148227 20260219090931.0 doi 10.1163/15691497-12341661 sideral 138960 ART-2024-138960 eng Mairal-Llebot, María Universidad de Zaragoza Older People and Connectivity: How Has the Pandemic Changed the Older Population’s Use of ICT¿s and Social Networks? 2024 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered numerous changes in our lives. Digital tools have made it possible to continue with the development of tasks or activities of multiple kinds. This fact has not bypassed the elderly who often find themselves in a situation of inequality caused by the generational digital divide. Using a mixed methodology combining quantitative and qualitative techniques, this study aims to understand and analyze how this situation has influenced the use of ICT¿s and social networks by the elderly. The research participants are 415 students from the University of Experience of a Spanish university aged 55–84 years old. The results obtained show changes in the way participants relate to technology since the beginning of the pandemic in terms of time and purpose. It also highlights the need to take measures to combat the generational digital divide, a problem that older people recognize as their own. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 0.4 2024 0.211 2024 Development 2024 Q3 Education 2024 Q3 Social Sciences (miscellaneous) 2024 Q3 Geography, Planning and Development 2024 Q3 Political Science and International Relations 2024 Q3 Health (social science) 2024 Q4 1.0 2024 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Latorre-Cosculluela, Cecilia Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-6083-8759 Liesa-Orús, Marta Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-9685-8399 Cored-Bandrés, Sergio Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-9563-6789 4001 215 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ciencias de la Educación Área Didáctica y Organiz. Esc. 22, 3-4 (2024), 265-283 Perspectives on Global Development and Technology 1569-1497 220897 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/148227/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 1158806 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/148227/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:148227 articulos driver 2026-02-19-09:00:16 ARTICLE