Survival needs and social inclusion: Technology use among the homeless

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 445-448

  Roberson, Jahmeilah ^a   Nardi, Bonnie ^a  

^a 5226 Donald Bren Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital technologies; Homeless; Social inclusion

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES; ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY; HOMELESS PEOPLE; LOS ANGELES; RESEARCH REPORTS; SOCIAL INCLUSION; SOCIAL TIES; TECHNOLOGY USE;

GROUPWARE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77950878746     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1718918.1718993     Document Type: Conference Paper

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