An Alternative view of ICTs use by older people in human-computer interaction: similarities, digital content creation and perceived well-being
Within Human-Computer Interaction, older people (60+) are often characterized as a heterogeneous group of consumers of digital content that use ICTs in a limited way due to age-related changes in functional abilities. By drawing on an ethnographical study of ICTs use by approximately 220 older peopl...
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| Tipo de documento: | tese |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2015 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repositório: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/310946 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/310946 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Human-Computer Interaction Older people Ethnography Digital video production Digital video appropriation Digital inclusion ICT use ICTD Cross-culture ITV Online video portals Interacción Persona-Ordenador Personas mayores Etnografía Producción de vídeo digital Apropiación de vídeo digital Inclusión digital Uso de las TIC Diferencias culturales 62 |
| Resumo: | Within Human-Computer Interaction, older people (60+) are often characterized as a heterogeneous group of consumers of digital content that use ICTs in a limited way due to age-related changes in functional abilities. By drawing on an ethnographical study of ICTs use by approximately 220 older people over a 5-year period in Spain and on two rapid ethnographical studies, in Denmark and Brazil, with around 180, this dissertation presents an alternative view of ICTs use by older people. The results portray older people as creative digital content creators, provide qualitative evidence of how the process of using ICTs have a positive impact on their perceived well-being and argue that their ICTs use is not so heterogeneous as one might think. This dissertation also suggests that fostering the digital inclusion of older people in developing countries such as Brazil rests upon going beyond providing them with physical / technological infrastructures. |
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