The divide within: Older active ICT users position themselves against different 'Others'

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 26-36

  Kania Lundholm, Magdalena ^a   Torres, Sandra ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Digital divide; Focus groups; ICT; Older active users; Positioning

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMPUTER LITERACY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE;

EID: 84938781903     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2015.07.008     Document Type: Article

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