Dignified Aging in the Digital Age? (Part II)

Monday, 7 July 2025: 15:00-16:45
Location: SJES005 (Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences (JES))
WG10 Digital Sociology (host committee)
RC06 Family Research
RC11 Sociology of Aging
RC07 Futures Research
RC03 Community Research
TG03 Human Rights and Global Justice

Language: English

The session focuses on the main problems older adults have in adapting to digital technology. How diverse and often non-user-friendly digital apps and devices engender older men and women's enjoyment of the human right to dignify ageing, autonomy, and overall thriving? Even though the „truth“ of the life cycle is inevitably one of stability and predictability, digitally enforced constant change puts the elderly cohort under pressure to adjust to an ever-changing, technically conditioned life continuously. Ableism and agism saturated violence against serenity and habituated living, bringing insecurity and destabilisation from outside and within, making them feel not only bodily but mentally inadequate to live in dignity as they failed to keep pace with a digitally frenzied world. Where is justice in all this?
Session Organizers:
Ana VUKOVIC, Institute of Social Sciences, Serbia and Prof. Jelica STEFANOVIC STAMBUK, University of Belgrade Faculty of Political Sciences, Serbia
Chair:
Prof. Jelica STEFANOVIC STAMBUK, University of Belgrade Faculty of Political Sciences, Serbia
Oral Presentations
Digital (Il)Literacy and (Un)Dignified Ageing in Contemporary Europe: Comparing Statistical Data for Serbia, Bih, and Montenegro
Ana VUKOVIC, Institute of Social Sciences, Serbia
The “Grey Digital Divide”: A Longitudinal Analysis of ICT Attitudes Among Italian Older Adults
Claudio MELCHIOR, University of Udine, Italy
The Role of “Warm Experts” and the Digital Care Relationship in the Digital Integration of the Elderly
Abdurrahman KÜLTÜR, Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Sociology, Turkey
Challenges of Implementing Digital Technologies in Long-Term Elderly Care: The Case of Russia
Olga BORODKINA, St Petersburg University, Russian Federation; Konstantin MISHENICHEV, InDrive, Kazakhstan
Digital Technologies in Health Care Practices Among Senior Citizens of Russian Megacities
Elena BOGOMIAGKOVA, St. Petersburg State University, Russian Federation; Ekaterina OREKH, St.Petersburg state University, Russia
A Systematic Review on the Role of Digital Technology in Accessing Healthcare Services and Its Association with the Well-Being of Older Adults
Sarika RAI, India
Transnational Care, Digital Literacy and Ageing in Emigration Areas: Eastern Serbia Case Study
Jelena DESPIC, Serbia; Sanja CUKUT KRILIĆ, Slovenia
Distributed Papers
Diversity of Online Activities and Social Adaptability Among Older Chinese Adults: The Moderating Role of Health Status
Jia (Jessica) LI, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; WANG QI, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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