Dear all,
My colleague Chiara Garattini and I are delighted to announce that our book, an edited collection called 'Aging and the Digital Life Course' has been published by Berghahn. Details below.
Best regards,
David Prendergast
New Book! Aging and the Digital Life Course
http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=PrendergastAging
This book presents us with an interesting study of how various technologies, including web-based tools and information and communication technologies, are embedded in particular social processes and experiences of aging and the life course. Instead of taking the usual position that 'technology' is something that is consumed and thrust upon us . . . this book shows how technologies are themselves a set of relations and processes that are open to change." ˇ Philip Kao, University of Pittsburgh
". . . a comprehensive view of a topic that is becoming increasingly important in health care but is often misunderstood and/or undervalued. It presents the actual/potential use of technology for enhancing the lives of older people and their caregivers." ˇ Catherine McCabe, Trinity College Dublin
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, to name a few.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction:<http://www.berghahnbooks.com/downloads/intros/PrendergastAging_intro.pdf> Critical Reflections on Ageing and Technology in the Twenty-First Century<http://www.berghahnbooks.com/downloads/intros/PrendergastAging_intro.pdf>
Chiara Garattini and David Prendergast
Part I: Connections, Networks and Interactions
Chapter 1. Social Media and the Age-Friendly Community
Philip B. Stafford
Chapter 2. Exploring New Technologies through Playful Peer-to-Peer Engagement in Informal Learning
Josie Tetley, Caroline Holland, Verina Waights, Jonathan Hughes, Simon Holland and Stephanie Warren
Chapter 3. Older People and Constant Contact Media
Rachel S. Singh
Chapter 4. Beyond Determinism: Understanding Actual Use of Social Robots by Older People
Louis Neven and Christina Leeson
Part II: Health and Wellbeing
Chapter 5. Designing Technologies for Social Connection with Older People
Joseph Wherton, Paul Sugarhood, Rob Procter and Trisha Greenhalgh
Chapter 6. Avoiding the 'Iceberg Effect': Incorporating a Behavioural Change Approach to Technology Design in Chronic Illness
John Dinsmore
Chapter 7. Supporting a Good Life with Dementia
Arlene Astell
Chapter 8. Home Telehealth: Industry Enthusiasm, Health System Resistance and Community Expectations
Sarah Delaney and Claire Somerville
Chapter 9. Analysing Hands-on-Tech Care Work in Telecare Installations. Frictional Encounters with Gerontechnological Designs
Daniel López and Tomás Sánchez-Criado
Part III: Life Course Transitions
Chapter 10. Caregiving in the Digital Era
Madelyn Iris and Rebecca Berman
Chapter 11. Digital Storytelling and the Transnational Retirement Networks of Older Japanese Adults
Mayumi Ono
Chapter 12. Digital Games in the Lives of Older Adults
Bob De Schutter, Julie A. Brown and Henk Herman Nap
Chapter 13. Digital Ownership across Lifespans
Wendy Moncur
Notes on Contributors
Index
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Dr David Prendergast, PhD
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