ICTs and generations

Theme: ICTs and generations

Chair Prof. Fausto Colombo (Catholic University of Milan)

The deadline for the submission of the abstracts within this special strand has been extended; for submission contact Vittadini Nicoletta.

Generational differences are a socio-cultural variable affecting Ict and broadband adoption and use all over Europe.

The role of generations in the field of cultural production and consumption is more and more relevant as each generation is characterized by a different relational form institued with the Ict’s and their services The constitution of a broadband society is then affected by some relevant differences between baby boomers and post-war generations, but also between digital immigrants and digital natives.

Those differences are destined to have relevant consequences both in the development of products and applications in design processes and in the diffusion of host devices as they are more and more present in everyday life. They are relevant also in furthering participation in e-democracy, involvement in virtual communities and technology enhanced independent living. 

Those differences then affects all European countries but are also locally situated and new differences are emerging in broadband take-up in each european country.

This panel will hosts theoretical, methodological and empirical contribution to the discussion of the constitution of a broadband society facing generational differences.

The topics are:  

  • The role of generational identitary backgrounds in relation with ICTs and broadband services: forms, usages, contextualizations etc.
  • Local and national differences between generations and ICTs adoption and use
  • Icts and the definition of generation
  • The use of ICts and generational value
  • Virtual vs. real relationships and different generations
  • Social discourses analisys of generations and ICTs
  • Innovations, and unexpected effects of ICTs use by different generations 
  • Products and applications development for different generations

 

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