Associate Professor of Sociology, La Trobe University
Raelene Wilding is Associate Professor, Sociology at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Her research explores how people use new technologies to maintain their families, intimate relationships and social connections. She has conducted research with older people from Australian-born and migrant backgrounds as well as young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds in rural and urban Australia. Her most recent book is Families, Intimacy and Globalization (Palgrave 2018).
The digital divide: small, social programs can help get seniors online
Aug 27, 2018 15:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
In Australia, use of the internet is almost universal. At last count, 86% of the population was digitally connected. Despite the continuing stereotype that many older people are not technologically savvy, or that they...
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