Aging Studies: Ageing and Technology : Perspectives from the Social Sciences ...

Ageing and Technology: Perspectives from the Social Sciences\nby Emma Dominguez-Rue\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Emma Dominguez-Rue\nTitle: Ageing and Technology: Perspectives from the Social Sciences\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Cultural studies\nPublisher: Transcript Verlag\nPublication year: 2016\nISBN-13: 9783837629576\nISBN-10: 3837629570\nRRP: \u00A341.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThe booming increase of the senior population has become a social phenomenon and a challenge to our societies, and technological advances have undoubtedly contributed to improve the lives of elderly citizens in numerous aspects. In current debates on technology, however, the \""human factor\"" is often largely ignored. The ageing individual is rather seen as a malfunctioning mach.