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Intergenerational Connections in Digital Families

This book provides a comprehensive review of how digital communication technology can help families network and communicate across generations, despite differences in family composition, residential location, cultural values and orientations. Covering the full spectrum of intergenerational relations...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taipale, Sakari (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : 2019.
Imprint: Springer,
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
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Online Access:Full-text access
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Digital Families
  • What is Digital Family?
  • Technological Drivers and Social Changes
  • Beyond family generations
  • Part II: Roles, Duties, and Practice
  • Warm Experts 2.0
  • Digital Housekeeping
  • The Big Meaning of Small Messages
  • Intergenerational Solidarity
  • Part III: Implications and Conclusions
  • Technologies of Re-familisation
  • Toward a Positive Approach to Digital Families
  • Appendix: Methods and data.