Age-related difference in the use of mobile phones

Universal Access in the Information Society

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 401-413

  Zhou, Jia ^a   Rau, Pei Luen Patrick ^b   Salvendy, Gavriel ^b,c  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Age; Attributes; Mobile phones; Smart phones; Usability

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ACCEPTANCE; AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCES; ATTRIBUTES; FEATURE PHONES; INTERNET ACCESS; NEW FUNCTIONS; OLDER ADULTS; USABILITY;

SMARTPHONES;

EID: 84919463954     PISSN: 16155289     EISSN: 16155297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10209-013-0324-1     Document Type: Article

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