Internet technology and social capital: How the internet affects seniors' social capital and wellbeing

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 202-220

  Sum, Shima ^a,b   Mathews, Mark R ^a   Pourghasem, Mohsen ^a,b   Hughes, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Internet; Older people; Social capital; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649109475     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2008.01437.x     Document Type: Article

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