Computers and Aging: Marking Raced, Classed and Gendered Inequalities

Angela Crow Georgia Southern University

Abstract

This article begins with an overview of cognitive psychology research on the effects of aging on literacy and suggests the additional complications facing older adults who consume and produce text within the frame of technology, particularly on-line usage. From an overview, the text moves to patterns corporations are using to target older adults, namely as consumers and as producers. The text then explores the use of philanthropy in the corporate literacy initiatives and suggests that there are complicated issues at hand in attempting to integrate the knowledge of aging and corporate strategies into our technical writing classrooms because we enter this discussion concerned about non-traditional students, older adults who are challenged to participate in contemporary literacy initiatives, and ourselves as aging participants as well. The article ends with suggestions of possible ways of addressing concerns regarding aging.

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Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
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2002-01-01
DOI
10.2190/en39-2t10-heay-bktn
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  1. Communication Design Quarterly
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  3. Rhetoric Review
  4. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
  5. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

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