The Involuntary Experience of Digital Exclusion Among Older Adults: A Taxonomy and Theoretical Framework.
The emerging phenomenon of digital exclusion raises an important issue that not everyone is equally engaged in and can benefit from the digital world. Older adults are particularly susceptible to digital exclusion, but a comprehensive conceptual treatment of digital exclusion in older adults is lack...
| Publicado en: | American Psychologist Vol. 81; no. 3; pp. 360 - 374 |
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American Psychological Association
Apr2026
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