Ageing, social capital and the Internet: Findings from an exploratory study of Australian 'silver surfers'

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 78-82

  Russell, Cherry ^a   Campbell, Andrew ^a   Hughes, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Information and communications technologies; Internet research; Social capital; Social networks

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 42449141086     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2008.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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