The use of smart phones and their mobile applications among older adults in Hong Kong: An exploratory study

Tse, Mun Yee Mimi; Chan, Kang Cheung; Wong, Antony King Fung; Tam, Eric W.; Fan, Elaine Y.L.; Yip, Gloria P.C.

doi:10.5176/2345-718x_1.2.45

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“…According to The Report of Aging mobile Internet Users [25], 38% of the entire population of "aging" internet users in China are located in second tier cities. Yet research about digital technologies among the aging population tends to focus on developed areas such as Shanghai [26,27] and Hong Kong [28,29]. By comparison, few studies focus on the second-tier cities.…”

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A Life Course Analysis on Mobile Use among Third Agers in China

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2021

Procedings of the 1st ICA Regional Conference, ICA 2019, October 16-17 2019, Bali, Indonesia

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This study explores what influence mobile use among third agers in China from the perspective of individual experience in life course theory. Mobile phones are promising tools to improve life quality of elderly [1]. With the development of mobile internet and devices, mobile use ability begun to influence third agers' life quality. Life course theory on the other hand, refers an individual life transition as part of cluster of concurrent transitions and a sequence of transitions that affect each other [2] and argue that the essence of life course is the interaction of 'individual time', 'family time', and 'history time'. This study, focusing on individual time aspect, explores the relationship between mobile use ability and their distinct individual experience in life course. The study focuses on people aged between 50 and 70, who are referred to as being 'third age' [3]. Largely research on mobile phone use focuses on young generations. Relatively few studies have been conducted on people around retirement age, a group termed 'third age' [3, 4]. Third age is now seen as an important stage of life, and is described by life course theory. Third agers were not born in digital time, but they have accumulated digital capacities and acquired familiarity with technology, which has been termed as 'digital literacy' by Paul Gilster [5], now they need to face mobile world when they are old. Based on 6 in-depth interviews of mobile phone use in second tier cities in China in 2018, this study found individual experiences contribute to levels of mobile use ability amongst Chinese third agers. Mobile use ability in turn influences retired life quality.

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A Life Course Analysis on Mobile Use among Third Agers in China

Guo¹

2021

Procedings of the 1st ICA Regional Conference, ICA 2019, October 16-17 2019, Bali, Indonesia

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Impacts of Mobile Use on Third Agers in China

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Ellis

2019

Impacts of Mobile Use and Experience on Contemporary Society

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The chapter explores the role of smart phones and mobile apps in the process of third age formation in Zhengzhou, a second-tier city in China located in central Henan province. The term 'third age' refers to a transition period from active work to retirement. Compared with the previous generation, the demographic approaching retirement in China today is more digitally literate, although this varies accordingly in Zhengzhou, a second-tier city. The use of digital technology offers people a different kind of retirement. This study shows that an increasing number of people around retirement age (55)(56)(57)(58)(59)(60)(61)(62)(63)(64)(65) in Zhengzhou are using smart phones and apps to reimagine the possibilities of post-work lifestyles. The research asks if the use of mobile apps is changing peoples' perspectives on traditional responsibilities and peoples' expectations of retirement.

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Impacts of Mobile Use on Third Agers in China

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Keane

Ellis

2022

Research Anthology on Supporting Healthy Aging in a Digital Society

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The chapter explores the role of smart phones and mobile apps in the process of third age formation in Zhengzhou, a second-tier city in China located in central Henan province. The term ‘third age' refers to a transition period from active work to retirement. Compared with the previous generation, the demographic approaching retirement in China today is more digitally literate, although this varies accordingly in Zhengzhou, a second-tier city. The use of digital technology offers people a different kind of retirement. This study shows that an increasing number of people around retirement age (55-65) in Zhengzhou are using smart phones and apps to reimagine the possibilities of post-work lifestyles. The research asks if the use of mobile apps is changing peoples' perspectives on traditional responsibilities and peoples' expectations of retirement.

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The use of smart phones and their mobile applications among older adults in Hong Kong: An exploratory study

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A Life Course Analysis on Mobile Use among Third Agers in China

A Life Course Analysis on Mobile Use among Third Agers in China

Impacts of Mobile Use on Third Agers in China

Impacts of Mobile Use on Third Agers in China

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