Making a Place for Seniors on the Net: SeniorNet, Senior Identity, and the Digital Divide M i z u k o I t o ~, V i c k i L. O ' D a y 2, A n n e t t e A d l e r 3, C h a r l o t t e L i n d e 4, E l i z a b e t h D . M y n a t t 5 Expanding the Story of the Digital Divide The most recent edition of the annual "Falling Through the Net" report from the U.S. Department of Commerce says that people aged 50 and older are among those groups who are least likely to be Internet users [1 ]. While we might question whether demographic categories are the most useful way to track Internet use, it's clear that these categories are dominant in conversations about the digital divide. In this paper, we will follow that thread to look at the digital divide for the category of seniors, based on our year-long study of SeniorNet, an organization that supports seniors in learning about technology. By focusing on seniors as
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Making a place for seniors on the Net: SeniorNet, senior identity, and the digital divide
Ito, Mizuko; O'Day, Vicki L.; Adler, Annette; Linde, Charlotte; Mynatt, Elizabeth D.
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Association for Computing Machinery – Sep 1, 2001
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