Work, Digital Devices and Later Life: A Quanti-qualitative Research

SImone Carlo; Giulia Buscicchio

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05581-2_32

Work, Digital Devices and Later Life: A Quanti-qualitative Research

SImone Carlo, Giulia Buscicchio

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Abstract

This article presents the results of a qualitative-quantitative research on the relationship between work background and digital media use among the elderly. The aim of the study is to investigate the relationship between gender, employment status and professional level, and the technological endowments, skills, use and appropriation processes of ICT by the elderly. A sample of 900 Italians between 65 and 74 years old was used for quantitative analysis, together with 20 in-depth interviews. The research was conducted between December 2013 and April 2014. From the results it emerges that gender, working condition and professional level differently influence technological endowment, frequency of use of Internet and PC and Social Networks, while gender, income and educational qualification determine IT competence. This evidence was further corroborated and enriched by the ethnographic investigation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Design, Interaction and Technology Acceptance
Subtitle of host publication	8th International Conference, ITAP 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Virtual Event, June 26 – July 1, 2022, Proceedings, Part I
Editors	Qin Gao, Jia Zhou
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	451–465
Edition	13330
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-05581-2
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-05580-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05581-2_32
Publication status	Published - 16 Jun 2022

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Keywords

elderly
ageing
gender
ICT
Job
active ageing
digital media

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05581-2_32

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Carlo, SI., & Buscicchio, G. (2022). Work, Digital Devices and Later Life: A Quanti-qualitative Research. In Q. Gao, & J. Zhou (Eds.), Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Design, Interaction and Technology Acceptance : 8th International Conference, ITAP 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Virtual Event, June 26 – July 1, 2022, Proceedings, Part I (13330 ed., pp. 451–465). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05581-2_32

Carlo, SImone ; Buscicchio, Giulia. / Work, Digital Devices and Later Life: A Quanti-qualitative Research. Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Design, Interaction and Technology Acceptance : 8th International Conference, ITAP 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Virtual Event, June 26 – July 1, 2022, Proceedings, Part I. editor / Qin Gao ; Jia Zhou. 13330. ed. Cham : Springer, 2022. pp. 451–465 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Carlo, SI & Buscicchio, G 2022, Work, Digital Devices and Later Life: A Quanti-qualitative Research. in Q Gao & J Zhou (eds), Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Design, Interaction and Technology Acceptance : 8th International Conference, ITAP 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Virtual Event, June 26 – July 1, 2022, Proceedings, Part I. 13330 edn, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, Cham, pp. 451–465. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05581-2_32

Work, Digital Devices and Later Life: A Quanti-qualitative Research. / Carlo, SImone; Buscicchio, Giulia.
Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Design, Interaction and Technology Acceptance : 8th International Conference, ITAP 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Virtual Event, June 26 – July 1, 2022, Proceedings, Part I. ed. / Qin Gao; Jia Zhou. 13330. ed. Cham: Springer, 2022. p. 451–465 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Carlo SI, Buscicchio G. Work, Digital Devices and Later Life: A Quanti-qualitative Research. In Gao Q, Zhou J, editors, Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Design, Interaction and Technology Acceptance : 8th International Conference, ITAP 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Virtual Event, June 26 – July 1, 2022, Proceedings, Part I. 13330 ed. Cham: Springer. 2022. p. 451–465. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05581-2_32