Add to ORKGResearch is absent on how older citizens are using video communications that offer rich opportunities for social connection. Our case study focuses on how and why 16 older citizens (55 to 77 years old) in a small Canadian city are regularly using video communications, such as online video, video calls and videoconferencing. We conducted quantitative and qualitative analyses to explore their motivation for using video communications, the barriers and challenges they face, and the benefits they experience \u2013 in particular social presence. It behoves developers, marketers and researchers of communication technologies to recognize that Canadian citizens over the age of 55 comprise a valid user community in its own right.The conference progr...
Social isolation and loneliness among older people is a growing problem with negative effects on phy...
This paper presents a case study of a 79 year old video blogger called ‘Geriatric1927’, and his use ...
While most of today’s children, young people, and adults are both consumers and producers of digital...
Research is absent on how older citizens are using video communications that offer rich opportunitie...
Research is absent on how older adults are using video communications – online video, video calls an...
Social support is a key component in managing long-term conditions. As people age in their homes, th...
Social support is a key component in managing long-term conditions. As people age in their homes, th...
Videoconferencing has been increasingly used for social connectedness in residential aged care (RAC)...
Currently, COVID-19 poses a threat to the US and the rest of the world, which has created the need f...
International audienceSocial relationships are crucial for older adults’ well-being. Past research d...
Parkinson, L ORCiD: 0000-0001-9433-9555Social support is a key component in managing long-term condi...
This paper reports on the outcomes of a collaborative industry project which designed and deployed a...
Research on the digital divide has moved beyond connectivity to skills and usage disparities. Yet fo...
Graduation date: 2009This study utilized the theoretical framework of selective optimization with co...
Videoconferencing via PCs and the Internet may provide a powerful medium through which seniors can i...
Social isolation and loneliness among older people is a growing problem with negative effects on phy...
This paper presents a case study of a 79 year old video blogger called ‘Geriatric1927’, and his use ...
While most of today’s children, young people, and adults are both consumers and producers of digital...
Research is absent on how older citizens are using video communications that offer rich opportunitie...
Research is absent on how older adults are using video communications – online video, video calls an...
Social support is a key component in managing long-term conditions. As people age in their homes, th...
Social support is a key component in managing long-term conditions. As people age in their homes, th...
Videoconferencing has been increasingly used for social connectedness in residential aged care (RAC)...
Currently, COVID-19 poses a threat to the US and the rest of the world, which has created the need f...
International audienceSocial relationships are crucial for older adults’ well-being. Past research d...
Parkinson, L ORCiD: 0000-0001-9433-9555Social support is a key component in managing long-term condi...
This paper reports on the outcomes of a collaborative industry project which designed and deployed a...
Research on the digital divide has moved beyond connectivity to skills and usage disparities. Yet fo...
Graduation date: 2009This study utilized the theoretical framework of selective optimization with co...
Videoconferencing via PCs and the Internet may provide a powerful medium through which seniors can i...
Social isolation and loneliness among older people is a growing problem with negative effects on phy...
This paper presents a case study of a 79 year old video blogger called ‘Geriatric1927’, and his use ...
While most of today’s children, young people, and adults are both consumers and producers of digital...