The Information Society ( IF 2.522 ) Pub Date : 2021-08-23 , DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2021.1960659 Minh Hao Nguyen 1 , Eszter Hargittai 1 , Jaelle Fuchs 1 , Teodora Djukaric 1 , Amanda Hunsaker 1
Abstract
Studies on disconnection from social media and related technologies tend to focus on the user’s disconnection from one specific technology, and consequently provide an incomplete view. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 57 older adults ages 59+, we find that replacement is more common than complete disconnection, which suggests that research should consider people’s larger digital media repertoire rather than focus on a single technology. Motivations for disconnection include social influences, lack of interest, convenience, time availability and overuse, privacy concerns, and technical barriers. We find that older adults’ motivations for disconnection often mirror those of younger users reported in the literature, but some motivations are unique to older adults. Further, some disconnection motivations of younger users reported in the literature were not found in the responses of our sample of older adults. Overall, our study offers a nuanced view on experiences of ICT disconnection in the age of digital media ubiquity.
中文翻译:
交易空间:老年人如何以及为何与数字媒体断开连接并在它们之间切换
摘要
与社交媒体和相关技术断开的研究往往侧重于用户与一种特定技术的断开,因此提供了不完整的视图。通过对 57 名 59 岁以上老年人的深入访谈,我们发现替换比完全断开更常见,这表明研究应该考虑人们更大的数字媒体曲目,而不是专注于单一技术。断开连接的动机包括社会影响、缺乏兴趣、便利、时间可用性和过度使用、隐私问题和技术障碍。我们发现老年人断开连接的动机通常反映了文献中报告的年轻用户的动机,但有些动机是老年人所独有的。更远,在我们的老年人样本的回答中没有发现文献中报告的年轻用户的一些断开连接动机。总体而言,我们的研究对数字媒体无处不在时代的 ICT 断开体验提供了细致入微的观点。