ON THE MARGINS OF THE PANDEMIC. A GLOSS ON THE DIGITAL EXCLUSION OF OLDER PEOPLE

Violetta KRAWCZYK-WASILEWSKA¹

Zmiana społeczna, pandemia- jako kategorie analizy współczesnego społeczeństwa

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 2 (113) 2022,  Publication date: 30 June 2022

Article No. 20220630171813899

Keywords: senior citizens, digital exclusion, COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract The aim of this article is to draw attention to the total or partial digital exclusion of older people, who make up almost 20% of the Polish population. This issue became painfully apparent especially during the COVID-19 pandemic due to epidemiological orders and procedures based on digital techno-logy, which created a sense of helplessness and social exclusion among seniors, often paid for by stress, illness and death. The pandemic has highlighted that the well-being of seniors requires their urgent education in the use of in-formation and communication technologies, but also - social empathy on the part of bureaucrats represented by younger generations.

1. Instytut Entologii i Antropologii Kulturowej, Wydział Filozoficzno-Historyczny Uniwersytet Łódzki, Polska

   E-mail: violetta.wasilewska@uni.lodz.pl

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