Although digital storytelling bears significant benefits for older users, much remains to be explored regarding their psychosocial attributes that could affect technology acceptance. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is one of the most influential theoretical frameworks in the field and since its first introduction, there have been numerous studies upon its potential modifications throughout different cultures. Based on three factors that have been extensively depicted in age-related literature (chronological age, loneliness, and future time perspective), in this research, we designed a TAM extension in order to gain insights on the elements that influence Greek older adults’ intentions to use online storytelling applications. Through a quantitative approach, we evaluated the proposed model with data collected from 112 participants. Due to our results, TAM has been validated as a robust model, future time perspective had a positive influence on perceived ease of use, while age and loneliness had no statistically significant effect.

尽管数字叙事对老年用户具有重大好处，但关于他们可能影响技术接受度的心理社会属性，仍有很多地方值得探索。技术接受模型（TAM）是该领域最具影响力的理论框架之一，自从首次引入以来，就其在不同文化中的潜在修改进行了大量研究。基于与年龄有关的文献中广泛描述的三个因素（按年龄，孤独和未来时间的观点），在本研究中，我们设计了TAM扩展，以深入了解影响希腊老年人意图的因素使用在线讲故事的应用程序。通过定量方法，我们使用从112位参与者收集的数据评估了提出的模型。