New Rules of Engagement: How Adaptation To Online Media Changes Older Adults’ Social Connectedness
Dublin Core
Title
New Rules of Engagement: How Adaptation To Online Media Changes Older Adults’ Social Connectedness
Subject
Older Adults, Social Connectedness, Online-Media Adaptation, Knowledge Development, Emotional Coping, Value Alignment, Use Behavior
Description
Older adults often struggle to adjust to the rapid changes in the digitizing media landscape. In this article, we study, first, how 10 older adults adapt new online media into their daily lives and, by doing so, adjust to the changing “rules of engagement” that guide online-media use in their social surroundings. Second, we analyze how this adaptation process generates change in older adults’ social connectedness. Results suggest that older adults’ non-use of popular online media results in social exclusion. Enhancing their social connectedness, requires older adults to (partially) conform to new communication norms and values. Based on our findings, we propose three adaptation strategies that enhance both offline and online social connectedness.
Creator
Eveline Hage, Marjolein van Offenbeek & Albert Boonstra
Source
https://academic.oup.com/jcmc/article/25/2/182/5823243
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Date
12 September 2019
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
Coverage
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 25 (2020)
Files
Collection
Citation
Eveline Hage, Marjolein van Offenbeek & Albert Boonstra, “New Rules of Engagement: How Adaptation To Online Media Changes Older Adults’ Social Connectedness,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed May 20, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/8650.