文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：A survey of technology accessibility problems faced by older users in China

作者：Yao, Dengfeng[1];Qiu, Yunfeng[2];Huang, Hairui[3];Du, Zaixin[4];Ma, Jianqing[5]

第一作者：姚登峰

通讯作者：Yao, DF[1]

机构：[1]Beijing Union Univ, Special Educ Coll, Beijing 100075, Peoples R China;[2]Jingchu Univ Technol, Foreign Language Sch, Jingmen 448000, Hubei, Peoples R China;[3]Huanggang Disabled Persons Federat, Huanggang 438000, Hubei, Peoples R China;[4]Hubei Disabled Persons Federat, Wuhan 430000, Hubei, Peoples R China;[5]China50plus Inc, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China

第一机构：北京联合大学特殊教育学院

通讯机构：[1]corresponding author), Beijing Union Univ, Special Educ Coll, 1A 2nd Lane Puhuangyu Rd, Beijing 100075, Peoples R China.|[1141759]北京联合大学特殊教育学院;[11417]北京联合大学;

年份：2011

卷号：10

期号：4

起止页码：373-390

外文期刊名：UNIVERSAL ACCESS IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY

收录：;EI(收录号：20114514492815);Scopus(收录号：2-s2.0-80255137156);WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:000300161700003)，SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000300161700003)】；

基金：Our thanks to the China Ministry of Education and IBM for funding this work, and to Dr. Peter Kelly for his contributions to the revision of this paper.

语种：英文

外文关键词：Accessibility; Survey; Older users; Internet

摘要：Internet accessibility for older users has become an important issue to promote inclusion and participation in the Information Society. This paper proposes an investigation into the technology accessibility problems faced by older users in China. The research reported here was conducted by means of an exploratory survey with a Web-based questionnaire and discussions with older users at meetings. The study had 180 valid answers and involved representatives from each of the 25 provinces of China. The results show that 39% of the participants cannot or can only partially access information, because of various kinds of accessibility problems. Many participants indicated that the main problems in accessing the Internet were health barriers, circumstances barriers, and Internet design barrier. The possible reason for these difficulties could be that the government doesn't foster a social environment conducive to helping the elderly to get online and that it does not provide services for the elderly designed to help them access information electronically. The poor rate of accessibility industry for the elderly, as well as the lack of Chinese accessibility laws, is an important issue that must be dealt with to promote greater Internet accessibility for the elderly.