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Author:   Andrea Rosales (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain) ,  Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain) ,  Jakob Svensson (Malmö University, Sweden)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.721kg
ISBN:  

9781032271538

ISBN 10:   1032271531
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   05 June 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"List of figures List of tables List of Contributors Introduction: Digital Ageism in data societies 1. ""Forever young?"". Digital technology, ageism, and the (non-) ideal user 2. Life Stage or Age? Reviewing perceptions of oldest digital technologies users. 3. Silicon Valley Ageism – Ideologies and Practices of Expulsion in the Technology Industry 4. Technology culture as youth oriented 5. The Marketing of Technology Products for Older People: Evidence of Visual Ageism 6. Human-Computer Interaction Research on Ageism: Essential, Incipient, and Challenging 7. Age bias on the move: The case of smart mobility 8. Challenging gendered and ageing normative stereotypes on Instagram 9. Ageism in a sheltered housing for older adults: an intersectional approach 10. Coping in the culture of connectivity: how older adults make sense of living with digital ageism 11. Tackling ageism in sociotechnical interventions: An actor-network analysis of Digital Storytelling workshops with care home residents 12. Digital and personal networks: Interactions in later life. Evidence from six Latin American countries 13. Contrasting Ageism in Research on Older Adults and Digital Technologies: a Methodological Reflection Conclusion: Production, transmission and reproduction of ageist practices: old age as a social periphery"

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Andrea Rosales is an Associate Professor of communication, technology and society at the Faculty of Information and Communication Sciences at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), and Coordinator of the Digital Societies Unit of the Communications Networks and Social Change research group at UOC. Her research focuses on the challenges of data societies, particularly in relation to ageism. She analyses the social impact of artificial intelligence to counterbalance the intrinsic power relationships of digital technologies. Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol is an Associate Professor of Digital Communication at the Faculty of Information and Communication Sciences at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and a senior researcher with the Communication Networks and Social Change research group – IN3 research institute (UOC). She is interested in interdisciplinary approaches in the Social Sciences field and uses mobile communication as an entry point to analyse power relations. At present, her research focuses on analysing the intersection between digital (mobile) communication and the ageing process, and the challenges hyper-digitization and hyper-datafication create in our societies. Jakob Svensson is a a Full Professor in Media and Communication Studies at Malmö University, Sweden, Department of Computer Science and Media Technology. His research interests include (digital) media and empowerment, technology cultures and political communication. In 2021, he published a book on the people behind data and algorithms, Wizards of the Web.

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