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Identity Collision: Older Gay Men Using Technology
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication ( IF 7.432 ) Pub Date : 2020-12-10 , DOI: 10.1093/jcmc/zmaa016
Avi Marciano 1 , Galit Nimrod 1
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This study examines identity work among older gay men in relation to Information and Communication Technology (ICT). It draws on the notion of IT identity—the extent to which individuals experience technology as integral to their sense of selves—to explore how their homosexuality and advanced age shape their relationships with technology. Applying thematic analysis to 17 semi-structured, in-depth interviews with gay male users aged 66–81, we show that while homosexuality and technology enable and reinforce one another, the relationship between technology and advanced age can be better defined by alienation and estrangement. Consequently, we argue that technology constitutes a crossroads at which the gay and elder identities intersect and collide. In this sense, technology is similar to other cultural constructs, like sexuality, that challenge the merger of advanced age and homosexuality, rendering the older gay identity almost impossible.

中文翻译:

身份冲突:使用技术的老年男同性恋者

这项研究调查了与信息和通信技术(ICT)相关的老年男同性恋者的身份工作。它借鉴了IT身份的概念(即个人将技术作为自我感觉不可或缺的一部分)来探索其同性恋和高龄人士如何塑造他们与技术的关系。将主题分析应用于对年龄在66-81岁之间的男同性恋者的17次半结构化,深度访谈中,我们发现,虽然同性恋和技术可以相互促进和增强,但通过疏离和疏离可以更好地定义技术与高龄之间的关系。因此,我们认为技术构成了一个十字路口,同性恋者身份和老年人身份在此交叉和碰撞。从这个意义上讲,技术类似于其他文化结构,例如性,
更新日期:2021-02-02
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