Older people, computers, and ethnicity - an academic research backwater?
L.R. Normie
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AbstractThe "digital divide" often is discussed in terms of cultural differences between older and younger people. Even when, in the literature, racial ethnicity is addressed as a possible factor in computer and Internet use, little attempt is made to correlate this with the behavior of specific age groups, except those of school age. The apparent working assumption adopted by many consumer studies is that ethnic diversity in the general population is a marginal or diminishing factor in the popular take up of information technology. This editorial suggests that the above assumption, if possibly correct for children and young adults, may be unreasonable when considering the needs, attitudes, and in particular literacy skills, of older adults with ethnic background. Additional research is proposed into the parametric relationship between age and ethnicity, as it affects computer use.Keywords: older people; ethnicity; computers; internet; digital divide
L.R. Normie (2003). Older people, computers, and ethnicity - an academic research backwater?. Gerontechnology, 2(4), 285-288
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2003.02.04.001.00