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The New Media and Older Adults

Usable and Useful?

Neil Charness

Florida State University

Patricia Holley

St. Leo University

This article discusses the potential impact of new media on older adults. It outlines trends in population aging and in the use of computers and the Internet. The potential demands of new media on older adults are characterized, and physical and psychological changes in older adults that may affect new media use are briefly reviewed. Finally, the article provides design suggestions that may help attenuate the effects of aging on access to new media.

Key Words: human factors • technology • aging • communication • cognition

American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 48, No. 4, 416-433 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0002764204270279
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