IT and senior citizens: Using the Internet for empowering active citizenship

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 468-495

  Fuglsang, Lars ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Internet; Practice based theory; Senior citizens; Social learning theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144531252     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243905276500     Document Type: Review

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