认同伦理视角下老年人数字身份的“遮蔽”与“解蔽”

The“Masking”and“Unveiling”of the Digital Identity of the Elderly from the Perspective of Identity Ethics

随着数字技术的迅猛迭代,老年人融入数字社会过程中遭遇日益凸显的“数字鸿沟”挑战。在这一背景下,数字身份认同作为老年人与数字世界紧密相连的桥梁,不仅关乎老年人在数字时代基本生存需求的满足,更是其本体性彰显、自主性发展的核心要素以及衡量其数字社会融入程度的关键尺度。然而,受制于技术、社会、心理等多维度因素的影响,老年人在构建与维系数字身份的过程中,面临着多维度、深层次的挑战,这些挑战交织为现实与虚拟的界限模糊、权威与卑微的身份冲突以及意义感与虚空感交汇等困境,严重“遮蔽”了其数字身份的充分展现。破解这一难题,构建一个集技术关怀为基石、他者认同为助力、老年人自我认同为核心的综合实践框架尤为重要。该框架旨在通过数字技术的乐老化创新,彰显对老年人的技术关怀,缩小“数字鸿沟”;同时,促进社会、家庭对老年人数字身份的正面认知与接纳,以他者视角的认同为助力,跨越“数字代沟”;更显著的是,激发老年人主动构建数字化生活方式,增强对自身数字身份价值的认同与积极塑造,消弭“数字难沟”。借此,帮助老年人实现良好的数字化生存愿景。

With the rapid iteration of digital technology,the integration of the elderly into the digital society is facing an increasing⁃ly significant digital divide challenge.In this context,digital identity,as a bridge between the elderly and the digital world,is not only related to the satisfaction of the basic survival needs of the elderly in the digital age,but also the core element of their ontological mani⁃festation and independent development,and the key measure to measure their integration into the digital society.However,influenced by multi-dimensional factors such as technology,society and psychology,the elderly are faced with multi-dimensional and deep-seat⁃ed challenges in the process of building and maintaining their digital identities.These challenges are intertwined into such dilemmas as blurred boundaries between reality and virtuality,conflicts between authority and humble identities,and the intersection of sense of meaning and vanity,which seriously“obscures”the full display of their digital identities.To solve this problem,it is particularly im⁃portant to build a comprehensive practical framework that integrates technical care as the cornerstone,others’identity as the help,and the self-identity of the elderly as the core.The framework aims to show the technical care for the elderly and narrow the“digital di⁃vide”through the innovation of digital technology.At the same time,promote the positive recognition and acceptance of the digital i⁃dentity of the elderly by society and families,and help the recognition of the other perspective to cross the“digital generation gap”;More significantly,it encourages the elderly to actively build a digital lifestyle,enhances their recognition and positive shaping of their digital identity value,and eliminates the“digital gap”.In this way,a superb digital survival vision for the elderly can be realized.