노년기 디지털 콘텐츠 제작 경험을 통하여 살펴본 능동적인 디지털 에이징 과정

Abstract

This study explored the digital aging experiences of older adults who create digital content from the perspective that older adults
 are active participants in the current digital society. Eight older adults who had been creating digital content for at least six months shared
 their experiences. The interview data were analyzed based on the Grounded Theory. Findings indicated that the participants showed common
 psychological characteristics, life experience characteristics, and social and environmental factors in later life that became the foundation
 for digital content creation. In the introductory stage of digital content creation, older adults passively utilized available resources. As they progressed to the more sophisticated stage of creating digital content, they actively interacted with existing resources and developed digital
 skills. They minimized the negative influences of obstacles in the digital aging process by utilizing the resources they already had. Digital
 content creation made them experience active aging and it allowed them to continue digital content creation. This experience led to the
 virtuous cycle structure of digital content production. Based on these results, intervention strategies for digital aging in middle and old age
 and educational methods to improve digital competence for older adults were discussed.