«I do everything, but I don’t know how to make anything work»: Affective and relational learning of social media in later life

«I do everything, but I don’t know how to make anything work»: Affective and relational learning of social media in later life

This exploratory paper argues that treating older adults learning as «representational knowledge» acquisition is not adequate if we want to understand how they learn to use digital technologies in general, and social media technologies in particular. Using examples taken from an ethnographic study e...

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Main Authors: Roser BENEITO-MONTAGUT, Arantza BEGUERIA, Nizaiá CASSIÁN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2018-10-01
Series:Aula
Subjects:
aprendizaje
medios de comunicación social
adultos mayores
afectos
relaciones
tecnologías digitales
Online Access:https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/0214-3402/article/view/19247

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