Online Support Communities for Older People: Investigating Network Patterns and Characteristics of Social Support
Ulrike Pfeil · 2007 · SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing
This paper describes a PhD research programme investigating how older people exchange social support in online communities, using SeniorNet's depression discussion board as the primary study site. The author argues that while much accessibility work has focused on making web…
aging · social accessibility · online community · social support · social network analysis