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Full-Text Articles in Gerontology
Socializing Targets Of Older Adults’ Sns Use: Social Strain Mediates The Relations Between Older Adults’ Sns Use With Friends And Well-Being Outcomes, Yue Qi Germaine Tng, Hwajin Yang
Socializing Targets Of Older Adults’ Sns Use: Social Strain Mediates The Relations Between Older Adults’ Sns Use With Friends And Well-Being Outcomes, Yue Qi Germaine Tng, Hwajin Yang
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
Studies have yielded mixed findings regarding the relation between older adults’ social networking site (SNS) use and well-being. Drawing on socioemotional selectivity theory, we sought to examine whether older adults’ SNS use with different socializing targets (i.e., family vs friends) would differentially predict global, social, and mental well-being outcomes indexed by life satisfaction, loneliness, and depressive symptoms, respectively. Furthermore, we examined whether social support and social strain would mediate, in parallel, the relations between SNS use and well-being outcomes. We recruited healthy, community-dwelling older adults (ages 60–93 years, N = 69). Using the PROCESS macro, we found that SNS use …
Digital Media Use And Social Inclusion: A Case Study Of East York Older Adults, Anabel Quan-Haase, Molly-Gloria Harper, Alice Hwang
Digital Media Use And Social Inclusion: A Case Study Of East York Older Adults, Anabel Quan-Haase, Molly-Gloria Harper, Alice Hwang
FIMS Publications
Digital media is essential to sustaining communication with various types of social ties. However, older adults (aged 65+) are reported to be the least likely to use digital media. While statistics show that older adults are increasingly using more digital media, evidence shows this is predominately aging long-term users of digital media rather than older adults adopting new digital media. To investigate this “grey divide” and adoption of digital media by older adults, this study qualitatively analyses semi-structured interviews of 41 individuals aged 65 and older from the East York region of Toronto, Canada. Our findings suggest that satisfaction with …
Older Adults And Information And Communication Technologies In The Global North, Molly-Gloria R. Harper, Barry Wellman, Anabel Quan-Haase
Older Adults And Information And Communication Technologies In The Global North, Molly-Gloria R. Harper, Barry Wellman, Anabel Quan-Haase
FIMS Publications
At all ages, people are incorporating information and communication technologies (ICTs) into their lives. It is not that they have stopped talking with each other in-person, it is that ICTs complement their interactions when they cannot be together face-to-face. Since the 1990s, email has provided a routine way to stay in touch and sustain meaningful contact over distance. But not all age groups have adopted ICTs with the same enthusiasm. Research in the Global North has consistently reported that age plays an important role in ICT adoption and use (Anderson and Perrin 2017). For example, older adults have been the …
A Checklist For Mortals: Preparing For Death’S Arrival, Becky Daniel
A Checklist For Mortals: Preparing For Death’S Arrival, Becky Daniel
College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Professional Projects
We learn everything from our parents—how to walk, talk and treat potential life partners. Yet our culture in the United States makes it difficult to talk to our parents about death and those consequences have a real impact. Closing a loved one’s estate can stretch from months to years without proper planning. While death is constant, the death industry is not. It is ever changing. And while all lives have equal value, there are many preparations that one person may need (veteran, parent, lotto winner) while another does not. The best way to prepare for death is to know its …
Let’S Play: Understanding The Role And Significance Of Digital Gaming In Old Age, Julie A. Skalsky Brown
Let’S Play: Understanding The Role And Significance Of Digital Gaming In Old Age, Julie A. Skalsky Brown
Theses and Dissertations--Gerontology
Despite a marked increase in the use of digital games among older persons, there is insufficient research that provides insight into the gaming experiences of this population. A major demographic shift within the senior gaming market has ushered in a new perspective on the use of digital games as a tool for physical and cognitive health, and improved socialization. It is proposed that individual notions of play, which are developed over the life course, influence digital game play engagement and interaction preferences, and contribute to well-being. This study explored how self-perceptions of play over the course of the senior gamer’s …
Linkedin Groups And Visualize Me, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves
Linkedin Groups And Visualize Me, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves
Center on Aging : Boomer Reporting Corps
Anthony Ronzio, former Executive Editor of the Bangor Daily News, and blogger Pattie Reeves discuss LinkedIn groups and a website called Vizualize.me and the benefits of each.
Facebook : Part 1, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves
Facebook : Part 1, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves
Center on Aging : Boomer Reporting Corps
Anthony Ronzio, former Executive Editor of the Bangor Daily News, and blogger Pattie Reeves discuss Facebook.
Twitter, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves
Twitter, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves
Center on Aging : Boomer Reporting Corps
Anthony Ronzio, former Executive Editor of the Bangor Daily News, and blogger Pattie Reeves explain what Twitter is and how to use it.
Facebook : Part 3, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves
Facebook : Part 3, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves
Center on Aging : Boomer Reporting Corps
Anthony Ronzio, former Executive Editor of the Bangor Daily News, and blogger Pattie Reeves discuss Facebook.
Linkedin, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves
Linkedin, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves
Center on Aging : Boomer Reporting Corps
Anthony Ronzio, former Executive Editor of the Bangor Daily News, and blogger Pattie Reeves explain what LinkedIn is and why you may want to use it.
Facebook Groups, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves
Facebook Groups, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves
Center on Aging : Boomer Reporting Corps
Anthony Ronzio, former Executive Editor of the Bangor Daily News, and blogger Pattie Reeves discuss Facebook groups.
What Are Hash Tags?, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves
What Are Hash Tags?, Anthony Ronzio, Pattie Reeves
Center on Aging : Boomer Reporting Corps
Anthony Ronzio, former Executive Editor of the Bangor Daily News, and blogger Pattie Reeves explain hash tags and how to use them.