| Autor: |
Richardson, Margaret, Weaver, Kay, Zorn, Ted |
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Conference Papers -- International Communication Association; 2004 Annual Meeting, p1, 40p |
| Abstrakt: |
This paper presents a critical analysis of older New Zealanders' perceptions of their experiences with computers. The authors argue that older people engage with computers in a context constituted by discourses positioning older people as declining in the ability to learn skills such as computing, but creating a burden on society if they do not. In this paradoxical context, participants identified emotional and material barriers, as well as negative consequences to computer use that are shaped by age and gender. Yet in the face of such challenges, many older people have taken up the challenge of computer use, largely to achieve the benefits of connectedness and mental stimulation. Their doing so may be seen as both reproducing and resisting oppressive discourses. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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