Non invasive Tele-assistance through Digital Television: study Television habit use by elderly people

Authors

  • Álvaro Pérez-Ugena y Coromina Rey Juan Carlos University
  • Álvaro Salas Martínez Rey Juan Carlos University
  • Ricardo Vizcaíno Laorga Rey Juan Carlos University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4185/10.4185/RLCS-64-2009-850-632-645

Keywords:

elderly, use of television, technology, tele-assistance

Abstract

Television habits of use by elderly people are an obligated reference when designing tele-assistance tools through digital television. Our working premise needed to corroborate and update previous research data; as a consequence of our research we found that 88% of elderly people watch television every day, percentage that increases another 5% that also used “almost every day”. We must emphasize the fact that elderly women watch television slightly more than men (4.57 hours a day compared to 4.37), and the fact that the use of television increases when the elderly doesn´t live alone. The research has also revealed that the consumption of television increases gradually in relation to the number of people living with the elderly. These references, added to the tool application “the teapot” originated in Asia, has made possible the development of Calisto´s project, an application adapted to the European culture through digital television; innovation, experience and cultural differences in the interest of elderly people.

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Author Biographies

Álvaro Pérez-Ugena y Coromina, Rey Juan Carlos University

Prof. Dr. Contratado. Department of Communication Sciences I. Faculty of Communication of the Rey Juan Carlos University. He is a professor of Communication Structure and of the Master in Communication and Sociocultural Problems at URJC.

He is a member of the James B. Connant Advanced Research Group and the Gicomsoc Research Group. Principal investigator of projects such as Ulises and Calisto related to disability and ICT.

Founding member of the Cepacc network and the Llss network for accessibility in the media and the promotion of sign language. He participates in the Hermes project, in collaboration with Moviquity and the Carlos III University.

He has national and international publications: ULISES and the Deaf Community (2008) Ed. Observatory of social realities

Álvaro Salas Martínez, Rey Juan Carlos University

Álvaro Salas Martínez has a degree in advertising and a PhD student on the Master's degree in social and cultural problems in the media at the Rey Juan Carlos University, CCOM Department 1. He participated as a research fellow in the Calisto project.

Ricardo Vizcaíno Laorga, Rey Juan Carlos University

Professed Acting Head of the Department of Communication Sciences I. Faculty of Communication of the Rey Juan Carlos University.

He is a doctor and graduate in Information Sciences and a graduate in Education Sciences. Professor of Design of Journalistic Information and Graphic Design and of the Master in Communication and Sociocultural Problems at the URJC.

His current lines of research include: Internet uses, disability, immigration, political communication and education. He is a member of the Gicomsoc research group and together with the disability area he has worked on the issue of immigration. I.P. in projects like Ulises and Calisto.

Among his many publications, we highlight “New challenges of accessibility in the media” Rev Trans n2 2007. National: ULISES and the Deaf Community (2008) Ed. Observatory of social realities.

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Published

2009-02-02

How to Cite

Pérez-Ugena y Coromina, Álvaro, Salas Martínez, Álvaro, & Vizcaíno Laorga, R. . (2009). Non invasive Tele-assistance through Digital Television: study Television habit use by elderly people. Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, (64), 632–645. https://doi.org/10.4185/10.4185/RLCS-64-2009-850-632-645

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