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Aging and the Digital Life Course
David Prendergast (Ed.)
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Description for Aging and the Digital Life Course
Paperback. This book explores the key themes of social media, robotics, chronic disease and dementia management, care-giving, gaming, migration and data inheritance. Editor(s): Prendergast, David; Garattini, Chiara. Series: Life Course, Culture and Ageing: Global Transformations. Num Pages: 300 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; MFKH3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Across the life course, new forms of community, ways of keeping in contact, and practices for engaging in work, healthcare, retail, learning and leisure are evolving rapidly. Breaking new ground in the study of technology and aging, this book examines how developments in smart phones, the internet, cloud computing, and online social networking are redefining experiences and expectations around growing older in the twenty-first century. Drawing on contributions from leading commentators and researchers across the world, this book explores key themes such as caregiving, the use of social media, robotics, chronic disease and dementia management, gaming, migration, and data inheritance, ... Read more
Across the life course, new forms of community, ways of keeping in contact, and practices for engaging in work, healthcare, retail, learning and leisure are evolving rapidly. Breaking new ground in the study of technology and aging, this book examines how developments in smart phones, the internet, cloud computing, and online social networking are redefining experiences and expectations around growing older in the twenty-first century. Drawing on contributions from leading commentators and researchers across the world, this book explores key themes such as caregiving, the use of social media, robotics, chronic disease and dementia management, gaming, migration, and data inheritance, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Life Course, Culture and Ageing: Global Transformations
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785335013
SKU
V9781785335013
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Ref
99-15
About David Prendergast (Ed.)
David Prendergast is a social anthropologist based at Intel Labs Europe and a Principal Investigator in the Intel Collaborative Research Institute for Sustainable Connected Cities with Imperial College and University College London. He also holds the position of Visiting Professor of Healthcare Innovation at Trinity College Dublin. Chiara Garattini is an anthropologist working as part of ... Read more
Reviews for Aging and the Digital Life Course
Editors Prendergast and Garattini have done an outstanding job bringing to the forefront what it means to age in a digital world. They have broken new ground inasmuch as they explore an everyday phenomenon as an extension of the life course. This text provides a clear path to considering and possibly understanding multiple ways of knowing and assigning meaning to ... Read more