Neutralising External and Internal Barriers in the Digital Inclusion Process for Seniors - Finding Ways to Effectively Shape Digital and Media Competences among Older People

Technology Knowledge and Learning, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 9, 2025

Language: Английский

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Elderly People in the Digital Cultural Environment: Social media use, environmental stress, and intergenerational interaction

Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 10(31), P. 433 - 439

Published: Jan. 30, 2025

Digitalization and population aging are profoundly reshaping contemporary Chinese society, with 14.3% of internet users now aged 60 above. This study examines elderly individuals' adaptation to the digital environment through a survey 205 participants Findings reveal widespread basic usage (88.78% use smartphones) but limited advanced engagement. While intergenerational support is primary learning channel (87.32%), significant barriers exist, including communication difficulties psychological concerns. Digital services' age-friendliness (satisfaction 2.92/5) requires improvement, particularly in accessibility features. The recommends enhancing age-friendly design optimizing systems promote inclusion among elderly.

Language: Английский

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Impact of Digital Literacy on Farmers’ Adoption Behaviors of Green Production Technologies

Agriculture, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(3), P. 303 - 303

Published: Jan. 30, 2025

The application of digital technology offers new opportunities to promote the green transformation and upgrading agriculture. Farmers’ literacy, as a critical link between agricultural development, significantly influences their production decisions. Whether literacy serves an enabling factor driving farmers’ adoption technologies warrants further exploration. This paper uses entropy method measure levels employs Probit model for empirical analysis survey data from 643 farmers in Shandong Shaanxi provinces, examining how technologies. baseline regression result indicates that can increase A mechanism reveals enhanced promotes through three pathways: enhancing risk perception, expanding social capital, strengthening effectiveness promotion. Heterogeneity demonstrates improved enhances four technologies—water-saving irrigation, pest control, pollution-free pesticide, straw return fields—and exerts stronger impact on large-scale middle-generation farmers. Accordingly, this study suggests improving village infrastructure, comprehensively, formulating differentiated extension policies.

Language: Английский

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Cultural adaptation to aging: a study on digital cultural adaptation needs of Chinese older adults based on KANO model

Frontiers in Public Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: April 2, 2025

With the rapid advancement of digitalization and an aging population, China faces unprecedented challenges in older adults' digital cultural adaptation. The "54th Statistical Report on China's Internet Development" reveals that individuals aged 60 above constitute 14.3% total internet users. However, significant barriers persist their participation, necessitating a deeper understanding adaptation process needs. This study employs KANO model to assess A 205 respondents participated questionnaire survey, with data analyzed using highest frequency method Better-Worse coefficient. categorizes needs into three dimensions: must-be requirements, one-dimensional attractive requirements. findings indicate that: 1. Older comprise requirements (basic functional design, 47.8%), (social 36.1%), (innovative experiences, 66.8%). 2. Intergenerational cognitive differences, skill levels, urban-rural divide significantly impact process. 3. While positively evaluate life satisfaction, personal adaptation, content diversity, they express dissatisfaction expectations regarding family guidance, age-friendly services, role improving quality. results highlight need for targeted strategies technical support, service provision enhance Addressing group-specific preferences through coordinated measures can improve inclusion, foster intergenerational integration, optimize systems. offers valuable theoretical insights practical implications advancing policies initiatives support adults era.

Language: Английский

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Digital Inclusion and Economic Participation of the Elderly

Advances in finance, accounting, and economics book series, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 49 - 78

Published: Dec. 19, 2024

An extensive review of digital inclusion among seniors is given in this chapter, with particular attention on social integration promoted by technology, economic engagement, and the effects post-COVID-19 inclusion. It seeks to make a significant contribution current conversation examining tactics obstacles that go along it. Technology continues influence how we obtain health information, maintain relationships loved ones, participate society as our living environments grow more digitally connected. This pattern has been highlighted COVID-19 pandemic, proving internet access crucial socioeconomic factor influences health. The usage technologies older individuals direct impact their quality life outcomes than ever before. draws expanding significance technology for daily activities, communication, healthcare access, emerging major determinant

Language: Английский

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Research on the Synergistic Development of China’s Pension Industry and Pension Career

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(21), P. 9394 - 9394

Published: Oct. 29, 2024

To adapt to the new demographic trends and foster high-quality sustainable population growth, this study analyzes synergistic development of pension industry career based on data 31 provinces in China from 2016 2022, using a distance coordination model, latest Vague set similarity measure method, grey relational analysis, kernel density estimation, Markov chain. The findings indicate that (1) levels China’s have shown steady upward trend, with gap between them gradually narrowing, though overall remains higher than industry. (2) degree is high, synergy fluctuating but generally increasing. (3) has continued rise. increase shows spatial distribution pattern “Central > East West”. (4) uneven, long term, regions tend positively influence less developed regions.

Language: Английский

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Digitalna uključenost, povezanost i pismenost starijih osoba

Paviljon, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 1(1), P. 12 - 19

Published: Sept. 21, 2024

U današnjem digitalnom dobu tehnologija je postala ključni aspekt naših života, a tehnološkim napretkom digitalna uključenost starijih osoba postaje sve važnija. Iako su u prošlosti starije generacije možda bile skeptične prema inovacijama, trendovi se mijenjaju. Razumijevanje digitalnih alata nije prirodno stečena vještina, već zahtijeva ulaganje učenje. Edukacijski programi koji obuhvaćaju osnove interneta, e-pošte i mobilnih aplikacija mogu značajno povećati samopouzdanje korisnika korištenju tehnologije. Organizacije, zajednice državne institucije trebale bi prepoznati važnost ovih inicijativa te ponuditi tečajeve za starije. Digitalna pismenost također uključuje sposobnost sigurnog korištenja prepoznavanje lažnih vijesti zaštitu privatnosti online. Inovativnim rješenjima, poput personaliziranih edukacijskih platformi, upotrebe umjetne inteligencije personalizirano učenje, međugeneracijskih radionica virtualne stvarnosti, možemo dodatno podržati osobe njihovoj integraciji digitalni svijet. Na taj im način pomoći da ostanu aktivni, povezani neovisni svojim zajednicama.

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