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Seniors’ adoption of digital devices and virtual event platforms in Singapore during Covid-19

In Singapore, with the nationwide implementation of Covid-19 physical restrictions and safe management measures (SMMs) in place because of the pandemic, the seniors' regular routines and daily social activities have been disrupted. Prior research on seniors' adoption of digital technologie...

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Autores principales: Perdana, Arif, Mokhtar, Intan Azura
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8588606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34785827
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101817
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description In Singapore, with the nationwide implementation of Covid-19 physical restrictions and safe management measures (SMMs) in place because of the pandemic, the seniors' regular routines and daily social activities have been disrupted. Prior research on seniors' adoption of digital technologies has primarily focused on health-related purposes such as nutrition and exercise and managing old-age related diseases. However, there is limited research done to understand how seniors use digital technologies for other purposes, such as social networks or leisure activities, that can help seniors socialise and reduce loneliness despite ongoing SMMs and restrictions on social distancing and physical interactions because of the Covid-19 pandemic. In particular, the use of virtual event platforms can make it easier for seniors to communicate and socialise with their peers, thus keeping social isolation and loneliness at bay. In this paper, we discuss seniors' relationship with technology, guided by the social exchange theory. We also share the methodological framework that guided this small-scale study on the use of virtual event platforms, along with the research instruments and measurements required for data collection. The research findings of this study, conducted with 144 respondents aged 60 years old and above, are discussed and further analysed with their theoretical contributions and implications for practice.
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spelling pubmed-85886062021-11-12 Seniors’ adoption of digital devices and virtual event platforms in Singapore during Covid-19 Perdana, Arif Mokhtar, Intan Azura Technol Soc Article In Singapore, with the nationwide implementation of Covid-19 physical restrictions and safe management measures (SMMs) in place because of the pandemic, the seniors' regular routines and daily social activities have been disrupted. Prior research on seniors' adoption of digital technologies has primarily focused on health-related purposes such as nutrition and exercise and managing old-age related diseases. However, there is limited research done to understand how seniors use digital technologies for other purposes, such as social networks or leisure activities, that can help seniors socialise and reduce loneliness despite ongoing SMMs and restrictions on social distancing and physical interactions because of the Covid-19 pandemic. In particular, the use of virtual event platforms can make it easier for seniors to communicate and socialise with their peers, thus keeping social isolation and loneliness at bay. In this paper, we discuss seniors' relationship with technology, guided by the social exchange theory. We also share the methodological framework that guided this small-scale study on the use of virtual event platforms, along with the research instruments and measurements required for data collection. The research findings of this study, conducted with 144 respondents aged 60 years old and above, are discussed and further analysed with their theoretical contributions and implications for practice. Elsevier Ltd. 2022-02 2021-11-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8588606/ /pubmed/34785827 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101817 Text en © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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