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Technology and the Grandparent-Grandchild Relationship: Learning and Interaction
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Hunt, Donna Marie
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1341345006
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2012, Master of Liberal Studies, University of Toledo, Liberal Studies.
Abstract
This study uses a survey exploring the grandparent-grandchild relationship to investigate how grandparents learn to use technological devices and specifically whether grandchildren are a source or aid in this process. This study concurrently investigates the use of technology as an intergenerational communication tool. Convenience sampling of grandparents reveals that grandchildren play a moderate to significant role in grandparents’ learning of technological devices. Moreover, this study confirms grandparents’ high level of satisfaction in the learning process, along with interest and desire to interact with grandchildren at the technological level.
Committee
Jacqueline Layng, PhD (Committee Chair)
James Benjamin, PhD (Committee Member)
Lawrence Anderson, PhD (Committee Member)
Subject Headings
Communication
Keywords
Grandparents
;
Intergenerational Communication
;
Technology
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Hunt, D. M. (2012).
Technology and the Grandparent-Grandchild Relationship: Learning and Interaction
[Master's thesis, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1341345006
APA Style (7th edition)
Hunt, Donna.
Technology and the Grandparent-Grandchild Relationship: Learning and Interaction.
2012. University of Toledo, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1341345006.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Hunt, Donna. "Technology and the Grandparent-Grandchild Relationship: Learning and Interaction." Master's thesis, University of Toledo, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1341345006
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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