New Book “On the margins of digitalization: The social construction of older people and the Internet”
In her dissertation, the University of Lapland member of the Thematic Network on Ageing and Gender in the Arctic Päivi Rasi examines the social construction of older people’s relationship with the Internet in terms of their Internet use, non-use, and digital competences.
It shows how older people are constructed as being on the margins of digitalization by researchers, older people themselves, the media, and their wider societal contexts. The dissertation outlines several implications for digital inclusion practice and policy, addressing the potential exclusionary effects of digitalization.
Book details:
On the margins of digitalization: The social construction of older people and the Internet
Päivi Rasi
Publications of the University of Eastern Finland
Dissertations in Social Sciences and Business Studies; 248
ISBN 978-952-61-3786-5 (printed work)
ISBN 978-952-61-3787-2 (PDF)
Availability:
Open Access PDF
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