Portuguese older people and the Internet: Interaction, uses, motivations, and obstacles

Communications

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 331-346

  Martinez Pecino, Roberto ^a   Delerue Matos, Alice ^b   Silva, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Active aging; Internet; Seniors; Social inclusion; Technology; Technology acceptance model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894119730     PISSN: 03412059     EISSN: 16134087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/commun-2013-0020     Document Type: Article

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