Format:
1 online resource (158 pages)
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9781803821696
,
9781803821672
Content:
With many older people lacking adequate digital competences to support their full participation in today's digitalized society, Older People in a Digitalized Societyasks how is the marginalisation of older people in digital society socially constructed? How can we promote older people's digital inclusion and agency?.
Content:
Cover -- Older People in a Digitalized Society -- Older People in a Digitalized Society: From Marginality to Agency -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Multidisciplinary Approach -- Finland as the Context of the Book -- I - Defining the Key Concepts -- 1. Social Construction of Marginality and Agency -- Social Construction of Marginality -- Social Construction of Agency -- 2. Digitalization and Digital Divides -- Digitalizing Societies -- Digital Divides -- First-Level Digital Divide -- Second-Level Digital Divide -- Third-Level Digital Divide -- Toward a More Nuanced Understanding of Digital Inequalities -- 3. Older People, Internet Use, and Nonuse -- Diversity Among Older People in a Digital Society -- Older People's Internet Use -- Older People's Internet Nonuse -- 4. Older People's Digital Competences -- Digital Competence Framework for Citizens -- Previous Studies on Older People's Digital Competences -- II - Case Studies of Older People in Digital Society -- 5. Internet Nonusers' Positive Self-Marginalization and Agency (Study 1) -- Social Representations Theory -- Method -- Findings -- Reflections on Marginality and Agency -- 6. Diversity and Agency in Rural Villages (Study 2) -- Modalities of Agency Theory -- Method -- Findings -- Reflections on Agency -- 7. Negative Marginalization and Limited Agency by Newspapers (Study 3) -- Method -- Findings -- Reflections on Marginality and Agency -- 8. Agency and Social Support Networks in a Robotic eHealth Service (Study 4) -- Domestication of Media and Technology -- Method -- Findings -- Reflections on Agency -- 9. Ethical Considerations -- III - Conclusion -- 10. Key Findings -- Positive and Negative Marginality -- Pressure to Move From the Margins to the Mainstream -- Contested Positive Meanings of the Internet -- Metaphors for Marginalization.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781803821689
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781803821689
Language:
English
