Social support in empathic online communities for older people

People and Computers XXI HCI.But Not as We Know It - Proceedings of HCI 2007: The 21st British HCI Group Annual Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Pfeil, Ulrike ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Empathy; Older people; Online communities; Social interaction; Support

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SUPPORTS;

DAILY LIVES; EMPATHY; OFFLINE; OLDER PEOPLE; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84860522947     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.14236/ewic/hci2007.28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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