Ageism in the era of digital platforms
| Autor: | Andrea Rosales, Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Big Data
Big data Algorismes ageisme 02 engineering and technology edatisme gent gran older people 0508 media and communications digital divide big data Order (exchange) brecha digital ageism 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering discriminació Sociology discriminación User-centered system design 10. No inequality Digital divide Algoritmos Special Issue Communication Usabilidad (Diseño de sistemas) 05 social sciences usability 020201 artificial intelligence & image processing digital minorities minories digitals fractura digital Usabilitat (Disseny de sistemes) Algorithms Internet privacy usabilitat 050801 communication & media studies digital platforms Affect (psychology) plataformes digitals Ageism ageísmo Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) 020204 information systems plataformas digitales Socioeconomic status personas mayores business.industry Perspective (graphical) usabilidad Usability minorías digitales edadismo business Older people Regular Articles discrimination |
| Zdroj: | O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) Convergence (London, England) |
| Popis: | Ageism is the most invisible form of discrimination. While there is some awareness of gender, racial, and socioeconomic discrimination on digital platforms, ageism has received less attention. This article analyzes some tools that are frequently embedded on digital platforms from an old-age perspective, in order to increase awareness of the different ways in which ageism works. We will firstly look at how innovation teams, following homophilic patterns, disregard older people. Secondly, we will show how ageism tends to be amplified by the methods often used on digital platforms. And thirdly, we will show how corporate values are often against usability issues that mainly affect people with a low level of (digital) skills, which is more common among older people. Counterbalancing the abusive power control of the corporations behind digital platforms and compensating for the underrepresentation of groups in less favorable situations could help to tackle such discrimination. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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