Communication for Seniors’ Inclusion in Today’s Society: The Effects of Digitisation on Active Ageing
The progressive ageing of developed societies requires strategies and tools to ensure the well-being of older adults. The new communication paradigm offers ways to reduce the stigma associated with ageing and to improve the quality of life for older adults, but it can also create a dynamic that coul...
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| description | The progressive ageing of developed societies requires strategies and tools to ensure the well-being of older adults. The new communication paradigm offers ways to reduce the stigma associated with ageing and to improve the quality of life for older adults, but it can also create a dynamic that could put their inclusion at risk. The internet has fomented digital gaps that have exacerbated some of the exclusionary barriers faced by many older adults, while allowing a considerable number of others to maintain emotional ties with loved ones during the worst moments of the pandemic. This thematic issue addresses the different opportunities offered by Information and Communication Technology in improving the social inclusion and quality of life of seniors, but it also considers the risks that digitisation may pose by limiting certain rights of this group. Through the different articles in this issue, the repercussions of communication on the management of ageing are highlighted from different perspectives and methodological approaches. In this way, the complexity of the issue has been revealed, along with the need to address it from positive and constructive perspectives that reassess the role of older adults in the societies in which they live. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4ce2e1a22c1344c0897711a299c1b0b02023-07-18T09:20:01ZengCogitatioMedia and Communication2183-24392023-07-011131510.17645/mac.v11i3.70393144Communication for Seniors’ Inclusion in Today’s Society: The Effects of Digitisation on Active AgeingCarmen Llorente-Barroso0Leopoldo Abad-Alcalá1Fausto Colombo2Department of Applied Communication Studies, Complutense University of Madrid, SpainDepartment of Public Law, CEU San Pablo University, SpainDepartment of Media and Performing Arts, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, ItalyThe progressive ageing of developed societies requires strategies and tools to ensure the well-being of older adults. The new communication paradigm offers ways to reduce the stigma associated with ageing and to improve the quality of life for older adults, but it can also create a dynamic that could put their inclusion at risk. The internet has fomented digital gaps that have exacerbated some of the exclusionary barriers faced by many older adults, while allowing a considerable number of others to maintain emotional ties with loved ones during the worst moments of the pandemic. This thematic issue addresses the different opportunities offered by Information and Communication Technology in improving the social inclusion and quality of life of seniors, but it also considers the risks that digitisation may pose by limiting certain rights of this group. Through the different articles in this issue, the repercussions of communication on the management of ageing are highlighted from different perspectives and methodological approaches. In this way, the complexity of the issue has been revealed, along with the need to address it from positive and constructive perspectives that reassess the role of older adults in the societies in which they live.https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7039active ageingdigital inclusiondigital literacydigitisationolder adultsseniorscommunicationtechnological skills |
| spellingShingle | Carmen Llorente-Barroso Leopoldo Abad-Alcalá Fausto Colombo Communication for Seniors’ Inclusion in Today’s Society: The Effects of Digitisation on Active Ageing Media and Communication active ageing digital inclusion digital literacy digitisation older adults seniors communication technological skills |
| title | Communication for Seniors’ Inclusion in Today’s Society: The Effects of Digitisation on Active Ageing |
| title_full | Communication for Seniors’ Inclusion in Today’s Society: The Effects of Digitisation on Active Ageing |
| title_fullStr | Communication for Seniors’ Inclusion in Today’s Society: The Effects of Digitisation on Active Ageing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Communication for Seniors’ Inclusion in Today’s Society: The Effects of Digitisation on Active Ageing |
| title_short | Communication for Seniors’ Inclusion in Today’s Society: The Effects of Digitisation on Active Ageing |
| title_sort | communication for seniors inclusion in today s society the effects of digitisation on active ageing |
| topic | active ageing digital inclusion digital literacy digitisation older adults seniors communication technological skills |
| url | https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/7039 |
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