The Physical–Digital Divide: Exploring the Social Gap Between Digital Natives and Physical Natives

Ball, Christopher; Francis, Jessica; Huang, Kuo-Ting; Kadylak, Travis; Cotten, Shelia R.; Rikard, R. V.

doi:10.1177/0733464817732518

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“…This was also fed by a critical attitude about the disruptive use of technology, which echoes recent findings by Ball et al, (2017) who note that seniors recognize the positive aspects of technology in terms of connection with distant loved ones, at the same time that it disconnects with those close to them when, for example, their children or 9 All the participants' names in this research are pseudonyms.…”

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“…grandchildren use their devices during family gatherings. Ball et al (2017) describe a "physical-digital divide" through which seniors do not feel comfortable in an increasingly ICT-mediated world.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In a way, they see 'seniors using technology' as an abstract category that may apply to others but not necessarily in their own lives. My participants were also very critical about the increasing encroachment of technology in modern life and did not like the fact that technology was in many ways interrupting family life, for example (see Ball et al, 2017).…”

Section: "The Gift Of the Family Is Being Lost": Negotiations And Crimentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ageing and Technology: the case of a one-tablet-per-senior program in Uruguay

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This thesis examines the relationship between older persons and technology, focusing on a one-tablet-per-retired-senior public program -Plan Ibirapitá-being developed in Uruguay. It is situated within recent Science and Technology Studies (STS)-inspired research on aging and technology that has stressed that older people and technology are co-constructed or co-constituted, namely, that rather than being technologically-averse, older people negotiate with technology in specific contexts. This thesis also uses the philosophical reflections of José Ortega y Gasset on the relationship between self, circumstance and life as a que-hacer (having-to-do), suggesting that it could provide new means of conceptualizing the relationship between older people and technology, emphasizing the agency of the former. Within this framework, this thesis is the product of a qualitative research design through which I interviewed Uruguayan seniors who received the tablet. My research found that there is a prevailing techno-optimist discourse that frames technologies, such as the tablets distributed under Plan Ibirapitá, as an intrinsically good and necessary thing for seniors' lives that my research participants rhetorically embraced but was not reflected in their actual usage of the tablet. Such a program is valuable insofar it provides digital access to a population -older peoplethat theoretically suffers the consequences of the digital divide. However, exclusion from the information society may not be a problem for many seniors. I suggest that seniors should be conceptualized as agents who actively decide the role that technology plays in their lives and for whom being included in the information society means different things according to their individual context. I also suggest that it is necessary to focus on how iii seniors relate to digital technology precisely as part of their circumstances, and how they understand being digitally included or excluded themselves.iv

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Section: "The Gift Of the Family Is Being Lost": Negotiations And Crimentioning

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“…Prensky (2001aPrensky ( , 2001b coined the terms Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives and argued that young individuals organically integrated digital skills to their cultural identity; separating them from their elders. This notion has been accepted by several researchers (Ball et al, 2019;Hoffmann, Lutz, & Meckel, 2014;Kirk, Chiagouris, Lala, & Thomas, 2015;Wang, Myers, & Sundaram, 2013), but we should not think of them as Digital Natives, but rather as Digital Learners (Bullen & Morgan, 2011). We are all subjected to a continuous cycle of skill acquisition, integrating new social and academic concepts to our life.…”

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Assessment of Digital Competences in Communication Students across four Latin American Universities

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Ortiz-Záccaro

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Education in the Knowledge Society

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Professional skills deemed necessary to work in the field of Communication in Latin America have shifted due to the ever more pressing necessities regarding Information and Communication Technologies. This study analyzes the cases of 4 different academic programs in Communications, belonging to 4 universities in the region (Argentina, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela), comparing their students in 3 phases of their formation (first semester, fourth semester, eight or last semester). We employed questionnaires for new students, focus groups for fourth-semester students, and semi-structured interviews those who were close to graduation. The results reveal that while students do have high levels of internet connectivity, they lack digital competencies such as basic information literacy, which are crucial for their future as professionals. R E S U M E N Las habilidades profesionales consideradas necesarias para trabajar en el campo de Comunicación en América Latina han cambiado debido a necesidades cada vez más apremiantes en Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación. Este estudio analiza cuatro casos de diferentes programas académicos en Comunicación perteneciente a cuatro universidades regionales (Argentina, Colombia, Perú y Venezuela), comparando sus estudiantes en 3 fases de su ciclo de formación (ingresantes, mitad de carrera, y próximos a graduarse). Se emplearon cuestionarios para los estudiantes nuevos, grupos focales para aquellos de cuarto semestre y entrevistas semi-estructuradas para aquellos cerca a graduarse. Los resultados revelan que, si bien los estudiantes presentan altos niveles de conectividad, carecen de competencias digitales como alfabetización digital básica, que son cruciales para su futuro como profesionales.

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“…However, there have been very limited works to capture or analyze the usage pattern specific for each of the three generations. Most of the works tend to study on the enhancement of the users response generally (Ball et al, 2017), rather than the division of digital generation. In fact, in order to enhance the satisfaction of the user of government online information, it is essential to identify the usage pattern used by them and what types of problem faced by users.…”

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User Based Design Model to Enhance Satisfaction by using Government Online Information

2019

IJRTE

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Government information online is a transformation of relations between the internal and external public sector, through ICT, to enhance government service delivery and participation in the citizenry. By using government information online, a lot of advantages can be obtained, and it is important for users from different generations to obtain positive benefits from them. As the world is quickly growing without boundaries, the Internet and the worldwide web have become a common means of providing government information and services to the public, the companies and other governmental organizations. This paper reports a review on the analysis of the usage patterns of government online information for different generation cohort and existing work related to satisfaction of online information. The analysis were based on two questions that address the usage patterns of government online information and existing works related to satisfaction. Based on seventy selected articles reviewed, it was found that we found that ‘education purpose’ is the most commonly investigated usage pattern and most of related works of satisfaction focusing in developing model and framework.

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The Physical–Digital Divide: Exploring the Social Gap Between Digital Natives and Physical Natives

Cited by 64 publications

References 36 publications

Ageing and Technology: the case of a one-tablet-per-senior program in Uruguay

Ageing and Technology: the case of a one-tablet-per-senior program in Uruguay

Assessment of Digital Competences in Communication Students across four Latin American Universities

User Based Design Model to Enhance Satisfaction by using Government Online Information

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