Intergenerational Connections in Digital Families by Sakari Taipale

Author:Sakari Taipale
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9783030119478
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Knowing Me, Knowing You

As already evident by now, intimately knowing the other family members, including their preferred modes of communication and their personal best ways to learn new things, was an essential quality of those acting in the role of warm experts in this study. This was because, as the Slovenian key informant Franc (aged 25) explained it, ‘everyone in the family decides for themselves what’s the best way for them to communicate with others in view to their knowledge level and their ability to use new technologies.’ The older people in the families appeared to be highly aware of the ability of the younger people in them to adapt to their comparatively lower skills and know-how. The Slovenian Mia (aged 25) was one to point this out in her report:My grandmother thinks that she can stay away from ICTs, since she belongs to the older generation and is mostly in contact with other older people who do not use many ICTs, either. However, she also thinks that younger people are good at adapting to their seniors, and are therefore able to spend a lot of time talking to them without ICTs.

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