Information issues for older Americans

Summary:

"Information Issues for Older Americans brings together leading faculty from the leading Information Schools to examine information needs, behavior, and policy related to older Americans"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781538150191 (hardcover)
ISBN: 1538150190 (hardcover)
Physical Description: xi, 292 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Everyday Information Behavior of Older Americans / William Aspray -- Information, Knowledge, and Successful Aging / William Jones -- One Senior Citizen's Information Ecosystem and Infrastructure / James W. Cortada -- AARP and its Competitors as Information Providers / William Aspray -- Age and Technology in Action / Claudia Grisales Bohorquez, Marilyn Kay, Noah Lenstra, and Kate Williams -- Health Insurance Literacy and Older Adults / Emily Vardell -- Active Aging in the Era of Smart Devices / Pallabi Bhowmick, Clara Caldeira, Kay Connelly, Ben Jelen, Novia Nurain, and Katie A. Siek -- Telephone-based Communities for Information and Social Connectedness / Robin N. Brewer and Mary Janevic -- Not Your Grandparents' Family Tree : Practices of Privacy in Genetic Genealogical Networks / Judith Pintar -- The '100% corner' : Situational Awareness and Successful Aging in Community / David Hopping -- Mapping the Research on Digital Information Issues for Older Adults / Unmil Karadkar.