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Ageing and Technology: Perspectives from the Social Sciences
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Abstract The booming increase of the senior population has become a social phenomenon and a challenge to our societies, and technological advances have undoubtedly contributed to improve the lives of elderly citizens in numerous aspects. In current debates on technology, however, the "human factor" is often ... view more
The booming increase of the senior population has become a social phenomenon and a challenge to our societies, and technological advances have undoubtedly contributed to improve the lives of elderly citizens in numerous aspects. In current debates on technology, however, the "human factor" is often largely ignored. The ageing individual is rather seen as a malfunctioning machine whose deficiencies must be diagnosed or as a set of limitations to be overcome by means of technological devices. This volume aims at focusing on the perspective of human beings deriving from the development and use of technology: this change of perspective - taking the human being and not technology first - may help us to become more sensitive to the ambivalences involved in the interaction between humans and technology, as well as to adapt technologies to the people that created the need for its existence, thus contributing to improve the quality of life of senior citizens.... view less
Keywords
population development; demographic aging; old age; new technology; utilization; acceptance; social integration; social participation; self-determination; quality of life; caregiving; robot
Classification
Gerontology
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Free Keywords
Aging Studies; Body
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
339 p.
Series
Science Studies
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839429570
ISBN
978-3-8394-2957-0
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0