Communities of participation: A comparison of disability and aging identified groups on Facebook and LinkedIn

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-34

  Baker, Paul M A ^a   Bricout, John C ^b   Moon, Nathan W ^a   Coughlan, Barry ^c   Pater, Jessica ^d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^d GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Communications; Community; Disability; e Accessibility; Participation; Policy; Social networks

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; DISABILITY; E-ACCESSIBILITY; PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

AGING OF MATERIALS; COMMUNICATION; INTERNET; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

EID: 84863982823     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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