• 主题
高级搜索  >
历史搜索 清空历史
首页> 外文期刊>Information Communication & Society >Connected seniors: how older adults in East York exchange social support online and offline
【24h】

Connected seniors: how older adults in East York exchange social support online and offline

机译：关联的老年人：东约克州的老年人如何在线和离线交流社会支持

获取原文
获取原文并翻译 | 示例
       
页面导航
  • 摘要
  • 著录项
  • 相似文献
  • 相关主题

摘要

How do older adults mobilize social support, with and without digital media? To investigate this, we focus on older adults 65+ residing in the Toronto locality of East York, using 42 interviews lasting about 90 minutes done in 2013-2014. We find that digital media help in mobilizing social support as well as maintaining and strengthening existing relationships with geographically near and distant contacts. This is especially important for those individuals (and their network members) who have limited mobility. Once older adults start using digital media, they become routinely incorporated into their lives, used in conjunction with the telephone to maintain existing relationships but not to develop new ones. Contradicting fears that digital media are inadequate for meaningful relational contact, we found that these older adults considered social support exchanged via digital media to be real support that cannot be dismissed as token. Older adults especially used and valued digital media for companionship. They also used them for coordination, maintaining ties, and casual conversations. Email was used more with friends than relatives; some Skype was used with close family ties. Our research suggests that policy efforts need to emphasize the strengthening of existing networks rather than the establishment of interventions that are outside of older adults' existing ties. Our findings also show that learning how to master technology is in itself a form of social support that provides opportunities to strengthen the networks of older adults.
机译：有没有数字媒体，老年人如何调动社会支持？为了对此进行调查，我们针对居住在东约克郡多伦多地区的65岁以上的老年人进行了调查，在2013-2014年期间进行了42次访谈，历时约90分钟。我们发现，数字媒体有助于动员社会支持以及维持和加强与地理上近距离和远距离接触的现有关系。这对于行动不便的个人（及其网络成员）尤其重要。一旦老年人开始使用数字媒体，他们就会逐渐融入他们的生活，与电话一起使用以维持现有的关系，而不是发展新的关系。与担心数字媒体不足以进行有意义的关系联系的担忧相反，我们发现这些老年人认为通过数字媒体交换的社会支持是不能被当作象征的真实支持。老年人尤其使用和重视数字媒体进行陪伴。他们还使用它们进行协调，保持联系和休闲对话。与亲朋好友一起使用电子邮件的次数多于亲戚。一些Skype与亲密的家庭联系在一起使用。我们的研究表明，政策工作需要强调加强现有网络，而不是建立在老年人现有联系之外的干预措施。我们的发现还表明，学习如何掌握技术本身就是一种社会支持，为加强老年人网络提供了机会。

著录项

相似文献

  • 外文文献
  • 中文文献
  • 专利
获取原文

客服邮箱：kefu@zhangqiaokeyan.com

京公网安备：11010802029741号 ICP备案号：京ICP备15016152号-6 六维联合信息科技 (北京) 有限公司©版权所有

  • 客服微信

  • 服务号