Why It is Easier to Slay a Dragon Than to Kill a Myth About Older People’s Smartphone Use
Loos, Eugène; Fernández-Ardèvol, Mireia; Rosales, Andrea; Peine, Alexander
(2022)
Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, HCII 2022, volume 13330, pp. 212 - 223
Lecture Notes in Computer Studies (LNCS), volume 13330, pp. 212 - 223
8th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2022 Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, volume 13330, pp. 212 - 223
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Abstract
Our study focuses on myths about older people’s smartphone use. Self-reported data, from Eurostat for example, report access rather than actual usage and are of limited use. What respondents report does not necessarily correspond with their actual smartphone usage behaviour in everyday life. We therefore conducted a tracking study to
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gain insight into smartphone usage among older adults. Smartphone activity logs were collected from individuals aged 60–79 (N = 303) throughout a period of 28 days between February and May 2019 in Canada, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. The data thus obtained on actual smartphone use were critically examined in the light of seven myths related to the smart phone usage of older people in everyday life. We also analysed the data in the context of empirical studies in the field of older people’s digital behaviour. Finally, after drawing our conclusions, we present limitations and sketch implications for future research.
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Keywords: Digital practices, Everyday life, Myths, Older adults, Smartphone use, Tracking, Taverne, Theoretical Computer Science, General Computer Science
ISSN: 0302-9743
ISBN: 9783031055805
978-3-031-05581-2
Publisher: Springer
Note: Funding Information: The research project BConnect@Home – Making use of digital devices in later life (https://jp-demographic.eu/projects/beconnected-at-home/) is funded by the JTP 2017-JPI More Years, Better Lives (Grant Agreement n. 643850). Canada: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (201704MYB-386097); the Netherlands: ZONMW (Project 9003037411); Spain: MINECO (ref. PCI-2017–080), Sweden: TBC and. It also received partial funding from the Ageing + Communication + Technology project http://actproject.ca/ (ref. 895–2013-1018, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada), and the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities (ref: FJCI-2015–24120). Funding Information: Acknowledgements. The research project BConnect@Home – Making use of digital devices in later life (https://jp-demographic.eu/projects/beconnected-at-home/) is funded by the JTP 2017 -JPI More Years, Better Lives (Grant Agreement n. 643850). Canada: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (201704MYB-386097); the Netherlands: ZONMW (Project 9003037411); Spain: MINECO (ref. PCI-2017–080), Sweden: TBC and. It also received partial funding from the Ageing + Communication + Technology project http://actproject.ca/ (ref. 895–2013-1018, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada), and the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities (ref: FJCI-2015–24120). Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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