Information and information technology use shows age-related patterns. This presentation outlines a approach of age-related trajectories of how information and technology use surface as challenges during the life-course of individuals based on trajectories of relative exposure to different types of information technologies and information that unfold as real options in everyday-life.
Isto Huvila is professor in information studies at the Department of ALM, Uppsala University, Sweden. In 2019/20 Huvila worked as a visiting professor at the School of Information at UBC. His primary areas of research include information and knowledge management, information work, documentation, and participatory information practices.