Ageing and Technology

The booming increase of the senior population has become a social phenomenon and a challenge to our societies, and technological advances have undoubtedly contributed to improve the lives of elderly citizens in numerous aspects. In current debates on technology, however, the »human factor« is often...

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description The booming increase of the senior population has become a social phenomenon and a challenge to our societies, and technological advances have undoubtedly contributed to improve the lives of elderly citizens in numerous aspects. In current debates on technology, however, the »human factor« is often largely ignored. The ageing individual is rather seen as a malfunctioning machine whose deficiencies must be diagnosed or as a set of limitations to be overcome by means of technological devices. This volume aims at focusing on the perspective of human beings deriving from the development and use of technology: this change of perspective – taking the human being and not technology first – may help us to become more sensitive to the ambivalences involved in the interaction between humans and technology, as well as to adapt technologies to the people that created the need for its existence, thus contributing to improve the quality of life of senior citizens.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-370832025-07-31T12:46:00Z Ageing and Technology Domínguez-Rué, Emma Nierling, Linda Sociology Ageing Technology Social Sciences Aging Studies Sociology of Technology Body Sociology Dementia Mobile phone Old age thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSP Age groups and generations::JBSP4 Age groups: the elderly The booming increase of the senior population has become a social phenomenon and a challenge to our societies, and technological advances have undoubtedly contributed to improve the lives of elderly citizens in numerous aspects. In current debates on technology, however, the »human factor« is often largely ignored. The ageing individual is rather seen as a malfunctioning machine whose deficiencies must be diagnosed or as a set of limitations to be overcome by means of technological devices. This volume aims at focusing on the perspective of human beings deriving from the development and use of technology: this change of perspective – taking the human being and not technology first – may help us to become more sensitive to the ambivalences involved in the interaction between humans and technology, as well as to adapt technologies to the people that created the need for its existence, thus contributing to improve the quality of life of senior citizens. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2018-02-01 23:55:55 2020-03-17 03:00:32 2020-04-01T13:02:03Z 2016-01-15 book 645331 OCN: 945035029 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30578 9783839429570 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37083 eng Science Studies open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30578/1/645331.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30578/1/645331.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30578/1/645331.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30578/1/645331.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30578/1/645331.pdf transcript Verlag 7e97f9b9-be2b-4d9c-a928-3c8ebdfa443c Knowledge Unlatched b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9783839429570 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection Bielefeld, Germany 101242 KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection open access
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Social Sciences
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Sociology of Technology
Body
Sociology
Dementia
Mobile phone
Old age
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Ageing and Technology
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topic Sociology
Ageing
Technology
Social Sciences
Aging Studies
Sociology of Technology
Body
Sociology
Dementia
Mobile phone
Old age
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Ageing
Technology
Social Sciences
Aging Studies
Sociology of Technology
Body
Sociology
Dementia
Mobile phone
Old age
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