Everyday information behavior of older Americans / William Aspray -- Information, knowledge, and successful aging / William Jones -- One senior citizen's information ecosystem and infrastructure / James W. Cortada -- AARP and its competitors as information providers / William Aspray -- Age and technology in action / Claudia Grisales Bohorquez, Marilyn Kay, Noah Lenstra, and Kate Williams -- Health insurance literacy and older adults / Emily Vardell -- Active aging in the era of smart devices / Pallabi Bhowmick, Clara Caldeira, Kay Connelly, Ben Jelen, Novia Nurain, and Katie A. Siek -- Telephone-based communities for information and social connectedness / Robin N. Brewer and Mary Janevic -- Not your grandparents' family tree : practices of privacy in genetic genealogical networks / Judith Pintar -- The "one hundred percent corner" : situational awareness and successful aging in community / David Hopping -- Mapping the research on digital information issues for older adults / Unmil Karadkar.
Summary:
"Information Issues for Older Americans brings together leading faculty from the leading Information Schools to examine information needs, behavior, and policy related to older Americans"-- Provided by publisher.
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