Gerontechnology Understanding Older Adult Information and Communication Technology Use

• Main Author: Birkland, Johanna
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley Emerald Publishing Limited 2019; Emerald Publishing; Emerald
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Communication Studies; Cultural; Cultural Gerontology; Digital; Digital communications; Digital Divide; Divide; Gerontology; ICT; ICT use; Information Science; Interdisciplinary studies; Language Arts & Disciplines; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Technology and older people

This book presents a typology that explains the diversity of ICT usage seen in older adults. It examines older adult use of everyday Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) across multiple life contexts (work, family, leisure, and community) allowing readers to understand how the growing a...