Bridging the digital divide for older adults

Through training sessions and 16-weeks longitudinual qualitative research, we reveal challenges and opportunities faced by older adults while using tablets for information seeking, social connection, entertainment, and more during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in the New York metropolitan area.

Publications

Journal Article

Kim, S., Yao, W., & Du, X. (2022). Exploring Older Adults’ Adoption and Use of a Tablet Computer During COVID-19: Longitudinal Qualitative Study. JMIR aging, 5(1), e32957. https://aging.jmir.org/2022/1/e32957

Conference Proceedings

Du, X., Yao, W., & Kim, S. (2021). Lessons Learned from Supporting Low-income Older Adults to Use a Tablet PC in the Age of Digital Divide. Adjunct Publication of the 23rd International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 1-5). https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.1145/3447527.3474860