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Access to resources such as WiFi can further widen the gap between who can engage with technology.
“Previous research acknowledges that access to such resources can further widen the gap between who can engage with technology (Wu et al., 2015; Hargittai et al., 2019), and that there must be ethical considerations in basing technology research on those populations alone (Veinot et al., 2018).”
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The study might not be representative because half of people aged 75 and over and many with mental illness are not regular internet users.
“It is also important to note that half of people aged 75 and over, and many with mental illness (who represent a key COVID-19 risk group), are not regular internet users,(Hargittai et al., 2019) so this study might not be a representative sample in terms of tapping into a wider group of non-social media users.”
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- Authors
- Hargittai, E., Piper, A. M., & Morris, M. R.
- Affiliations
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Northwestern University (US)
- Microsoft (United States) (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hargittai, Eszter
- Venue
- Universal Access in the Information Society
- Published
- 2018-05-03
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 881-890
- ISSN
- 1615-5289 (ISSN-L)
- 1615-5297
- OpenAlex
- W2801186751
- Cited by
- 616
- References
- 69
- Citations by year
- 2026: 93 · 2025: 108 · 2024: 105 · 2023: 85 · 2022: 77 · 2021: 82 · 2020: 44 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 5
- FWCI
- 70.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Universal Access in the Information Society (publishedVersion)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (acceptedVersion)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Technology Use by Older Adults
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Digital literacy in education
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Media Technology › ICT Impact and Policies
- Keywords
- digital inequality, older adults, internet skills, technology adoption, socioeconomic status, internet access, digital divide, internet literacy
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