Social support in empathic online communities for older people

The goal of my PhD is to investigate how older people exchange social support in empathic online communities. This will be achieved through an in-depth investigation of online communities for older people. The results of my work will shed light on the characteristics of empathy exchanged among older people in online communities opposed to their offline communication. This is a valuable contribution to the research area of HCI, as it shows how empathic online communities can be used to support older people in their daily lives. I have published the preliminary findings of my work as a full paper at CHI 2007.

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Ulrike Pfeil

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Publication date: September 2007

Publication date (Print): September 2007

Pages: 1-2

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[0001]Centre for HCI Design

City University

London, EC1 0HB

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2007.28

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Conference name: Proceedings of HCI 2007 The 21st British HCI Group Annual Conference University of Lancaster, UK

Conference acronym: HCI

Conference number: 21

Conference location: Lancaster, UK

Conference date: 3 - 7 September 2007

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: British HCI Group Annual Conference

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1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

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Social support in empathic online communities for older people

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