THE IMPORTANCE OF USE OF TECHNOLOGY BY ELDERLY IN TERMS OF INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL IMPACT

Year 2020, Volume: 20 Issue: 47, 411 - 440, 02.10.2020

Fahri Özsungur

https://doi.org/10.21560/spcd.vi.556988

Abstract

This article focuses on the use of technology in terms of intergenerational communication and social impact. The theoretical approaches affecting the use of technology in intergenerational communication have been examined and emphasized on the importance of social classes and groups' intergenerational communication. The effects of the use of technology on the elderly have been assessed within the context of social classes, groups, and generations. In addition to the rapidly evolving technology, the issue of ageism, which interferes with intergenerational communication, is also mentioned in this review article. In this article, the emphasis was put on the importance of formal and informal education on the use of technology in the strengthening of intergenerational communication, with the result that technology facilitates the daily work of the elderly and strengthens their social communication, thus contributing significantly to intergenerational communication. The Global Class Theory, which underlie human, emphasized that the classification of individuals should be based on human values and that the elderly individual may exist in all areas of these classes. Increasing the qualitative and quantitative studies to be done in this field due to the importance of technology acceptance and use and intergenerational communication on seniors will contribute to the literature. For future studies, qualitative and quantitative researches on the use of technology and the acceptance behaviors of the elderly are suggested in terms of intergenerational communication and social impact.

Keywords

Intergenerational Relations, use of technology, ageism, gerontechnology, social impact

KUŞAKLAR ARASI İLETİŞİM VE SOSYAL ETKİ AÇISINDAN YAŞLILARIN TEKNOLOJİ KULLANIMLARININ ÖNEMİ

Abstract

Bu makalede kuşaklararası iletişim ve sosyal etki açısından teknoloji kullanımının önemi üzerinde durulmuştur. Kuşaklararası iletişimde teknoloji kullanımını etkileyen teorik yaklaşımlar incelenmiş, sosyal sınıflar ve grupların kuşaklararası iletişimdeki önemi vurgulanmıştır. Teknoloji kullanımının yaşlılar üzerindeki etkileri sosyal sınıflar, gruplar ve kuşaklararası iletişim kapsamında değerlendirilmiştir. Makalede hızla gelişen teknoloji ile birlikte kuşaklararası iletişime engel oluşturan yaş ayrımcılığı konusuna da yer verilmiştir. Tüm bu değerlendirmeler ışığında teknolojinin yaşlı bireylerin günlük işlerini kolaylaştırdığı ve sosyal iletişimlerini güçlendirdiği, böylece kuşaklararası iletişime önemli düzeyde katkı sağladığı sonuçlarına varılarak, kuşaklararası iletişimin güçlendirilmesinde teknoloji kullanımına ilişkin örgün ve yaygın eğitimin önemi vurgulanmıştır. Temelinde insan olan Global Sınıflar Teorisi ile bireylerin sınıflandırmasının insani değerler üzerine yapılması gerektiği, yaşlı bireyin de bu sınıfların her alanında var olabileceği vurgulanmıştır. Gelecek çalışmalar için kuşaklararası iletişim ve sosyal etki açısından yaşlı bireylerin teknoloji kabul ve kullanım davranışlarına yönelik nitel ve nicel araştırmaların yapılması önerilmektedir.

Keywords

Kuşaklararası ilişkiler, teknoloji kullanımı, yaş ayrımcılığı, gereontoloji, sosyal etki

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