Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• Gender and Help Seeking by Older Adults When Learning New Technologies

  Rachel L. Franz, Leah Findlater, Barbara Barbosa Neves, Jacob O. Wobbrock (2019) — Proceedings of the 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS)

  This paper investigates whether the gender stereotype that men are more reluctant to ask for help applies in the context of older adults learning new technologies. The study was motivated by the observation that if older men avoid asking for help wit…

  • older adults
  • aging
  • gender
  • help seeking
  • technology self-efficacy
  • digital literacy
  • technology adoption
  • user study