The use of digital technologies among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A descriptive study in Turkey

Seyma Esin Erben; Aydan Ünlükaya Çevirici; Jale Balaban-Salı

doi:10.5209/tekn.82932

Seyma Esin Erben Istanbul Gelisim University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9984-1242
Aydan Ünlükaya Çevirici Istambul Gelisim University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5645-6192
Jale Balaban-Salı Independent Researcher https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5392-7438

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/tekn.82932

Palabras clave: anciano, confinamiento, desafíos digitales, entrevista, tecnología de la información

Disponibilidad de datos: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7713096

Resumen

Esta investigación cualitativa tiene como objetivo explorar el uso de las tecnología de la información y los cambios en su uso entre personas mayores de sesenta y cinco años que experimentaron confinamientos más largos en Turquía durante la pandemia de COVID-19. El estudio muestra los desafíos digitales que este grupo de edad tuvo que afrontar en este periodo. Los investigadores realizaron entrevistas semiestructuradas con doce personas mayores de sesenta y cinco años, de diferentes regiones de Turquía, diez de ellas jubiladas y otras dos en activo. Los resultados indican que esta muestra de personas mayores realizó un mayor uso de las TIC en transacciones financieras, conectividad, acceso a información/noticias y actividades de ocio. El estudio también revela que esta muestra de personas mayores tuvo que afrontar nuevas ansiedades asociadas a los problemas de seguridad de sus datos personales en actividades online, especialmente en transacciones financieras. El estudio concluye la necesidad de recursos y medidas adicionales que faciliten el alfabetismo digital de las personas mayores.

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Biografía del autor/a

Seyma Esin Erben, Istanbul Gelisim University

PhD in Communication Sciences with a dissertation entitled "Digital Transformation of Activism." She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of New Media & Communication at Istanbul Gelisim University, Turkey. She is also an intern researcher at the University of Malta, where she is conducting a research project on the Social Communication of Migrants in Malta with Professor Gorg Mallia. Her research interests include digital activism, veganism, ecological rights, migration, digital inequalities, and digital labour.

Aydan Ünlükaya Çevirici , Istambul Gelisim University

PhD student at the Marmara University, Institute of Social Sciences, Advertising and Publicity Program. She received a bachelor's degree from Marmara University, Faculty of Communication and a master's degree from Marmara University, Advertising and Publicity Program. She works as a Research Assistant at Istanbul Gelişim University, Department of Advertising. She carries out her studies on advertising, media studies and digital media. She is interested in critical advertising and femvertising

Jale Balaban-Salı, Independent Researcher

Currently working as an independent researcher based in the UK. Previously she was in the Communication Sciences Faculty at Anadolu University, Turkey. She received a master's degree in Instructional Communication and a PhD in Communication Sciences from Anadolu University. She has over 20 years of experience in qualitative and quantitative research methods in the communication sciences, new media technology and new media literacy. She has authored many research articles/book chapters related to Communication Sciences

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