The Senior Internet User: Lessons From The Cybernun Study

Abstract

<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0.6in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do senior citizens view computers? What can help or hinder their use of today’s digital technologies? </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">“The Cybernun Study: Religious Sisters, Life Satisfaction and Computer Use” examined computer use and life satisfaction of senior religious sisters; also addressing computer usability concerns of senior citizens. A sample was obtained of 103 nuns in Upstate New York.; self-identified as computer users (CU) or non-users (NU). Nuns completed demographic information, two structured surveys and responded to additional semi-structured questions in selected interviews. Analysis of the open-ended responses found interesting differences in sister’s perceptions of computer use. </span></span></span></p>