University College London, UK.
Public Underst Sci. 2023 Nov;32(8):948-968. doi: 10.1177/09636625231171677. Epub 2023 May 19.
Public attitudes towards technology have been studied extensively for decades, but older people were not largely involved in early studies. In recent years, with the trend of digitalisation and the rapid growth of the older population around the world, the attitudes of older people towards emerging technologies have attracted the attention of researchers. This article is a systematic review of 83 relevant studies, to summarise the factors that impact older adults' attitudes towards adopting and using technology. It is found that older people's attitudes are influenced by their personal characteristics, technology-related factors and the social context of technology adoption. The complex relationship between older people and technology is interpreted by researchers with the framing of older people's identity, the role of technology, the interaction of the above factors and the opportunity for older adults to act as co-designers.
几十年来，人们广泛研究了公众对技术的态度，但老年人在早期研究中并未广泛参与。近年来，随着数字化趋势和全球老年人口的快速增长，老年人对新兴技术的态度引起了研究人员的关注。本文对 83 项相关研究进行了系统回顾，总结了影响老年人对采用和使用技术的态度的因素。研究发现，老年人的态度受到其个人特征、与技术相关的因素和技术采用的社会背景的影响。研究人员通过老年人身份的框架、技术的作用、上述因素的相互作用以及老年人充当共同设计者的机会，来解释老年人与技术之间的复杂关系。
