User-Centered Design Strategies for Age-Friendly Mobile News Apps

Qianling Jiang, Liyuan Deng, Jie Zhang and Yu Pengbo

SAGE Open, 2024, vol. 14, issue 4, 21582440241285393

Abstract: With the increasing elderly population, catering to the digital news needs of the elderly has become increasingly crucial. This study employs factor analysis to explore the requirements and challenges of elderly individuals when using mobile news applications, aiming to provide strategies and directions for age-friendly design of mobile news applications. The research first summarizes a series of key factors that influence elderly users when using mobile news applications, categorizing them into three primary factors: usability and navigation, visual presentation and readability, and interaction and touch controls. Further entropy weight analysis reveals that the usability and navigation factor holds the highest priority for improvement, followed by visual presentation and readability, and lastly, interaction and touch controls. Based on these findings, we propose a series of age-friendly design strategies, including rational interface layout, clear text and images, and user-friendly interaction controls. These strategies not only enhance the digital news experience for elderly users but also offer valuable guidance and innovation for the field of mobile application design.

Keywords: age-friendly design; mobile news applications; elderly individuals; factor analysis; entropy weight (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1177/21582440241285393

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