Mobile Use, Digital Capital and Third Agers in China

This research explores how people in China of retirement age, called ‘third agers’, use mobile phone and apps. Drawing from the framework of successful ageing, it examines third agers’ daily mobile use and reveals the relationship between mobile use and social engagement, physical health and mental...

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Main Author: Guo, Chen
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2020
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82666
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description This research explores how people in China of retirement age, called ‘third agers’, use mobile phone and apps. Drawing from the framework of successful ageing, it examines third agers’ daily mobile use and reveals the relationship between mobile use and social engagement, physical health and mental well-being. This research project comes to the conclusion that accumulated digital literacy among third agers is helping them to adapt to change. This adaptation is critical to their quality of life.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-826662021-02-25T01:25:28Z Mobile Use, Digital Capital and Third Agers in China Guo, Chen This research explores how people in China of retirement age, called ‘third agers’, use mobile phone and apps. Drawing from the framework of successful ageing, it examines third agers’ daily mobile use and reveals the relationship between mobile use and social engagement, physical health and mental well-being. This research project comes to the conclusion that accumulated digital literacy among third agers is helping them to adapt to change. This adaptation is critical to their quality of life. 2020 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82666 Curtin University fulltext
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title_short Mobile Use, Digital Capital and Third Agers in China
title_sort mobile use, digital capital and third agers in china
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82666