Barbara Marshall

Abstract Mobile media, and the larger digital technological systems of which they are a part, both shape and are shaped by contemporary experiences of aging. With the aim of exploring older adults’ understandings, uses of, and experiences with digital technologies in their everyday lives, we conducted four exploratory focus groups in two Canadian cities, with a total of 29 participants representing a diverse range of ages, living situations, and socio-economic statuses.

Posted on by Pictured L-R: Heather Kemmerly (club sponsor), Sain Jain (club co-president), Devesh Kumar (club co-president), Brielle Bugauisan, Deepanshi Kumar, Samuel Choi, Molly Morrison, Margaret Josefiak, Mark Wood, Sutton Marks (original concept developer), not pictured – Nitya Goyal, Max Keating. Maggie L Walker Governor’s School has been named one of 300 State Finalists in the 13th annual Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition, receiving a $2,500 prize package.

Social change in the twenty-first century is shaped by both demographic changes associated with ageing societies and significant technological change and development. Outlining the basic principles of a new academic field, Socio-gerontechnology, this book explores common conceptual, theoretical and methodological ideas that become visible in the critical scholarship on ageing and technology at the intersection of Age Studies and Science and Technology Studies (STS).