Changing technologies, changing lives: older adults’ perspectives on the benefits of using new technologie

Older Adults’ Perceptions of the Technology Influence on Interpersonal Communication: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…The findings on the positive association between the online experience variables and the perception of worsening in family communication corroborate the findings of the qualitative studies (Ball et al, 2019;Karaoglu et al, 2021). These findings suggest that older people, in addition to benefits, also acknowledge negative aspects of incorporating new technologies into family communication.…”

“…For example, Khvorostianov (2016) found that older immigrants attributed the maintenance of family communication to the use of the new technologies. In a similar vein, Karaoglu et al (2021) found that older adults attributed fast and convenient communication with family and friends to the use of the new technologies.…”

“…As a result of the interpersonal communication involving new technologies, older adults may hold varying perceptions regarding the influence of these technologies on the process, quality, and/or other parameters of communication. These perceptions may range from viewing the new technologies as assisting in maintaining communication with social ties to perceiving them as disrupting and bringing harm to such a communication (Karaoglu et al, 2021). The current study will address this issue by analyzing the multivariable models estimating the likelihood of having any perception regarding the new technologies' influence on interpersonal communication.…”

“…This study can be seen as a novelty in the field for the following two reasons. First, most of research investigating perceived influence of new technologies on the interpersonal communication was qualitative (Ball et al, 2019;Ivan & Nimrod, 2021;Karaoglu et al, 2021;Khvorostianov, 2016). This disallows understanding of the particular factors which can explain these attitudes.…”

“…Third, many older adults experience difficulties with an adaptation to a modern communication culture, where the new technologies play an integral role. In this regard, participants in numerous studies (Ball et al, 2019;Ivan & Nimrod, 2021;Karaoglu et al, 2021) expressed a great deal of dissatisfaction with the fact that young people tend to use the new technologies when spending time with their older relatives.…”