Older people and online social interactions

Minocha, Shailey (2013). Older people and online social interactions. In: Older people and technological inclusion: multidisciplinary, perspectives on contemporary realties and aspirations, ESRC Seminar Series on Technology and Ageing, 22 Apr 2013, Milton Keynes.

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Abstract

Dr Shailey Minocha (The Open University, UK) will introduce a current project at The Open University (http://crc.open.ac.uk/Projects/OlderPeople-BeingOnline) in collaboration with Age UK Milton Keynes, Cordia and JISC TechDis. The project involves investigating the role of on-line social interactions in supporting people aged 65 or over to avoid or overcome social isolation, and to maintain and develop social connectedness. These on-line social interactions may be via email or Skype, or participating in on-line communities such as on Flickr, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

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• Item Type
• Conference or Workshop Item
• Project Funding Details

• Funded Project Name	Project ID	Funding Body
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• Keywords
• ageing; aged; conducting research with older people; digital by default; older people; online communities; quality of life; thematic analysis; senior citizens; service users; social capital; social connectedness; social networking; well-being
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Computing and Communications
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
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• Centre for Research in Computing (CRC)
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  • http://crc.open.ac.uk/(Research Group)
  • http://crc.open.ac.uk/Projects/OlderPeop...(Research Group)
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• Shailey Minocha