czech Republic with respect to their age. The key methods exploited in this study include a questionnaire survey, statistical processing of data collection, as well as evaluation of both empirical and theoretical fi ndings on the research issue. The results indicate that the age is a decisive factor in the use of the Internet by seniors. In fact, the use of the Internet falls with the declining age with the breakthrough age 75+years. Generally, older people use the Internet for communication purposes with the help of e-mail, the most frequent ICT tool for this generation group. Nevertheless, the fi ndings of this study show that the second most common reason for the use of the Internet is the Internet banking, followed by Skype communication and photo sharing. The results also suggest that older people should be trained in the use of the Internet since the training may help them overcome both psychological and social barriers, which represent the constraints in their use of the Internet. Furthermore, seniors could be divided into three basic age groups according to their special needs, which should be considered when designing new technological devices or services for these aging population groups, which could help them to enhance cognitive functions.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Internet use by the older adults in the Czech Republic

Klímová¹,

Poulová²,

Šimonová³

et al. 2018

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“…Existing studies of ageing and technology have, however, highlighted the fact that strengthening communication among family members and maintaining intergenerational relationships are important reasons for older people to use email, social media, and other web-based communication platforms (Bosch & Curren, 2015; Napoli 2014; Siibak, &Tamme 2013). Moreover, building relationships with grandchildren constitutes an important incentive for grandparents to go online (Chesley, & Johnson 2014;Yuan et al, 2016). Some studies (Harley et al, 2012;Tee, Brush, & Inkpen 2009) indicate that photos and news from children and grandchildren, especially grandbabies, motivate grandparents to start using ICTs.…”

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“…In the case of older people, video chat is preferred because it replicates the authenticity of everyday interactions (Yuan et al, 2016). Grandparents, in particular, have been found to prefer video chat interaction (usually Skype) since it replicates the type of social interaction that older people are familiar with (Ames et al, 2011).…”

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Grannies on the Net: Grandmothers’ Experiences of Facebook in Family Communication

Ivan

Hebblethwaite²

2016

Ro. Comm. & PR

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Despite ageist stereotypes about older people's abilities to engage with information and communication technologies, grandparents are increasingly engaged with digital media. Grandmothers, in particular, are primarily responsible for using of web-based services to communicate with their children and grandchildren (Quadrello et al., 2005). Photos and news from children and grandchildren, especially grandbabies, act as important incentives for grandparents to go online. The purpose of the study, therefore, was to investigate how grandmothers use Facebook to facilitate family communication with children and grandchildren who move far away from home. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with grandmothers living in Romania and Canada, having a Facebook account and relevant family members (children or grandchildren) far from home. Three themes emerged from the data indicating: 1) the tendency to switch between different platforms to facilitate family communication; 2) the relative passive use of Facebook, focusing on photos and quotations as content that trigger emotions; 3) that Facebook usage is influenced by social norms around decency and privacy. Findings suggest that family relationships play a central role in grandmothers' motivations and behaviours surrounding Facebook use.

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“…Indeed, even if older adults are quite a heterogeneous group and this applies also to attitudes towards ICT, there is evidence showing that privacy and security concerns are real barriers for older adults' adoption of ICT-mediated solutions [9] [10]. This was suggested to contrast with younger adults' attitudes, who have shown to rely on ICT even having privacy and security concerns, a phenomena named of 'privacy paradox' [11].…”

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SoTRAACE for active security in Ambient Assisted Living

Ferreira¹,

Teles²,

Vieira‐Marques³

2018

Preprint

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Background: Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) solutions have been conquering an important place among strategies to promote ageing in place and address the societal challenges of population ageing. AAL is deeply rooted on the computing paradigm of Ambient Intelligence which strongly impacts the technological phenomenon of Internet of Things (IoT), currently covering a plethora of ageing related application areas. The pervasiveness of IoT raise, however, security challenges and require more flexible and better adapted availability and privacy measures. Still, IoT devices and services are frequently described in the literature without any reference to privacy and security issues they may integrate and the few works in the Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) field focus mostly on authentication or physical access control. Objective: This paper describes the SoTRAACE -Socio-Technical Risk-Adaptable Access Control -model, designed to better adapt users' access control needs to each AAL security context. The model is applied to use cases based on AAL for mental health personas and scenarios. Methods: SoTRAACE architecture takes into account contextual, technological and user's interaction profiling functionalities to act in each AAL situation/request and perform a quantitative and qualitative risk assessment analysis. The risk analysis supports decision-making on the most secure, private and usable way to access and display information. Results: SoTRAACE unique advantages for improved availability and privacy are discussed in contrast with existing access control models. The model is showcased and discussed within two AAL for mental health use case scenarios. SoTRAACE new and reused components are varied and versatile enough to adapt to different situations and user's goals, whether these are patient or caregiver oriented. Conclusions: SoTRAACE is an innovative and complete proposal for secure and adaptable access control in AAL or similar environments.

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What do they like? Communication preferences and patterns of older adults in the United States: The role of technology

Cited by 86 publications

References 25 publications

Internet use by the older adults in the Czech Republic

Internet use by the older adults in the Czech Republic

Grannies on the Net: Grandmothers’ Experiences of Facebook in Family Communication

SoTRAACE for active security in Ambient Assisted Living

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