ECREA - Mobile communication and later life: from theories to empirical frescoes

European Communication Research
and Education Association

Mobile communication and later life: from theories to empirical frescoes

07.12.2023 21:31 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

Journal Mobile Media & Communication (JCR Q1, SPECIAL ISSUE)

Deadline: February 15, 2024

Guest editors: Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol & Sakari Taipale.

This special issue aims to explore the role of mobile communication in later life from theoretical and empirical perspectives. The more profound changes affecting older adults' inclusion/exclusion in the information society are mainly reflected in their use of mobile communication devices, particularly smartphones. Over the years, these pervasive changes have shaped older adults' social identity, family relations, and basic life conditions.

The premise of this special issue is the shared understanding that a large part of even recent research on later life and mobile communications is no longer valid, partly because it needs to incorporate the diversity of this life stage sufficiently. Hence, there is a risk that the understanding of older adults' mobile communication experiences becomes ossified and based on stereotyped and outdated knowledge.

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