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Social networking sites and older users
— a systematic review | | Author(s) | Tobias Nef, Raluca L Ganea, Rene M Muri, Urs P Mosimann |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 25, no 7, July 2013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, July 2013 |
| Pages | pp 1041-1053 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/ipg |
| Keywords | Social interaction ; Communication ; Family relationships ; Internet ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | Social networking sites can be beneficial for senior citizens to promote social participation and to enhance intergenerational communication. Particularly for older adults with impaired mobility, social networking sites can help them to connect with family members and other active social networking users. The aim of this systematic review was to give an overview of existing scientific literature on social networking in older users. 18 articles met the inclusion criteria and these in turn were reviewed, classified and key findings extracted. It was found that the main benefit of using social networking sites for older adults was to enter in an intergenerational communication with younger family members (children and grandchildren) that was appreciated by both sides. Identified barriers were privacy concerns, technical difficulties and the fact that current Web design does not take the needs of older users into account. Under the conditions that these problems are carefully addressed, social networking sites have the potential to support today's and tomorrow's communication between older and younger family members. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130628208 A |
| Classmark | TMA: U: DS:SJ: 3OB: 3A:6KC |
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