Should we be concerned that the Elderly don't text?

Information Society

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 334-341

  Ling, Rich ^a,b,c  

^a TELENOR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Design; Elderly persons; Inclusion; Mobile communication; Texting

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949102592     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240802356125     Document Type: Article

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