Dr Arlind Reuter talks about Digital Citizenship in Later Life
Presenter - Dr Arlind Reuter
Title - Digital citizenship in later life
Overview - Within the context of rapid digitalisation of societies, older people increasingly require digital skills to participate civically. However, research has largely overlooked the digital dimension of older adults’ civic participation. Working collaboratively with older adults using participatory action research (PAR), my research locates older adults’ digital citizenship at the intersection of Gerontology and Human-Computer Interaction research. Exploring digital content creation activities as a form of digital citizenship in later life, my findings highlight the importance of older adults as active contributors in digitalised societies. My collaboration with older radio show hosts evolved into the Later Life Audio and Radio Co-operative, a project that demonstrates the importance of community radio to facilitate age-inclusive citizen dialogue.
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