digital exclusion

Question 1

digital exclusion

Answer 1

being locked out of technologies needed to fully participate in society

Question 2

what are the 3 parts of digital exclusion (3 As)

Answer 2

ability
access
affordability

Question 3

ability

Answer 3

lacking essential digital skills
there should be government provision of free training

Question 4

afforodability

Answer 4

should broadband be a human right
cost of living crisis
to apply for universal credit you need access to the internet

Question 5

access

Answer 5

digital divide; stratified access to digital technologies, can people thrive and survive without the internet
accessibility issues

Question 6

silver digital divide

Answer 6

the gap between young and old

Question 7

older adult digital exclusion factors

Answer 7

accessibility; physical decline - eyesight, hearing, motor issues
cognitive decline; memory issues, different learning style
generational differences; norms for different age groups
communication preferences; technology doesn’t fulfil their needs

Question 8

inequality

Answer 8

differences in patterns of technology use

Question 9

inequity

Answer 9

when a desire to use technology is impeded by structural barriers

Question 10

what is wrong with the silver digital divide rhetoric

Answer 10

frames older people not using technology as a problem that needs to be solved
naturalises difficulties that older people face with technology