Dividing the Grey Divide: Deconstructing Myths About Older Adults’ Online Activities, Skills, and Attitudes

Although research has demonstrated a grey divide where older adults are less involved and skilled with digital media than younger adults, by treating them as a homogenous group, it has overlooked differences in their digital skills and media use. Based on 41 in-depth interviews with older adults (ag...

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Published in:	The American behavioral scientist (Beverly Hills) Vol. 62; no. 9; pp. 1207 - 1228
Main Authors:	Quan-Haase, Anabel, Williams, Carly, Kicevski, Maria, Elueze, Isioma, Wellman, Barry
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.08.2018 SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:	Adults Attitudes attitudes and opinions Digital broadcasting Digital media elderly Individualism Internet interviews Mass media Mythology Narratives Older people Peers Public policy Skills Telecommunications policy Typology digital media digital inequality digital divide older adults telephones user typology Internet networked individualism digital skills
ISSN:	0002-7642, 1552-3381, 1552-3381
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