Ethnographic research on the experience of Japanese elderly people online

New Media and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 267-288

  Kanayama, Tomoko ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging society; Computer mediated communication (CMC); Elderly people; Social relationships; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037839038     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444803005002007     Document Type: Article

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