Social computing and older adults: Challenges with data loss and digital legacies
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Title
2019 International Conference on Cyberworlds (CW)
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
School
School of Science
RAS ID
29886
Abstract
The inability to recognise the value of data in the form of digital objects and digital assets held in virtual social environments amplifies the data loss legacy challenges for older adults. This study examines the data storage and transfer issues that arise when people pass away. Older people experience data loss when they engage with social digital environments. Social computing has different legacy practices for the transfer and mobility of digital assets to physical assets. Recognizing the value of digital assets in their monetary, historical, sentimental, and legal characteristics is critical to the reduction of unnecessary data loss under legacy conditions.
DOI
10.1109/CW.2019.00035
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Comments
Dissanayake, D., & Cook, D. (2019). Social computing and older adults: Challenges with data loss and digital legacies. In Proceedings of the IEEE 2019 International Conference on Cyberworlds (CW) (pp. 171-174). Available here