Perceptions of older age and digital participation in rural Queensland
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Article Title | Perceptions of older age and digital participation in rural Queensland |
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ERA Journal ID | 18329 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | McDonald, Lisa (Author), Starasts, Ann (Author), Tiwari, Sanjib (Author) and Lane, Michael (Author) |
Journal Title | Australasian Journal of Regional Studies |
Journal Citation | 22 (2), pp. 263-284 |
Number of Pages | 22 |
Year | 2016 |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 1324-0935 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.anzrsai.org/publications/ajrs/2016-Volume-22/Issue-2/ |
Abstract | Participation is thought to build and sustain individual and community resilience. What constitutes participation today significantly involves networked digital communications. With Australia’s ageing population set to increase exponentially, and with a growing concentration of older people living outside of larger cities and towns, a need exists to address how participation in later life is understood and facilitated. Coupled with the need for regional communities to find relevant change processes that build resilience, this multidisciplinary paper highlights variations in perception about older people’s digital abilities in regional Queensland. Following the general increase in appeal of digital devices to older people, defined here as those aged over 65, the paper suggests that how older people’s digital connectedness progresses is foundationally influenced by the speculative, antithetical and potentially ambivalent perceptions of others. In doing so, we seek to understand rural connectedness in later life through a suite of literacies informing digital participation. |
Keywords | perception, digital literacy, ageing, rural households |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 469999. Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified |
449999. Other human society not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Australian Centre for Sustainable Business and Development |
Australian Digital Futures Institute | |
School of Management and Enterprise | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q396z/perceptions-of-older-age-and-digital-participation-in-rural-queensland
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