'Getting on': Older New Zealanders' perceptions of computing

New Media and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 219-245

  Richardson, Margaret ^a,b   Weaver, C Kay ^a   Zorn Jr , Theodore E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ageing; Computers; Discourse; Gender; Government policy; ICTs; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 17044367406     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444805050763     Document Type: Article

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