Mayores Universitarios en la Red University Senior Students on the Web

dc.creator	Felicidad Loscertales Abril
dc.creator	Roberto Martínez Pecino
dc.creator	Rosa Cabecinhas
dc.date	2011-10-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:23:12Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:23:12Z
dc.identifier	10.3916/C37-2011-02-09
dc.identifier	1134-3478
dc.identifier	1988-3293
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/b6b187cf10f54825913028ed03382098
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/20895
dc.description	Hoy día la relevancia de Internet es cada vez mayor en todos los ámbitos. Participar en la misma es fundamental para estar integrados socialmente. El aumento de la esperanza y la calidad de vida conllevan que los mayores activos supongan un volumen significativo de la población. En este trabajo se analiza el uso que personas mayores activas realizan de Internet, así como los principales beneficios o motivaciones de su utilización, y las barreras que encuentran aquéllos que no la utilizan. Se administró un cuestionario a personas inscritas en programas universitarios de mayores. Los resultados muestran que estos mayores universitarios se conectan a Internet frecuentemente, a diario o entre dos o tres veces por semana. Se destaca la relevancia de Internet para estar actualizados, contactar con la familia y los amigos, el uso académico, y consultar la prensa. La consideran fácil de utilizar aunque afirman que podrían vivir sin ella. Por otro lado, para los que no acceden a Internet no saber utilizarla es una de las principales barreras, si bien las personas que no la utilizan consideran que serían capaces de aprender. En su conjunto los datos animan a romper estereotipos negativos sobre los mayores y a no considerar a los mayores activos como personas incapaces o desconectadas de la Red sino a valorar positivamente los avances que realizan y la motivación por aprender.<br>The Internet is increasingly prominent in all walks of life, and Web connection is a key factor in social integration. The rise in life expectancy and quality of life mean that our active seniors now represent a growing sector in society. This study analyses what senior citizens use the Internet for and why, as well as the main benefits of its usage and the perceived obstacles of those who are non-users. The results derive from a questionnaire completed by senior citizens enrolled on university courses for older people, and they show that university seniors frequently connect to the Internet –daily or 2 or 3 times per week–, and use it mainly to look up facts, contact family and friends, for course work and to read the press. They consider the Internet easy to use but they could survive without it. For those who do not have access to the Internet, lack of knowledge about how to use it is the main barrier; yet they do not consider themselves incapable of learning how to use the Internet if they wished to do so. The data gathered from the survey challenge negative stereotypes of older people, and encourage us to modify our view of active seniors as disconnected from and incapable of using the Web and instead see their progress and motivation to learn as something highly positive.
dc.language	Spanish
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Grupo Comunicar Ediciones
dc.relation	http://dx.doi.org/10.3916/C37-2011-02-09
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1134-3478
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1988-3293
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-SA
dc.source	Comunicar, Vol XIX, Iss 37, Pp 89-95 (2011)
dc.subject	Internet
dc.subject	Mayores
dc.subject	Universidad
dc.subject	TIC
dc.subject	Tecnología
dc.subject	Inclusión social
dc.subject	Estereotipos
dc.subject	Internet
dc.subject	Elderly
dc.subject	University
dc.subject	ICT
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	Social inclusion
dc.subject	Stereotypes
dc.subject	Communication. Mass media
dc.subject	P87-96
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Media and communication
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Communication. Mass media
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dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
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dc.subject	Language and Literature
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Media and communication
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Communication. Mass media
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dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
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dc.subject	Language and Literature
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dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	Communication. Mass media
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dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
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dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	Communication. Mass media
dc.subject	P87-96
dc.subject	Philology. Linguistics
dc.subject	P1-1091
dc.subject	Language and Literature
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dc.subject	Education (General)
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dc.title	Mayores Universitarios en la Red University Senior Students on the Web
dc.type	article