Why It is Easier to Slay a Dragon Than to Kill a Myth About Older People’s Smartphone Use

Eugène Loos; Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol; Andrea Rosales; Alexander Peine

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-05581-2_16

Why It is Easier to Slay a Dragon Than to Kill a Myth About Older People’s Smartphone Use

Eugène Loos^*, Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol, Andrea Rosales, Alexander Peine

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Open University of Catalonia

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Abstract

Our study focuses on myths about older people’s smartphone use. Self-reported data, from Eurostat for example, report access rather than actual usage and are of limited use. What respondents report does not necessarily correspond with their actual smartphone usage behaviour in everyday life. We therefore conducted a tracking study to gain insight into smartphone usage among older adults. Smartphone activity logs were collected from individuals aged 60–79 (N = 303) throughout a period of 28 days between February and May 2019 in Canada, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. The data thus obtained on actual smartphone use were critically examined in the light of seven myths related to the smart phone usage of older people in everyday life. We also analysed the data in the context of empirical studies in the field of older people’s digital behaviour. Finally, after drawing our conclusions, we present limitations and sketch implications for future research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, HCII 2022
Editors	Qin Gao, Jia Zhou
Publisher	Springer
Pages	212-223
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-05581-2
ISBN (Print)	9783031055805
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05581-2_16
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	8th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2022 Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022 - Virtual, Online Duration: 26 Jun 2022 → 1 Jul 2022

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Studies (LNCS)
Volume	13330
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	8th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2022 Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022
City	Virtual, Online
Period	26/06/22 → 1/07/22

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The research project BConnect@Home – Making use of digital devices in later life (https://jp-demographic.eu/projects/beconnected-at-home/) is funded by the JTP 2017-JPI More Years, Better Lives (Grant Agreement n. 643850). Canada: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (201704MYB-386097); the Netherlands: ZONMW (Project 9003037411); Spain: MINECO (ref. PCI-2017–080), Sweden: TBC and. It also received partial funding from the Ageing + Communication + Technology project http://actproject.ca/ (ref. 895–2013-1018, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada), and the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities (ref: FJCI-2015–24120).

Funding Information:
Acknowledgements. The research project BConnect@Home – Making use of digital devices in later life (https://jp-demographic.eu/projects/beconnected-at-home/) is funded by the JTP 2017 -JPI More Years, Better Lives (Grant Agreement n. 643850). Canada: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (201704MYB-386097); the Netherlands: ZONMW (Project 9003037411); Spain: MINECO (ref. PCI-2017–080), Sweden: TBC and. It also received partial funding from the Ageing + Communication + Technology project http://actproject.ca/ (ref. 895–2013-1018, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada), and the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities (ref: FJCI-2015–24120).

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Funding

The research project BConnect@Home – Making use of digital devices in later life (https://jp-demographic.eu/projects/beconnected-at-home/) is funded by the JTP 2017-JPI More Years, Better Lives (Grant Agreement n. 643850). Canada: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (201704MYB-386097); the Netherlands: ZONMW (Project 9003037411); Spain: MINECO (ref. PCI-2017–080), Sweden: TBC and. It also received partial funding from the Ageing + Communication + Technology project http://actproject.ca/ (ref. 895–2013-1018, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada), and the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities (ref: FJCI-2015–24120). Acknowledgements. The research project BConnect@Home – Making use of digital devices in later life (https://jp-demographic.eu/projects/beconnected-at-home/) is funded by the JTP 2017 -JPI More Years, Better Lives (Grant Agreement n. 643850). Canada: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (201704MYB-386097); the Netherlands: ZONMW (Project 9003037411); Spain: MINECO (ref. PCI-2017–080), Sweden: TBC and. It also received partial funding from the Ageing + Communication + Technology project http://actproject.ca/ (ref. 895–2013-1018, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada), and the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities (ref: FJCI-2015–24120).

Keywords

Digital practices
Everyday life
Myths
Older adults
Smartphone use
Tracking

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Loos, E., Fernández-Ardèvol, M., Rosales, A., & Peine, A. (2022). Why It is Easier to Slay a Dragon Than to Kill a Myth About Older People’s Smartphone Use. In Q. Gao, & J. Zhou (Eds.), Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, HCII 2022 (pp. 212-223). (Lecture Notes in Computer Studies (LNCS); Vol. 13330). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05581-2_16

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Loos, E, Fernández-Ardèvol, M, Rosales, A & Peine, A 2022, Why It is Easier to Slay a Dragon Than to Kill a Myth About Older People’s Smartphone Use. in Q Gao & J Zhou (eds), Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Studies (LNCS), vol. 13330, Springer, pp. 212-223, 8th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2022 Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Virtual, Online, 26/06/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05581-2_16

Why It is Easier to Slay a Dragon Than to Kill a Myth About Older People’s Smartphone Use. / Loos, Eugène; Fernández-Ardèvol, Mireia; Rosales, Andrea et al.
Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, HCII 2022. ed. / Qin Gao; Jia Zhou. Springer, 2022. p. 212-223 (Lecture Notes in Computer Studies (LNCS); Vol. 13330).

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