Homeless young people's experiences with information systems: Life and work in a community technology center

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1291-1300

  Woelfer, Jill Palzkill ^a   Hendry, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

digital media; homelessness; identity; youth

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY CENTERS; DAILY LIVES; DIGITAL MEDIA; DIGITAL TOOLS; ONLINE IDENTITY;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DIGITAL DEVICES; DIGITAL STORAGE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; ROADS AND STREETS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 77954002173     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1753326.1753520     Document Type: Conference Paper

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