Ageing and Digital Technology : Designing and Evaluating Emerging Technologies for Older Adults /: Designing and Evaluating Emerging Technologies for Older Adults. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Barbara Barbosa Neves, Frank Vetere.
• Editors: Neves, Barbara Barbosa; Vetere, Frank
• Contents: Foreword.- Introduction.- Part 1: Theoretical and Conceptual Approaches.- Chapter 1. The lady with the roses and other invisible users: Revisiting unused data on nursing-home residents participating in living labs.- Chapter 2. Aging in the Digital Age: Conceptualizing Technology Adoption and Digital Inequalities.- Chapter 3. Technology and Ageing – Theoretical propositions from Science and Technology Studies (STS).- Chapter 4. Building Social Connections: A Framework for Enriching Older Adults' Social Connectedness through Emerging Information and Communication Technologies.- Chapter 5. Digital Games with Older People from a theoretical and conceptual Perspective: a critical literature review.- Part 2: Methodological Approaches.- Chapter 6. Usability is Ageless: Conducting Usability Tests with Older Adults.- Chapter 7. Vignethnographies: a method for fast, focused and visual exploration.- Chapter 8. Using Netnography to Study Older Adults' Online Communities.- Chapter 9. Older Adults as Co-Researchers for Built Environments: Virtual reality as a means of engagement.- Chapter 10. Designing Technologies with Older Adults: Ethical tensions and opportunities.- Chapter 11. Field Studies of Interactive Technologies for Marginalized Users: a Canadian ethics policy perspective.- Chapter 12. Working with Assistive Technologies and People Living with Dementia.- Part 3: Cases Studies.- Chapter 13. The Technology Explorers and Virtual Reality Research: Partnering with Older Adults to Engage with Virtual Reality and Virtual Avatars.- Chapter 14. Exergames and Neuropsychological Functions in Older Adults: An experimental approach.- Chapter 15. Robot-Assisted Gait Training for Older Adults: Niltwamor and Lucia.- Chapter 16. Technologies for Promoting Social Participation in Later Life.- Chapter 17. Design of Social Networking Services for and with Older Adults.- Afterword.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (335 pages)
• Subjects: Social sciences; Culture; Technology; Computer science; Ethnology; Digital media; Social Science -- General; Computers -- User Interfaces; Social Science -- Anthropology -- General; Computers -- Interactive & Multimedia; Social Science -- Media Studies; Cultural studies; User interface design & usability; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Graphical & digital media applications; Media studies; Social Science -- Sociology -- Marriage & Family; Sociology: family & relationships
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811336935
• Related ISBNs: 9789811336928
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