Older adults and the appropriation and disappropriation of smartphones

• Main Authors: Pang, Natalie, Vu, Samantha, Zhang, Xue, Foo, Schubert
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Non-use; Technology appropriation; Older adults; Smartphones
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80417; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40492
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Research in recent years has focused on examining the acceptance as well as the appropriation of technologies amongst older adults, especially in how technologies alleviate issues of functional declines, loneliness, and financial difficulties brought about by ageing. Yet such studies have often over...