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Ageing + Communication + Technologies (ACT) is a multi-methodological research project that brings together researchers and institutional and community partners to address the transformation of the experiences of ageing with the proliferation of new forms of mediated communications in networked societies. ACT is comprised of researchers, students, and community and institutional partners from around the world. Together, we are investigating how ‘digital ageism' - the individual and systemic biases that create forms of inclusion and exclusion that are age-related - operates in subtle ways at this time. Through our collective and collaborative research, we provide an analysis that comes from our engagement with individuals and communities of elders and suggest strategies for change... At ACT, we aim to create enduring and meaningful partnerships and connections across academic institutions and non-academic organizations while transforming public discourses and understandings of age and..