Ageing and Digital Technology Designing and Evaluating Emerging Technologies for Older Adults /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Neves, Barbara Barbosa (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Vetere, Frank (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Social groups.; Family.; Culture.; Technology.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Ethnology.; Multimedia systems .; Digital media.; Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.; Culture and Technology.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Social Anthropology.; Media Design.; Digital/New Media.

This book brings together Sociologists, Computer Scientists, Applied Scientists and Engineers to explore the design, implementation and evaluation of emerging technologies for older people. It offers an innovative and comprehensive overview, not only of the rapidly developing suite of current digita...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.