Age-Related Digital Divide during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China

China has adopted a variety of digital technologies to effectively combat the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. The massive utilisation of digital technologies, however, to a great extent, magnifies the age-related digital divide. This paper aims to examine the impacts of the age-related digital divi...

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Autores principales:	Yu Song, Chenfei Qian, Susan Pickard
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	older people COVID-19 pandemic digital divide digital code Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3acaa195dbe2495b8f9d66768a35cc4c2021-11-11T16:26:20ZAge-Related Digital Divide during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China10.3390/ijerph1821112851660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/3acaa195dbe2495b8f9d66768a35cc4c2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11285https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601China has adopted a variety of digital technologies to effectively combat the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. The massive utilisation of digital technologies, however, to a great extent, magnifies the age-related digital divide. This paper aims to examine the impacts of the age-related digital divide on older adults in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cases of three age-related digital divide scenarios, including older people taking public transportation, seeking medical care, as well as conducting digital transactions, are collected from Chinese official news outlets. The results indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates the pace of digital technology utilisation but exacerbates the age-related digital divide. Such an age-related digital divide has largely excluded older adults from both the real society and the virtual society. Older adults’ personal attitudes and motivations, as well as education and income, governmental policies, and family and social supports, are all major contributors to the severe impacts of the age-related digital divide on old adults during the pandemic. More measures should be adopted to bridge the age-related digital divide and build a senior-friendly e-society.Yu SongChenfei QianSusan PickardMDPI AGarticleolder peopleCOVID-19 pandemicdigital dividedigital codeMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11285, p 11285 (2021)
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description	China has adopted a variety of digital technologies to effectively combat the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. The massive utilisation of digital technologies, however, to a great extent, magnifies the age-related digital divide. This paper aims to examine the impacts of the age-related digital divide on older adults in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cases of three age-related digital divide scenarios, including older people taking public transportation, seeking medical care, as well as conducting digital transactions, are collected from Chinese official news outlets. The results indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates the pace of digital technology utilisation but exacerbates the age-related digital divide. Such an age-related digital divide has largely excluded older adults from both the real society and the virtual society. Older adults’ personal attitudes and motivations, as well as education and income, governmental policies, and family and social supports, are all major contributors to the severe impacts of the age-related digital divide on old adults during the pandemic. More measures should be adopted to bridge the age-related digital divide and build a senior-friendly e-society.
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title	Age-Related Digital Divide during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China
title_short	Age-Related Digital Divide during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China
title_full	Age-Related Digital Divide during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China
title_fullStr	Age-Related Digital Divide during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China
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Age-Related Digital Divide during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China

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