McDonald, Lisa and Starasts, Ann and Tiwari, Sanjib and Lane, Michael (2016) Perceptions of older age and digital participation in rural Queensland. Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 22 (2). pp. 263-284. ISSN 1324-0935
Abstract
Participation is thought to build and sustain individual and community resilience. What constitutes participation today significantly involves networked digital communications. With Australia’s ageing population set to increase exponentially, and with a growing concentration of older people living outside of larger cities and towns, a need exists to address how participation in later life is understood and facilitated. Coupled with the need for regional communities to find relevant change processes that build resilience, this multidisciplinary paper highlights variations in perception about older people’s digital abilities in regional Queensland. Following the general increase in appeal of digital devices to older people, defined here as those aged over 65, the paper suggests that how older people’s digital connectedness progresses is foundationally influenced by the speculative, antithetical and potentially ambivalent perceptions of others. In doing so, we seek to understand rural connectedness in later life through a suite of literacies informing digital participation.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Permanent restricted access to Published version due to publisher copyright policy. |
| Faculty / Department / School: | Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Management and Enterprise |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Nov 2016 05:01 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Nov 2016 05:01 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | perception, digital literacy, ageing, rural households |
| Fields of Research : | 08 Information and Computing Sciences > 0899 Other Information and Computing Sciences > 089999 Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified 16 Studies in Human Society > 1699 Other Studies in Human Society > 169999 Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified |
| Socio-Economic Objective: | E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/29702 |
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