Perception of Media Change: Analyzing Media Biographies of Older Peop...

Digitalization and its impact on societies is a broad field of current research. Much of this research focuses on children and adolescents. Older people, on the other hand, are underrepresented. However, the diffusion and societal appropriation of both digital media and mobile devices are also having a huge impact on seniors. Therefore, this paper asks from a media and communications perspective how media change is perceived by older people and what significance media have had in their everyday lives.