Recently, several digital divide scholars suggested that a shift is needed from a focus on
binary Internet access (first-level digital divide) and Internet skills and use (second-level …

Research on the role of information and communication technology (ICT) use for active
aging is limited. The aim of this systematic review is to investigate the link between Internet …

(1) Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has been especially hard on the elderly owing to
their particular vulnerability to the virus. Their confinement to prevent the spread of the virus …

Preventing and reducing loneliness is crucial to well-being and good health. Social
relationships protect people against loneliness. Friendship qualities like intimacy and …

Internet use is becoming increasingly important for the daily lives of older adults.
Simultaneously, the range of online activities is also broadening. However, previous …

Drawing on data derived from a nationwide postal survey (n= 1264) with a simple random
sample of Swedes between ages 65 and 85 (response rate: 63%), the article analyses the …

Contemporary research on older people information and communication technologies (ICT)
adoption underlines conducting studies with objective (frequency and type of use) and also …

Older adults are becoming an important market segment for all internet-based services, but
few studies to date have considered older adults as online shoppers and users of …

The new digital panorama has enhanced the importance of the Internet, as well as
Information and Communications Technology (ICT), in developing a society in which seniors …

The ability to use the internet frequently is likely to provide a useful means of engaging with
society and using services in later life, yet older people are the most likely to suffer digital …