Towards iTV services for older people: exploring their interactions with online video portals in different cultural backgrounds
Loading...
Date
2014
Authors
Sayago Barrantes, Sergio
Blat, Josep
Ferreira, Susan M.
Other authors
Impact
Export
Share
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Abstract
With a growing ageing population and the advent of interactive TV (iTV), understanding how older people use iTV services is a timely and important task. Working towards this end, this paper reports on in situ conversations of, and observations with, almost 400 older people, with different levels of educational attainment and experience with ICTs, while talking about and using online video portals and similar interactive systems in Spain, Brazil and Denmark. The results show more similarities than differences in their reasons for adopting online video portals and patterns of use. All our participants used these portals for keeping or remaining in touch with people they trusted.
The results also show that privacy online was a common concern to all the participants. Differences in the acceptance of e-government services and the type of content that drove most of their interactions were also found. Implications for designing more accessible and meaningful iTV services are discussed.
Related resource
Citation
Journal or Serie
Technology and Disability, 2014, vol. 26, núm 4, p. 199-209