Influencing technology adoption by older adults

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 502-509

  Hanson, Vicki L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Digital economy; Inclusion; Information seeking; Older adults; Technology acceptance

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INCLUSIONS;

CURRENT PROBLEMS; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; DIGITAL ECONOMY; INFORMATION SEARCH; INFORMATION SEEKING; OLDER ADULTS; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 78149464330     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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