the impact of digital communication on age inequalities

Question 1

negative impact on the elderly

Answer 1

• garside
• berry

Question 2

garside

Answer 2

• generational differences shows that younger generations are digital natives
• average 6 year old child understand more about technology than a 45 year old adult
• younger generations are shaping digital communication and children and developing fundamentally different communication habits from older generations
• children may lack social skills, less face to face communications, less phone calls.
• older generation can face anomie
• the world is becoming more technological so we are able to be well equipt when the world becomes more technological.

Question 3

boyle

Answer 3

• each successive generation sees a greater use of and reliance on digital communication.
• this has lead to a digital generation divide between the old, who are less likely to use new technologies, and the young, who are proficient and reliant on it in their day to day lives.
• range of reasons for this:
  
  • Young people are more equipped to develop their skills demanded by new technologies
  • Young people want to create their adult identities and digital technologies can assist with this
  • The peer group is an important forum for adolescents and technologies help with alternative ways of keeping up communications and developing social networks
  • Parents are more likely to spend money on their children and teenagers in contemporary society

Question 4

berry

Answer 4

• researched older users of the internet
• reasons for not accessing the internet is due to their lack of skills and/or lack of interest in doing so.
• found that many faced psychological barriers.
• These factors appeared to be more significant than material or physical explanations.
• only 59% of the older (over 65s) use the internet
• 79% of households below state pension age have internet access, compared to only 37% of those above state pension age.
• This supports the notion of the digital generation divide where some have full access and others are excluded

Question 5

negative impact on young people

Answer 5

• palmer
• postman

Question 6

palmer

Answer 6

• toxic parenting
• parents rely on technology to occupy their children. Children then feel isolated and can’t relate to others face to face.

Question 7

postman

Answer 7

The internet leads to children and youths being exposed to adult content E.g. Sex and violence.

Question 8

positive impact on age inequality

Answer 8

• kraut et al
• clarke and warren
• easy access of resources

Question 9

kraut et al

Answer 9

Allowing communication to be maintained and strengthen relationships - Skype, Zoom etc

Question 10

clarke and warren

Answer 10

Allows older people to remain active physically and mentally - Online university courses, booking on to physical classes, joining communities

Question 11

easy acess

Answer 11

Ease of access to resources if mobility is impaired - link to Amazon, Online Supermarkets