O IDOSO E O COMPUTADOR: UM ESTUDO DOS OBSTÁCULOS COMUNICACIONAIS / THE ELDERLY AND THE COMPUTER: A STUDY ABOUT COMMUNICATION OBSTACLES

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2004

RESUMO

The group of elderly people commonly called third age has been increasing considerably, what claims the need for a special attention from those who will get involved with the development of some projects which may establish a relation between elderly and products. We try to outstand sistematically the obstacles that are imposed for a good relation elderly-computer. All the alterations due to aging bound the elderly´s communication and particularly embarrass him, as his sociability becomes difficult as the world gets computerized. Data were collected, through interviews and surveys, in order to outfit the current interaction with the computer. The semiotical communicative analysis of this interaction of the elderly together with the obtained data showed that when the elderly overcomes the mentioned difficulties and intends to interact with the computer, has his self stem to raised becomes more sociable and creates new perspective for life.

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interaction computador usability idoso computer usabilidade old person semiotics semiotica interacao

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