Social Class, Digital Capital and Practices for Staying Connected of Older People During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Older adults are among the ones most exposed to social isolation because they’ve stayed at home for much longer during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research aims through multiple correspondence analysis being made along the axis of questions about what media use practice older adults have for coping w...

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Main Authors: Özgür Arun, Mutlu Binark, Duygu Özsoy Taylan, Beren Kandemir, Gül Şahinkaya
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Published: Istanbul University Press 2022-12-01
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description Older adults are among the ones most exposed to social isolation because they’ve stayed at home for much longer during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research aims through multiple correspondence analysis being made along the axis of questions about what media use practice older adults have for coping with feelings of isolation, how they stay in touch with their social environment, and what kind of relationship their practices for coping with the feeling of isolation and for staying connected to their social environment have to their social status. The research focuses on the decisive roles of digital capital and social status. Television is seen to help older adults the most in overcoming the feeling of isolation, followed by telephone and smartphone calls, respectively. Older adults with higher social status tend to have higher digital capital and accordingly also use more diverse means of communicating to access quality information. The multiple correspondence analysis has revealed digital inequality to be an extension of social, economic, and cultural inequalities.
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spelling doaj-art-5cd89f5e709547e98b4f59d57172b18d2025-08-20T03:52:47ZdeuIstanbul University Pressİstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi2667-69312022-12-0142238741010.26650/SJ.2022.42.2.0016123456Social Class, Digital Capital and Practices for Staying Connected of Older People During the COVID-19 PandemicÖzgür Arun0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6232-0785Mutlu Binark1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7458-5203Duygu Özsoy Taylan2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9025-5909Beren Kandemir3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6519-2662Gül Şahinkaya4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2092-8653Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Antalya, TurkiyeHacettepe Üniversitesi, Ankara, TurkiyeMersin Üniversitesi, Mersin, TurkiyeHacettepe Üniversitesi, Ankara, TurkiyeAkdeniz Üniversitesi, Antalya, TurkiyeOlder adults are among the ones most exposed to social isolation because they’ve stayed at home for much longer during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research aims through multiple correspondence analysis being made along the axis of questions about what media use practice older adults have for coping with feelings of isolation, how they stay in touch with their social environment, and what kind of relationship their practices for coping with the feeling of isolation and for staying connected to their social environment have to their social status. The research focuses on the decisive roles of digital capital and social status. Television is seen to help older adults the most in overcoming the feeling of isolation, followed by telephone and smartphone calls, respectively. Older adults with higher social status tend to have higher digital capital and accordingly also use more diverse means of communicating to access quality information. The multiple correspondence analysis has revealed digital inequality to be an extension of social, economic, and cultural inequalities.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/B716690C0C9A46799C0E9EAB64BC6DD2older peoplecovid-19social classdigital capitalstaying connectedcorrespondence analysis
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Social Class, Digital Capital and Practices for Staying Connected of Older People During the COVID-19 Pandemic
İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi
older people
covid-19
social class
digital capital
staying connected
correspondence analysis
title Social Class, Digital Capital and Practices for Staying Connected of Older People During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full Social Class, Digital Capital and Practices for Staying Connected of Older People During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_fullStr Social Class, Digital Capital and Practices for Staying Connected of Older People During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Social Class, Digital Capital and Practices for Staying Connected of Older People During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_short Social Class, Digital Capital and Practices for Staying Connected of Older People During the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort social class digital capital and practices for staying connected of older people during the covid 19 pandemic
topic older people
covid-19
social class
digital capital
staying connected
correspondence analysis
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