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dc.contributor.authorPfeil, Ulrike-
dc.contributor.authorZaphiris, Panayiotis-
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Stephanie-
dc.date.accessioned2010-01-07T07:38:39Zen
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-16T13:10:59Z-
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-02T09:39:17Z-
dc.date.available2010-01-07T07:38:39Zen
dc.date.available2013-05-16T13:10:59Z-
dc.date.available2015-12-02T09:39:17Z-
dc.date.issued2009-07-
dc.identifier.citationInteracting with Computers, 2009, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 159-172en_US
dc.identifier.issn18737951-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/1908-
dc.description.abstractThis paper reports an investigation of older adults’ needs and preferences concerning online social support. We focused our analysis on seven different aspects of online support: Self disclosure, Deep support, Light support, Community building, Information/Facts, Off topic, and Technical issues. For each aspect we were interested in how older adults perceive this aspect of support, what they think are the similarities and differences of this aspect of support in online settings vs offline settings, and what they perceive are the advantages and disadvantages of communicating this aspect of support online. We did this by conducting detailed interviews with three groups of older adults (31 people in total) with different levels of expertise in using the internet and online communication (older adults who do not use the internet, older adults who use only email, and older adults who participate in online support communities). Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed. Our findings describe older adults’ perception of different aspects of support and identify their motivation for turning to online support and the reasons for any reluctance to do so. Thus, our findings give insight into how online support communities could best be utilized to improve older people’s experience with online support.en_US
dc.formatpdfen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofInteracting with Computersen_US
dc.rights© Elsevieren_US
dc.subjectOlder peopleen_US
dc.subjectOnline communitiesen_US
dc.subjectCMCen_US
dc.titleOlder adults’ perceptions and experiences of online social supporten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.affiliationCyprus University of Technologyen
dc.collaborationCity University Londonen_US
dc.subject.categoryComputer and Information Sciencesen_US
dc.journalsSubscriptionen_US
dc.countryCyprusen_US
dc.subject.fieldNatural Sciencesen_US
dc.publicationPeer Revieweden_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.intcom.2008.12.001en_US
dc.dept.handle123456789/54en
dc.relation.issue3en_US
dc.relation.volume21en_US
cut.common.academicyear2008-2009en_US
dc.identifier.spage159en_US
dc.identifier.epage172en_US
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item.languageiso639-1en-
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crisitem.journal.journalissn1873-7951-
crisitem.journal.publisherOxford University Press-
crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Multimedia and Graphic Arts-
crisitem.author.facultyFaculty of Fine and Applied Arts-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0001-8112-5099-
crisitem.author.parentorgFaculty of Fine and Applied Arts-
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