'Without it I am nothing': The internet in the lives of older immigrants

New Media and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 583-599

  Khvorostianov, Natalia ^a   Elias, Nelly ^a   Nimrod, Galit ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

ageing; coping; elderly immigrants; FSU; immigration; internet use; Israel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861744496     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444811421599     Document Type: Article

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