Ageism and Technology: The Role of Internalized Stereotypes.
Ageist views have typically held that older persons are poor, frail, and resistant to change. One facet of this portrait of the older population has to do with their lower willingness and capability to learn and with their decreased openness to change (Cutler). Many of these ageist views are held by...
| Publicado en: | University of Toronto Quarterly Vol. 90; no. 2; pp. 127 - 140 |
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