Rethinking social relationships in old age: Digitalization and the social lives of older adults.

G Hülür, B Macdonald - American Psychologist, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Interactions with technology have been shaping human society since its beginning.
Recently, digitalization has pervaded all aspects of our lives and provided us with new ways …

Older adults' experiences and perceptions of digital technology:(Dis) empowerment, wellbeing, and inclusion

R Hill, LR Betts, SE Gardner - Computers in Human Behavior, 2015 - Elsevier
As more and more of the business of society is transferred and conducted online, older
adults frequently find themselves without the skills to participate effectively. This is frequently …

Revisiting the digital divide: Generational differences in technology use in everyday life.

M Volkom, JC Stapley… - North American Journal of …, 2014 - search.ebscohost.com
Sex and generational differences in uses and perceptions of technology were examined
among 262 participants (104 men and 158 women), ranging in age from 18 to 92 …

The physical–digital divide: Exploring the social gap between digital natives and physical natives

C Ball, J Francis, KT Huang, T Kadylak… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Older adults are the most digitally divided demographic group. The present study explores
how older adults perceive the physical use of information and communication technologies …

Examining the roles of technology in aging and quality of life

SR Cotten - Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Technology surrounds us, from the mobile phones that most of us carry to the televisions that
we watch to the ways that we find information about a restaurant or vacation destination …

Digital technology and older people: Towards a sociological approach to technology adoption in later life

BB Neves, G Mead - Sociology, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite increasing social pressure to use new digital technologies, older people's adoption
of them remains below other age groups. This article contributes a sociological dimension to …

Dividing the grey divide: Deconstructing myths about older adults' online activities, skills, and attitudes

A Quan-Haase, C Williams, M Kicevski… - American …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Although research has demonstrated a grey divide where older adults are less involved and
skilled with digital media than younger adults, by treating them as a homogenous group, it …

Understanding older adults' use of social technology and the factors influencing use

G Wilson, JR Gates, S Vijaykumar, DJ Morgan - Ageing & Society, 2023 - cambridge.org
Having access and skills to use social technology, ie social internet use, social media and
social applications, are considered as being vital to online social connection. Whilst …

Connected seniors: How older adults in East York exchange social support online and offline

A Quan-Haase, GY Mo, B Wellman - Information, Communication & …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
How do older adults mobilize social support, with and without digital media? To investigate
this, we focus on older adults 65+ residing in the Toronto locality of East York, using 42 …

Reducing the digital divide: Connecting older adults to iPad technology

JA Delello, RR McWhorter - Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
America's older adult population is increasing at a dramatic rate due to better health care,
technology, and improved living conditions. However, as individuals 65 years and older …