An age-old problem: Examining the discourses of ageing in HCI and strategies for future research

ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 2-

  Vines, John ^a   Pritchard, Gary ^a   Wright, Peter ^a   Olivier, Patrick ^a   Brittain, Katie ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Critical reflection; Discourse analysis; Older people; Social gerontology

Indexed keywords

GERIATRICS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

AGEING; CRITICAL REFLECTIONS; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; OLDER PEOPLE; SOCIAL GERONTOLOGY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84923652376     PISSN: 10730516     EISSN: 15577325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2696867     Document Type: Article

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