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Sustaining Online Communities involving Seniors
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Burmeister, OK and Foskey, R and Hazzlewood, J and Lewis, RV, Sustaining Online Communities involving Seniors, Journal of Community Informatics, 8, (1) pp. 1-20. ISSN 1712-4441 (2012) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Many online communities involving seniors have come into existence, yet not all of these have survived. There are numerous reasons for success and failure in the creation, management and maintenance of these online communities. Through an exploration of two communities, NEAT and GreyPath, numerous factors are uncovered for the successful sustenance of such online communities. Both communities have reached maturity successfully, one continues to enjoy success, the other is on the precipice of continuing to survive or to cease to exist. Two critical success factors discovered were valuing members in peer based interaction through a flat structure, and hybridity
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Ageing, design, human computer interaction, reflexivity. |
| Research Division: | Health Sciences |
| Research Group: | Health services and systems |
| Research Field: | Aged health care |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health) |
| Objective Field: | Health related to ageing |
| UTAS Author: | Hazzlewood, J (Dr June Hazzlewood) |
| ID Code: | 82110 |
| Year Published: | 2012 |
| Deposited By: | UTAS Centre for Rural Health |
| Deposited On: | 2013-01-16 |
| Last Modified: | 2013-05-10 |
| Downloads: | 623 View Download Statistics |
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