Older people in a digitalized society : from marginality to agency
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Older people in a digitalized society : from marginality to agency
Emerald Publishing, 2022
- hbk.
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
includes bibliographical references (p.[126]-153) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The digitalization of society is constructed as a necessary leap that governments and citizens need to take. However, with many older people lacking adequate digital competences to support their full participation in today's digitalized society, how is the marginalisation of older people in digital society socially constructed? How can we promote older people's digital inclusion and agency?
Presenting case studies from Finland, one of the top performers in the supply and demand of digital public services, Older People in a Digitalized Society outlines internationally relevant implications for promoting the social construction of older people's agency. Delving into their digital competences, and use and non-use of Internet and eHealth technologies, Rasi-Heikkinen showcases the potential exclusionary effects of digitalization, and highlights the implications for digital inclusion practice and policy. Contesting the dominant discourses which suggest digital technologies and media play central roles in the learning, well-being, everyday life, and participation in society for individuals throughout their lifespan, Older People in a Digitalized Society addresses the digital gap faced by older generations that do not welcome digitalization, or even see it as a positive marginality: a choice that they have consciously made.
Paying attention to how digitalization is a contested issue constructed with various, ambivalent, and paradoxical representations, Rasi-Heikkinen shines an important light on how older people are constructed as being on the margins of digitalization by researchers and the media.
Table of Contents
Introduction
PART I: Defining the Key Concepts
Chapter 1. Social Construction of Marginality and Agency
Chapter 2. Digitalization and Digital Divides
Chapter 3. Older People, Internet Use, and Nonuse
Chapter 4. Older People's Digital Competences
PART II: Case Studies of Older People in Digital Society
Chapter 5. Internet Nonusers' Positive Self-Marginalization and Agency (Study 1)
Chapter 6. Diversity and Agency in Rural Villages (Study 2)
Chapter 7. Negative Marginalization and Limited Agency by Newspapers (Study 3)
Chapter 8. Agency and Social Support Networks in a Robotic eHealth Service (Study 4)
Chapter 9. Ethical Considerations
PART III: Conclusion
Chapter 10. Key Findings
Chapter 11. Suggestions for Future Studies
Chapter 12. Practical Implications
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