TY - CPAPER
KW - aging
KW - attitudes
KW - smartphone
KW - mobile information technology
KW - information society
AU - Heidi Enwald
AU - Maarit Kangas
AU - Niina Keränen
AU - Raija Korpelainen
AU - Isto Huvila
AU - Timo Jämsä
AU - Andrew Grove
AU - Diane Sonnenwald
AU - Lauren Harrison
AU - Catherine Blake
AU - Christian Schlögl
AU - Isabella Peters
AU - Barbara Endler-Jobst
AU - Colleen Cool
AU - Yin-Leng Theng
AB - Older peoples usage of mobile devices is increasing. This study is part of the GASEL project and seeks to increase the understanding of the use of mobile information technology and opinions towards it. Opinions are compared between genders and age groups. The population based data were collected by conducting a questionnaire survey. A random sample of 1,500 adults 65 years of age or older was obtained from the Finnish Population Register Centre. The number of respondents was 918 with a response rate of 61.2 %. About one fifth (n=169) had used a tablet computer and approximately one third (n=226) had used a mobile phone with a touch screen in the past 12 months without encountering major difficulties. The respondents had mostly thought that using the devices would not be easy. They had also thought that the usage would not be too expensive for them. Men and younger old people held more positive opinions towards these new technologies. Older people are slower in adapting and accepting new technologies and this should be taken into account when designing services, applications and content, as these technologies have the potential to enrichen the lives of this specific population group.

BT - Proceedings of the 2016 ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Oct 14-18, Copenhagen
CY - Silver Spring, MD
LA - eng
N2 - Older peoples usage of mobile devices is increasing. This study is part of the GASEL project and seeks to increase the understanding of the use of mobile information technology and opinions towards it. Opinions are compared between genders and age groups. The population based data were collected by conducting a questionnaire survey. A random sample of 1,500 adults 65 years of age or older was obtained from the Finnish Population Register Centre. The number of respondents was 918 with a response rate of 61.2 %. About one fifth (n=169) had used a tablet computer and approximately one third (n=226) had used a mobile phone with a touch screen in the past 12 months without encountering major difficulties. The respondents had mostly thought that using the devices would not be easy. They had also thought that the usage would not be too expensive for them. Men and younger old people held more positive opinions towards these new technologies. Older people are slower in adapting and accepting new technologies and this should be taken into account when designing services, applications and content, as these technologies have the potential to enrichen the lives of this specific population group.

PB - ASIS&T
PP - Silver Spring, MD
PY - 2016
T2 - Proceedings of the 2016 ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Oct 14-18, Copenhagen
TI - Opinions and use of mobile information technology among older people in Northern Finland - Preliminary results of a population based study
ER -