Investigating social network patterns within an empathic online community for older people

Pfeil, Ulrike; Zaphiris, Panayiotis

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2009.05.001

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“…The elderly often seek information about their family members and acquaintances (Griniute, 2014). And thirdly, Pfeil, Zaphiris et al (2009) claim that social media can be successfully used to provide and receive social support, which can help older people overcome their general fear and anxiety (Cody, Dunn, Hoppin, & Wendt, 1999). However, the elderly interact mainly through text-based communication and with people who have similar backgrounds or experiences.…”

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Attitudes of active older Internet users towards online social networking

Vošner

Bobek

Kokol

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Computers in Human Behavior

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Attitudes of active older Internet users towards online social networking

Vošner

Bobek

Kokol

et al. 2016

Computers in Human Behavior

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“…This paper built on prior work that showed that virtual communities can help promote social inclusion amongst seniors [31,35], by showing that seniors highly value virtual social interaction and the friendship building opportunities it provides them. Of the 30 participants in the study, 27 accessed GreyPath from home, showing further that efforts by governments around the world to keep older people in their homes longer, need not mean social isolation.…”

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Virtuality Improves the Well Being of Seniors through Increasing Social Interaction

Burmeister

2010

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Abstract. Virtual social interaction amongst seniors is strengthened through face to face contact. While confirming previous studies that have shown the strengthening of virtual friendships result from physical meetings, this study also showed that virtual face to face meetings have a similar benefit. As more seniors around the world are encouraged to stay at home longer, rather than enter institutional care, virtual sociability is being shown to provide the necessary social inclusion benefits for particularly mental well being, that has been identified in psychological and sociological studies of seniors.

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“…All these researches suggest that although adolescents and young adults make up the majority of online social networkers, older populations are increasingly using sites such as Facebook and Twitter (Pfeil & Zaphiris, 2010;Sum, Mathews, Pourghasem, and Hughes, 2008). Ostensibly, the fastest-growing group of the Internet and SNS users is people over 50 years and, as Lovett (2011) predicts, the number of older SNS users may grow significantly in the subsequent years.…”

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Adult Users’ Engagement and Utilisation of Social Networks Sites in Nigeria

Ciboh

2015

Studies in Media and Communication

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Most studies on social media use in Nigeria focus on youths and address issues such as internet accessibility; frequency and extent of social networking sites use; political attitudes and online political participation; academic uses and news consumption, and the addiction to this form of media. Whilst youths are avid users, studies indicate that popularity of social media continues to grow among older adults of 65+ years with multiple use rates. Hence this research describes the specific communication-based activities that occur on these sites among adults in Nigeria. To understand how older people use social network sites and what benefits they derive from them, purposeful sampling was undertaken of older adults living in the metropolitan Makurdi, capital of Benue State. The paper finds older Nigerians' communication on SNS disposed to bonding social capital as interactions skew towards family members, close friends and colleagues. And although only about three in ten adults' communication tends towards making new friends on social media, the paper concludes nonetheless that adult Nigerians' social interactions on SNS may yet have positive correlation with bridging social capital and its potential resources.

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Investigating social network patterns within an empathic online community for older people

Cited by 91 publications

References 14 publications

Attitudes of active older Internet users towards online social networking

Attitudes of active older Internet users towards online social networking

Virtuality Improves the Well Being of Seniors through Increasing Social Interaction

Adult Users’ Engagement and Utilisation of Social Networks Sites in Nigeria

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