Older adults and the new public sphere

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-7

  Bloch, Naomi ^a   Bruce, Bertram C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Civic engagement community inquiry; Community informatics; Digital literacy; Information behavior; Information policy; Media literacy; Older adults; Open government; Participatory culture; Social networks

Indexed keywords

AGING; CIVIC ENGAGEMENT; COMMUNITY INFORMATICS; DIGITAL LITERACY; INFORMATION BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION POLICY; MEDIA LITERACY; OLDER ADULTS; OPEN GOVERNMENT; PARTICIPATORY CULTURE; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNET; SPHERES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 79952610255     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1940761.1940762     Document Type: Conference Paper

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