"RIV/00216208:11230/14:10272035!RIV15-MSM-11230___" . "RIV/00216208:11230/14:10272035" . . . . "The aim of this chapter is to set up a theoretical framework that will enable us to see three inter-related phenomena: new media, the way in which they are used by elderly people, and the management of new social risks. Elderly people and the generational aspects in their use of new media - the way they deploy them to deal with new risks - are in the centre of our interest here. There are no doubts that new media have the potential to increase the quality of life in the old age. I will also argue that both the use of new media and the treatment of new risks bring about accumulation of individualization and that this kind of parallelism eventually presents a massive threat to %22ontological security%22" . . . "1"^^ . . "edition lumi\u00E9re" . "Reifov\u00E1, Irena" . "1"^^ . . . "I" . "The aim of this chapter is to set up a theoretical framework that will enable us to see three inter-related phenomena: new media, the way in which they are used by elderly people, and the management of new social risks. Elderly people and the generational aspects in their use of new media - the way they deploy them to deal with new risks - are in the centre of our interest here. There are no doubts that new media have the potential to increase the quality of life in the old age. I will also argue that both the use of new media and the treatment of new risks bring about accumulation of individualization and that this kind of parallelism eventually presents a massive threat to %22ontological security%22"@en . . . "9"^^ . "Bremen" . "http://www.researchingcommunication.eu/SUSObook201314.pdf" . . . "Ontological Security in the Digital Age : The Case of Elderly People Using New Media"@en . "375"^^ . "Ontological Security in the Digital Age : The Case of Elderly People Using New Media"@en . "The Researching and Teaching Communication Series" . "11230" . "978-3-943245-28-8" . "elderly people; risk society; new media"@en . "Media Practice and Everyday Agency in Europe" . "Ontological Security in the Digital Age : The Case of Elderly People Using New Media" . . . "Ontological Security in the Digital Age : The Case of Elderly People Using New Media" . "34610" . "[6733D4528B1A]" .