Investigating social network patterns within an empathic online community for older people

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1139-1155

  Pfeil, Ulrike ^a   Zaphiris, Panayiotis ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Ageing; CMC; Empathic online communities; Older people; Online discussion board; Social interactions; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

AGEING; CMC; EMPATHIC ONLINE COMMUNITIES; OLDER PEOPLE; ONLINE DISCUSSION BOARD; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS;

COMMUNICATION; E-LEARNING; EDUCATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; INTERNET; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 67650076444     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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