Senior citizens on Facebook: How do they interact and why?

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue , 2016, Pages 27-35

  Jung, Eun Hwa ^a   Sundar, S Shyam ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; Facebook activities; National survey; Senior citizens; Technological affordances; Uses and gratifications

Indexed keywords

MOTIVATION; SURVEYS;

AFFORDANCES; FACEBOOK; NATIONAL SURVEYS; SENIOR CITIZENS; USES AND GRATIFICATIONS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ADULT; FAMILY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL BONDING;

EID: 84960112907     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.080     Document Type: Article

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