Technologies for fostering intergenerational connectivity and relationships: Scoping review and emergent concepts

Logan Reis, Kathryn Mercer and Jennifer Boger

Technology in Society, 2021, vol. 64, issue C

Abstract: The growing capabilities of technology are enabling increased support for communication and meaningful interactions that span distance, cultures, and generations. Interactions between youth (people younger than 19 years old) and older adults (people over 50 years old) have been shown to provide many benefits for both populations. Technology has a significant potential role to play in supporting intergenerational connectivity, however, little research has been done to specifically explore what role technology might have. This scoping review examines the literature to establish what technologies have been created or used to foster intergenerational interactions to infer overarching themes and propose directions for future research.

Keywords: Intergenerational; Older adults; Seniors; Youth; Generations; Technology; Review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2020.101494

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