20.500.12556/RUL-139059 A typology of aging internet users exploring digital gradations in internet skills and uses Research suggests that older internet users are not a homogeneous group of users, as their level of digital inclusion varies widely, depending not only on their age, but also on their socio-demographic background, internet access characteristics, and the availability of social resources associated with “age-graded” life events (e.g., retirement and widowhood). This study presents a typology of internet users in late middle and late adulthood according to their levels of skills and uses and examines how socio-demographic characteristics, social networks and resources, and internet access shape differences between groups. Based on representative survey data, cluster analysis was used to identify four groups of users aged 50+: Apprehensive, Level- headed, Savvy, and Reluctant users. Three main conclusions emerge from their comparison. First, both internet skills and uses need to be considered, as more skills do not always lead to more varied use and the relationship is affected by access characteristics and proxy internet use. Second, socio-demographics remain critical in explaining gradations in digital inclusion, but their effects must be contextualized. Not all younger older adults were highly digitally engaged, so their broader life contexts need to be considered. Third, social networks and resources had little impact on aging internet users’ digital engagement. internet skills older adults social support typology cluster analysis digital divide internet use uporabniki interneta digitalni razkorak družbena omrežja true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2022-08-29 14:37:20 2022-08-29 14:37:24 2023-10-24 12:24:29 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2023 0 0 Str. 1921-1940 iss. 5 Vol. 41 Oct. 2023 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 316.472.4:004.738.5-052 0894-4393 10.1177/08944393221117753 119492867 Petrovcic_et_al_SSCR_koncna.pdf Petrovcic_et_al_SSCR_koncna.pdf 1 216EE979A11CB1ABFB6FCBF096DB1E07 7c5c071aa304b79e6d0969c3c9b0ba0f3e3ba754a27c739a50c13699f6147a7f 81b5f427-5b86-11ee-be43-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=175756 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08944393221117753 0 98867b4e-5b86-11ee-be43-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=175760 Fakulteta za družbene vede 0 0 0