Dr. Sigal Naim, PhD
Dr. Sigal Naim is a lecturer at the Department of Human Services at Yezreel Academic College and the Department of Health Systems Management at Academic Center for Law and Science, Israel. She is also the coordinator of the Center for Research and Study of Aging at the University of Haifa. She finished her doctoral studies at the Department of Communication Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, under the supervision of Professor Galit Nimrod and her post-doctoral studies at the Department of Communication, Ariel University, Israel, under the supervision of Professor Azi Lev-On. Her PhD thesis topic was elders on SNSs (mainly Facebook) – motivations, patterns of use, benefits and risks, and her post-doctoral work dealt with digital literacy in old age.
Research Interests:
- New-media and SNS in old age
- Digital literacy in old age
- Elders’ inequality, social exclusion/inclusion in old age
- Elder abuse and neglect, including self-neglect
- Aging policy
Keywords:
Qualitative research; Technology; Policy; Elder abuse; Quality of life
SDG Keywords:
Technological capabilities
She can be contacted at: snaim@univ.haifa.ac.il
