The digital divide has grown old: Determinants of a digital divide among seniors

New Media and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 313-331

  Friemel, Thomas N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digital divide; grey divide; Internet access; media use; seniors; social capital; social context; social network; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954418403     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444814538648     Document Type: Article

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