Active social media use (ASMU)

, 39–40

Adult education

, 3

Affectivity

, 66

Age

, 31

Age divide

, 23–24

Agency

, 73, 75, 77, 107–108

central role of support networks for

, 113

marginality and

, 82–83

modalities of agency theory

, 78–79

social construction of

, 13–16

Aging

, 10, 31–32

Alma Media

, 86

Anchoring

, 65

Anonymity

, 103

Appropriation

, 92–93, 96

practices

, 42

Autonomy

, 101

Avoidance practices

, 42

Barrier analyses

, 40, 45

Barrier research

, 40, 45

Biological age

, 31

Boundary concept

, 52

Care robot

, 90, 95

Care robotics

, 90

CARER+ Digital Competence Framework

, 53

Chronological age

, 31, 44–45

Civil society organizations

, 120

Collective representation

, 65

Communication

, 3

Communication and collaboration

, 51–52, 55–56

Computer socializers

, 38

Constant contact media (CCM)

, 15–16

Conversion

, 92–93, 97

COVID-19 pandemic

, 18

Culturally oriented approach

, 40

Data collection methods

, 115

Developed countries

, 43

Developing countries

, 43

Digital Competence Framework for Citizens (DigComp)

, 50–53

Digital competence frameworks for consumers (DigCompConsumers)

, 50–51

Digital competence frameworks for educational organizations (DigCompOrg)

, 50–51

Digital competence frameworks for educators (DigCompEdu)

, 50–51

Digital competences

, 3, 21, 47–48, 77, 120–121

frameworks

, 117

support

, 1, 119–120

training

, 119–120

Digital content creation

, 51–52, 55–56

Digital detox

, 43

Digital disconnection

, 42, 44

Digital divides

, 23–29

digital inequalities

, 28–29

first-level digital divide

, 23–25

second-level digital divide

, 25–27

third-level digital divide

, 27–28

Digital engagement

, 22

Digital gaming

, 34

Digital immigrants

, 32

Digital inclusion

, 22

Digital inclusion policy

, 122

Digital inclusiveness

, 22

Digital incompetence

, 86–87

Digital inequality

, 28–29, 94

Digital leap

, 2, 17–18, 109, 116–117

Digital literacy

, 48–49

Digital Literacy Global Framework (DLGF)

, 53

Digital media

, 1, 31, 38, 48

Digital natives

, 32

Digital participation

, 22

Digital readiness

, 49–50

Digital repertoires

, 35–36

Digital services

, 89, 116

Digital skills

, 49–50

Digital technology

, 2

(non) use and agency

, 111–113

Digital tools

, 50

Digital underclass

, 25–26

Digitalization

, 1–2, 17, 19–20, 89, 107

challenges

, 20–21

policies steering

, 22

of society

, 22

Digitalizing societies

, 17–22

Disability and Use of Time (DUST)

, 38

Disdomestication

, 92

Diversity

, 38, 121–122

among older people in digital society

, 31–33

Domestication of media and technology

, 91–94

Educational gerontology

, 3

eHealth

, 89

domestication of media and technology

, 91–94

findings

, 96–97

method

, 95–96

reflections on agency

, 98–99

services

, 116

technologies

, 1–2

users and professionals

, 107

Emotional anchoring and objectification

, 66–67

Emotions

, 66

Enablers

, 40

Ensemblematic approaches

, 36–37

Entirety

, 36

Entrepreneurial economic generation

, 12

Ethical principles of research

, 101

Ethnographic case study

, 95–96

European Union (EU)

, 52, 102

Evidence-based discussions

, 123

Exclusion

, 20–21

Facilitators

, 40

First-level digital divide

, 23–25

Focus group

, 80

Formal skills

, 49

Fourth age

, 32

Functional age

, 31

Future studies

, 115

Generational divide

, 23–24

Generational heterogeneities

, 32–33

Global crisis

, 18

Global pandemics

, 18

Gray digital divide

, 23–24

Heterogeneity

, 18–19

Hobbyists

, 38

Imperatives

, 20–21

Inclusion

, 22

Incorporation

, 92–93, 96–97

Information and communication technologies (ICTs)

, 19, 39, 65, 78–79

literacy

, 49, 56–57

Information and data literacy

, 51–52, 55–56

Information skills

, 49

Information war

, 18

Internet (non) use

, 1–2, 4, 17

statistics

, 47

Internet (non) users

, 11–12, 41, 63

findings

, 71–73

marginality and agency

, 73–75

method

, 69–71

social representations theory

, 63–69

Internet

, 17, 31, 39, 119

contested positive meanings

, 109–110

discontinuer

, 41

dropout

, 41

ex-user

, 41

internet-related metaphors

, 67

internet/digital skills

, 48

skills

, 49

use

, 15–16

Interpretive constructionism

, 9–10

Interpretive constructionists

, 9–10

Intertwined modality constellations

, 79

Learning process

, 94

Life course perspective

, 117

Lifelong learning (LLL)

, 12

Marginality

, 10–12, 73, 75, 82–83, 107–108

social construction

, 10–13

Marginalization

into family and local community

, 111

metaphors for

, 110–111

process

, 10–11

Meaning making process

, 94

Media

, 2, 11, 64–65, 85, 107

agency

, 16

generations

, 32

repertoires

, 35–37

representation

, 2

use traditionalism

, 34–35

workers

, 11, 85

Media literacy

, 48–49

education

, 3

geragogy

, 121–122

support

, 120

training

, 120–121

Mediatization of society

, 64–65

Medication-dispensing robot

, 123

Metaphorical thinking

, 67–68

Metaphors

, 64, 66–67, 119

for marginalization

, 110–111

Modalities of agency theory

, 9

Moral agency

, 14

Multidisciplinary approach

, 2–4

National Audiovisual Institute (KAVI)

, 121

Naturalization

, 68

Negative marginality

, 108–109

New media

, 65

studies

, 3

Newspapers

, 85

findings

, 86–87

method

, 85–86

reflections on marginality and agency

, 88

Nongovernmental organizations (NGO)

, 120

Nonusers

, 107

Objectification

, 92–93, 96

Objectifying

, 65–66

Old age

, 31–32

Older internet (non) users

, 109, 119–120

Older internet users

, 107

Older people

, 1–4, 31, 115, 118

actions and choices

, 14

digital competences

, 47, 54, 60

diversity among older people in digital society

, 31–33

internet nonuse

, 41–46

internet use

, 33–41

marginality

, 12

relationship with internet and eHealth

, 9

self-esteem, self-concepts, and cognitive performance

, 11–12

use of ICTs

, 94

Oldest old

, 23–24, 118, 120

Online repertoires

, 35–37

Operational skills

, 49

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

, 12, 33–34, 52

Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)

, 38

Partner support

, 39

Passive social media use (PSMU)

, 39–40

Patterns of media use

, 35–36

Peer-to-peer teaching

, 120

Personal computers (PCs)

, 70

Personal data processing

, 102

Policy documents

, 116–117

Positive marginality

, 108–109

Potential vulnerability

, 103

Practice perspective

, 44

Predomestication

, 92

Problem-solving

, 51–53, 55–56

Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competences (PIAAC)

, 56

Proxy use

, 57–58

Psychological age

, 31

Psychology

, 9

Redomestication

, 92

Relationality

, 36

Representation

, 65

Research ethics

, 99

Researchers

, 107

Resistance

, 19

Responsibilization

, 122

Reverse domestication

, 92

Right to autonomy

, 103

Rights

, 101

Robotic medication-dispensing service

, 95

Robots

, 90, 95

ethics

, 90–91

literacy

, 26–27

Rural areas

, 4

Rural villages

diversity and agency in

, 77

findings

, 80–82

marginality and agency

, 82–83

method

, 79–80

modalities of agency theory

, 78–79

Safety

, 51–52, 55–56

Second-level digital divide

, 25–27

Self-marginalization

, 73

Semistructured interviews

, 94–96

Social age

, 31

Social and political empowerment of communities

, 11–12

Social constructionism

, 9–10

Social constructions

, 119

of agency

, 13–16

of marginality

, 10–13

Social gerontology

, 3

Social media

, 39, 45

literacy

, 26–27

Social psychology

, 2–3, 9

Social reality

, 66

Social representations

, 119–120

theory

, 9, 63, 69, 85

Social robot

, 93

Social studies of technology

, 3

Social support networks

, 39, 117, 122–123

Socially oriented approach

, 40

Societies

, 1

Sociodigital inequalities

, 23

Socioeconomic status (SES)

, 45

Sparsely populated area

, 4–5, 71, 95

Strategic skills

, 49

Subjectivation practices

, 42

Television watchers

, 38

Third age

, 32

Third-level digital divide

, 27–28

Traditional media

, 48

Transferability of research results

, 75

Tropes

, 64

Trust

, 50

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

, 53

Usage practices

, 42

User-centered design

, 122

User-centered perspective

, 36

Warm experts

, 57–58, 122–123

Well-being

, 39–40

World Health Organization (WHO)

, 89