... beyond digital access
The project team met up mid-May in the beautiful Cockerham countryside near Lancaster to discuss progress and plans for the various research strands of the project. Judith also gave an introduction on how she sees her role developing over the coming months. Pleased to say the weather was set fair. UCL began their series of 7 day diary studies with […]
April was a good month because, in addition to Easter eggs and forging ahead with more Social Justice lens interviews, we also welcomed Judith Tsouvalis to the team here at Lancaster! Judith’s particular focus will be on how the concept of ‘older adult’ is constructed in the Sociotechnical Imaginaries (STIs) of digital futures advocates, including the Government, digi tech companies, […]
At Lancaster, an initial set of pilot interviews (relating to the ‘Social Justice’ research strand of the project) has been conducted with older adults at a local community centre. A project has been set up for these interviews within ATLAS.ti, using a number of a priori categories and codes (primarily participant attribute codes) in preparation for qualitative data analysis. Recordings […]
Following ethics approval earlier this month, some time has been spent refining interview questions for the Social Justice lens. Julia made contact and visited a well-used local community centre on a couple of occasions, and we’ve been fortunate that they’ve offered support in hosting and helping us recruit for the first set of around 20 interviews. The intention is for […]
Following the first meeting at Lancaster in October 2022, the project team met at the UCL Interaction Centre (UCLIC) on the 26th and 27th January to discuss progress and to welcome Ewan to the team. On Thursday, and as part of an open Q & A format, Bran, Aneesha and Caroline provided details of their respective research strands, Julia gave […]
An annual event put on by Lloyds Banking Group this morning, following publication of their 2022 UK Consumer Digital Index report, which they describe as “The UK’s largest study of digital and financial lives and the Essential Digital Skills measure”. Data was collected by Ipsos using phone interviews with 4,099 adults selected to be representative of the UK population, with […]
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